This should help novice computer users and those unfamiliar with standard notation to learn how to navigate to the folders mentioned throughout this article. By ’notation’ I am referring to the path name. I first want to mention the notation of file locations. So if you’d like to contribute anything, please visit my GoFundMe page. The old PayPal account for article donations was recently closed. It’s up to the vendor (me) to keep current with the customer, not the other way around. They’ve been patient saving documents out to older versions, but they’ve hinted strongly enough they have no desire to keep doing that. While retirement isn’t far away, I still need to be able to keep current with our clients. The pandemic really cut down on our income and we can’t afford to replace an aging Mac. Unfortunately (for me), I’m now in the same spot. You may recall about 5 years ago I asked for help replacing an old computer. To view the next newer retired article for information including Catalina and earlier, click here.Ĭlick here to download a PDF version of this article.

To view the oldest version of this article and access information back to OS X, 10.3, click here. The minimum required fonts will be very different for other languages. It should be noted that this article is written around the assumption that you are using English as your primary language.

This article will benefit prepress operators and graphic designers the most, but can clear up font issues for most general users as well. The idea is to keep your font list as small as possible to avoid font conflicts (font conflicts are explained in Section 9). Its main purpose is to show you where fonts are located on your system and which can be safely deactivated (where applicable). This article deals with font usage in Big Sur 11.x through Ventura 13.x.

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