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REMOVE UNWANTED FONTS

If you have installed a lot of programs, chances are you have also installed a great many fonts. Then when you scroll through the font list as you choose which one you want to use in a document, it takes unnecessary time and energy. It also clogs up your hard drive to have a number of undesired fonts. In order to get rid of any of those fonts, you go through the following procedure: click on the Start button. Choose Settings and then Control Panel on the Start Menu. In the Control Panel window, double click on the icon for Fonts.

Find the fonts you might want to remove by double-clicking on the icon in order to preview the font. If you're sure you want to get rid of a font, then after the preview window has been closed, press the Delete key and confirm the deletion. However, there are certain fonts, which Windows needs, that you should absolutely NOT remove: Arial, Courier New, Symbol, System, Times New Roman, Wingdings, and any MicroSoft font (name beginning with the letters MS), such as MS Sans Serif. Also be careful of fonts used by other Software manufacturers whose programs you regularly run.