How to clean up font (library)

Elessar78 · Elessar78 #1 (**permalink**)

09-12-2011, 11:02 AM

We had a designer leave recently and his fonts are a mess! Anyway, is there a way to restore the fonts set up as to how they were when the machine was first started up? He put a ton of fonts in libary>fonts. We don't want to delete fonts as they are tied to many projects.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

09-12-2011, 03:13 PM

Not sure I understand. As long as the original fonts are still in the MacIntosh HD/Library/Fonts folder they should all be sorted. If you want the font folder to look like it did when the machine was new, you would have to remove all his installed fonts or move them to the user folder instead.

/Users/user name/Library/Fonts/

louishen · louishen #3 (**permalink**)

09-12-2011, 03:35 PM

If you are going to use a lot of fonts I would recommend using a proper font manager instead

Linotype FontExplorer X Download - Softpedia

If you really want to manage your fonts well I suggest the suitcase (another font management tool - not free) guide to best font practices in OS X (the guide is free)

Best Practices for Managing Fonts in Mac OS X - 6th Edition (updated: Oct. 2009)

Just substitute use Suitcase with use Linotype FontExplorer

Chris.... · Chris.... #4 (**permalink**)

09-17-2011, 10:27 PM

At work we use Suitcase Fusion for font management. It's the best one for the mac right now.

Elessar78 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 03, 2009 Posts: 11	09-12-2011, 11:02 AM We had a designer leave recently and his fonts are a mess! Anyway, is there a way to restore the fonts set up as to how they were when the machine was first started up? He put a ton of fonts in libary>fonts. We don't want to delete fonts as they are tied to many projects. @ Work: 4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 @ Home: 2.0 GHz MacMini
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,032 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	09-12-2011, 03:13 PM Not sure I understand. As long as the original fonts are still in the MacIntosh HD/Library/Fonts folder they should all be sorted. If you want the font folder to look like it did when the machine was new, you would have to remove all his installed fonts or move them to the user folder instead. /Users/user name/Library/Fonts/ Community Guidelines
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Member Since: Apr 02, 2009 Location: Southern Illinois, Born in England. Posts: 139 Mac Specs: HOME: imac 24", 2.66GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO, 4GB ram, 640GB HD.WORK:G5 Dual 2.7 GHz, 8GB ram	09-17-2011, 10:27 PM At work we use Suitcase Fusion for font management. It's the best one for the mac right now.
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