I have hundreds of fonts scattered throughout my computer -- in: System Folder/Fonts System/Library/Fonts Library/Fonts Users/DLC/Library/Fonts
... and a few other locations. When I do a "get info" on individual font files I find them variously identified as: DFONT -- Datafork TrueType Font FFIL -- Font suitcase TTF -- Windows TrueType Font LWFN -- Postscript Type 1 Outline Font OTT -- OpenType Font In systems prior to X, I had pretty well figured out the TrueType and Postscript Type 1 distinctions, and I got used to using Adobe Type Manager to activate, deactivate my fonts and group them into sets. I have just downloaded and begun to use Linotype's free FontExplorer X and now I'm grappling with how best to organize my fonts, which ones to deactivate, how to group them into useful sets, etc., but I really need to understand the world of fonts and how they're used in OS X a little better. Can someone point me to a good source of information on the different types of fonts that are used in OS X (and Classic) and the different locations that X uses to install them? One simple question: Does it hurt anything to have the same font in / System Folder/Fonts and /Library/Fonts, for example? Does it take up extra memory, increase the chance of font conflicts, etc.? Thanks. Dan | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 27 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
