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  1. SnarkyBear

    Removing Non-English fonts in Mojave--Disable ability is grayed out.

    With the recent download of MS Office and Libre Office, it seems that I have way more fonts than I need. I tried to disable some of the non-English fonts in the Font Book app, but virtually every font had the "Disable XX Family" grayed out. Is there any way to reduce the number of fonts I am...
  2. blackxacto

    Why does Apple block turning these fonts off?

    Yes, they must be system fonts, but why use them in their system? Is it that code is written in various countries, and Apple does not translate them into English? I hate seeing these fonts take up so much room in Design and Photo programs. I'll never use them. What a waste of desktop acreage...
  3. LD Curb

    Word Fonts - Should They Be in Font Book?

    I have been on the phone with Microsoft then Apple then Microsoft again for the past 2 hours. This resulted in no answers to my question at all. Microsoft says it is an Apple problem and Apple says it is a Microsoft problem. If anyone can help, you guys can. Here is my question. 1. I have...
  4. P

    Font Issue with Font Book

    Hi I have just upgraded to a Macbook Pro using macOS Sierra 10.12.3. I was previously using an iMac (around 2012) Sierra. I have used Microsoft's Century Gothic font in an Adobe Indesign project. The font no longer displays on the new Macbook Pro. I have noted that Century Gothic is installed...
  5. P

    Corrupt Font Missing in Font Book

    Hi everyone! Hoping you can help me. I just downloaded a font and had to manually install it in font book by validating the font manually. When I did that, it said the font had very serious errors. I went ahead and installed it anyway thinking I could just deleted it if it was unusable. I was...