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Aug 5, 2024, 1:55:02 AM8/5/24

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Thereason that it is recommended is that Windows (at least, not sure about Mac and Linux) has to load font information on boot. Not only can this slow the boot process (though I don't think you would actually notice this on a modern computer) but, more importantly, each font requires an amount of in-memory storage. This is then no longer available to other OS processes and so can slow down the OS due to paging.

In early 2011, I wanted to see if there was any truth as to whether a lot of fonts slowed down a system. To test it out, I used FontFrenzy on a Windows 7 machine to unload all but the fonts installed with Windows 7 by default. In all, I disabled about 250 fonts I had accumulated. That being the only change I made, my boot time (from BIOS screen to useable Desktop screen) lowered by 6 seconds (from 50 seconds to 44 seconds). Programs like Word, Photoshop, etc. felt like they loaded faster (however, I didn't actually time them).

The problem with anecdotal evidence like this is that I'm sure that no one is going to have the exact software/hardware setup I had. However, for the one test I ran, it cut the boot time slightly by having less fonts.

Everytime you close Photoshop (or other software you need many fonts for), then you can just rename that folder to to C:\my2 (so, all those fonts will be delinked automatically from c:\windows\fonts). And, whenever in the future you want to include all those fonts again (before you open Photoshop or etc), then rename the folder back to c:\my1,so the fonts will be resolved again.

That is why it is recommended that you only keep the main fonts in windows listed in this link and keep also fonts you are using in special editing software like Photoshop or CorelDraw, or installed software or games on your system that require special fonts.

No changes made to system (Windows latest version 10). CS6 Master installed. All of a sudden Illustrator (64bit) will NOT drop down the fonts list. New file or old file...I can no longer cause the drop down list of fonts to populate. I CAN directly type a font and it will populate, but I can no longer scroll and choose a font.

Windows 10 is constantly updating itself. CS6 is not supported for Windows 10. If you have been working with it up to now then you should consider that lucky. I've seen this problem presented a few times recently and it seems to coincide with the latest (automatic) updates that have been released for Windows 10. I'm betting that it is the updates to the OS which are affecting your CS6. The most probable solutions are to either roll back your operating system to pre-Windows 10 (future updates wil

It should also be pointed out that the automatic updating for Windows 10 does not seem to have any official way of turning it off. Microsoft has also announced that from now on their OS will always be called Windows 10 but as it keeps updating itself the OS will eventually bear little resemblance to its original release.

I am discovering this same issue right now. The weird thing is that the list shows up in Photoshop CS6, but not Illustrator CS6. Other than typing in the name of the font directly, the only scroll I can do is hitting the UP-Arrow and DOWN-Arrow keys. It's better than nothing for now.

Correct, Photoshop is fine with us too. Disappointing to say the least. We have 34 workstations with the latest CC Master installed on those but this particular workstation has some extremely customized settings making the upgrade to what we have on the other 34 stations NOT feasible as the prevision responded suggested. We are really in search of a solution to the problem and hopefully someone will be able to offer a solution soon.

Hi - I have used CS6 on my Windows 10 computer for two years with no problems. Haven't done a Windows update for a few weeks. The font menu stopped working while I was in the middle of designing a file. Photoshop and InDesign both work, but suddenly not Illustrator. Not seeing any solution here . . .

Which Adobe worker or programmer in Microsoft did this and why? Which fonts cause the problem? Why is a program made with such low level checking procedures and why isn't there a ticketed public bug reporting system? How is it even possible for a drop-down to stop working? Why wasn't this fixed in the cumulative update? Is it time to just move to freeware?

It may be part of WIN10 however, after days of frustration found the fix. It is some fonts that causing the issue. Either it can load two many fonts (I had about 2500) in the fonts directory or there are corrupted fonts (or Type 1 fonts PSF) in the fonts directory. I have deleted all the fonts in the Windows Fonts directory and added back only the default fonts, Illustrator CS6 font drop down start working. Then I copy back (install) all fonts I had from the backup, the font drop down stop working. Then I deleted about half of the fonts from the Windows fonts director, here you go... fonts drop down start working. I have repeatedly test to simulated issue and clearly see it's directly connected to Fonts. Finally, I have cleaned up lots of fonts that I do not needed from the Windows Fonts directory, and got the Illustrator to work like before. Try this and see yourself.

Do you have any clue around which font it may have been? Maybe what letter range the font may have started with? I have this same issue, and I think I can narrow it down to recently installed fonts, but I can't remember which ones were recently installed. If I have that info maybe it will be easier...Thanks in advance if you can remember!

ptl4evr joeyb7823 I moved all the unnecessary font that I would never use to a separate folder. I went from 2500-ish fonts down to about maybe 600 and the drop down started working again. Some day I might go and slowly add fonts back if I need them.

The problem recently started happening to me and i have been reading threads for a couple of weeks now and I am convinced that a bogus font or 'glyph within a specific font' is preventing the pulldown menu from displaying...

If you feel adventurous, you can start installing your backup fonts 1 at a time, then open Illustrator to see if it broke. Once you find the offensive font, you can delete it from your system and everything should be just fine...

An no one said anything shameful about Windows either. The only problem is with a system that's too new for that version. It has never been tested and will never be tested (the same goes for Mac OS btw and you will read the exact same remarks about CS 6 on Mac OS Sierra and up).

C&S Networking, how did you sort fonts by install date? I had tried to do that a while back but couldn't find any info on how to, which I thought should have been an easy thing to do. This happened to me again, so I have to go back and delete out a font again but cant remember what I've installed recently.

A large part of the fonts are provided by your operating system. Some fonts are also supplied by LibreOffice.

Fonts are usually installed or uninstalled via the operating system. Ask for the manual of your operating system.

Many fonts are targeted for a specific non-latin script. The list on the left is the basic list of font names with their names in Latin characters (usually English language). The name is displayed using the font itself as a sample of the result.

I love using evernote. I do not use any other word processing program. I use it for everything on my computer, phone, and tablet. I've been hoping for a feature for the past few years, but still hasn't, so I thought I would put in a request for it.

Instead of having to right click to "show fonts" maybe we can have all of the fonts in your computer available right from the drop down at the top where all the options for the formatting are. I constantly have to change fonts and it is nice to be able to preview them before. Right clicking to get to my 1000+ fonts is very inconvenient.

Ah! Sorry. The most helpful platform would be on the computer (Mac) as that is where all my fonts are stored. But I am assuming that if this feature was added it wouldn't matter if a Mac, Windows, or other OS was being used.

Finally worked on this more.... I just dragged 238 fonts to the "web fonts" in the font book, restarted evernote and worked perfectly! So if there is anyone else that is looking to have access to more fonts from the drop down - this is a good option until evernote ever adds the option.

That summer, I read about an Apple developer tool called Font Editor 2.0 and sent for a copy of it. It was crude and crashed easily, but it allowed me to make my first Macintosh bitmap fonts. (A little later, AltSys released FONTastic, which was better in every possible way, including being less crash-prone.)

Recently, I fell down the rabbit hole investigating and reacquainting myself with Font Editor 2.0. I wound up making a user guide and a video demo and walk-through. I also prepared some disk images you can use with a real 128K or 512K Macintosh computer or an emulator, such as Mini vMac if you want to try it out for yourself.

However, sometimes you may want to install custom fonts that you've created, purchased or downloaded from somewhere else. In this article we'll talk about how to install those fonts so you can use them in Microsoft Office.

In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet. Some fonts on the Internet are sold commercially, some are distributed as shareware, and some are free. The Microsoft Typography site site provides links to other font foundries (the companies or individuals outside of Microsoft who create and distribute fonts) where you can find additional fonts.