I'll never use half the fonts on my mac and MS word keeps wanting to download even more.
I'm glad that the fonts exist but I'd like to delete them from my mac - fonts like BiauKai, Batang, Nanum Gothis etc. delete is not an option for these fonts in FontBook.
Any ideas or thoughts of info as to why they are there?
Thanks
Mac Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
There is a page devoted to font management questions here, if you are interested:
http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html
As for why Word wants to download specific fonts, you have to ask MicroSoft.
No offense taken. Any font that is protected is needed by the OS. Any fonts that come preinstalled that can be deleted are not. It's really not feasible to list where all protected fonts are used.
Perhaps someone may want to go into more detail.
I can give you one example of why some non-western fonts are protected. Say you eventually want to sell your Mac to someone who wishes to set up their Mac in a language other than a language that uses a Western font, if you could remove them, they couldn't.
Thanks Tom
The article looks great. Needs some time to get through it all but I’ll make it somehow.
Thanks to everyone for the replies and to Tom for solving.
All the best
Chris
Thanks CountryGirl56. It helps to know they are necessary. My curiosity is piqued however so I would love it if someone could give one or two examples of what fonts do within the system.
Thhis all started with me getting fed up with MS office software always wanting to download fonts I would never use. I suppose I’ll just allow it to so I don’t have to keep hitting the cancel button.
Thanks again fo help.
I do understand the need for fants in all languages, and if I sold my Mac to someone who needs them I’m sure they could re-download/install them.
Also I am not insular just mono-lingual.
All languages should be available. It’s just that for me I don’t need them all.
I was just wondering about them.
The reasons for them given above do not really explain why I can’t delete them.
By the way as I said I was just wondering.
Also now I wonder why in font book there is a smart folder of English fonts but not others for different languages. A whole new question.
Anyway thanks for all the replies
christopherfromstanmore wrote:
The reasons for them given above do not really explain why I can’t delete them.
I gave you one reason.
Also now I wonder why in font book there is a smart folder of English fonts but not others for different language.
Because you set up your Mac to use English.
Also I did not mean to cause offence. The question ‘why are they there?’ Was about what all these undeletable fonts do. As above are they essential to the operating system?
You're welcome. Just to note, MS Office uses its own set of fonts as well.
As Apple sell their products world wide they need to include as many international fonts to suit the needs of their global customer base. Offering selective macOS's to certain parts of the world is a bit short sighted as we all communicate with each other.
In mail for example if some one sends you an message in a particular font and you don't have it installed then the system will just render it in its default, this can be extended to the printing publishing world where the impact of the text would be lost.
Lets be more international, and extend the hand of friendship, its the 21st Century lets not be insular.
christopherfromstanmore wrote:
Any ideas or thoughts of info as to why they are there?
Thanks
Yes, for users that need them.
Why are there all the non-western fonts?
