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Help delete Font system
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You cannot. Why do you want to delete them? You can use the Font Book to ignore them so they do not show in the Font Menus.
Apple has locked down the system files. They are not editable, at least in any easy manner. The font folder is only ~629 MB. What is the problem?
"You can’t remove or disable system fonts."
Remove, deactivate, or activate fonts in Font Book on Mac
In Font Book on your Mac, you can remove, deactivate (turn off), or activate (turn back on) fonts.
support.apple.com
I found a way but it's a bit mysterious who created it and said that
( If you don't already know how to do it, you shouldn't try to do it without first reading about using the Unix command line )
Can the specialist here explain it in detail so that I can delete the Fonts that I do not want?
this method
1. Restart into Recovery Mode (restart the Mac and immediately hold down the Command+R keys).
2. Launch Terminal from the top menu bar. You do not need to disable SIP.
3. Navigate to the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder.
4. Type ls (lower case L and s for list) and then Enter to ensure you are in the correct folder. A list of fonts should fill the Terminal screen.
5. Use the rm (remove) command to delete individual fonts, or in groups using a wildcard.
a) rm muktamahee.ttc (Enter) will remove the one font. The full name is not case sensitive.
b) Wildcards are case sensitive. If you enter the command …
rm notosa*
… you'll get an error message the folder doesn't exist. But the command …
rm NotoSa*
… will successfully remove all of the NotoSans fonts.
c) Be very cautious using wildcards. For example, rm Not* will remove not only the NotoSans fonts, but also Noteworthy and NotoSerifMyanmar.
6. You can retype ls after any completed command to check and see what's left to remove.
7. When you're done in the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder, navigate to the /System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/ folder and continue removing fonts.
8. When finished, type reboot to restart the Mac.
please help this Terminal
( If you don't already know how to do it, you shouldn't try to do it without first reading about using the Unix command line )
Can the specialist here explain it in detail so that I can delete the Fonts that I do not want?
this method
1. Restart into Recovery Mode (restart the Mac and immediately hold down the Command+R keys).
2. Launch Terminal from the top menu bar. You do not need to disable SIP.
3. Navigate to the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder.
4. Type ls (lower case L and s for list) and then Enter to ensure you are in the correct folder. A list of fonts should fill the Terminal screen.
5. Use the rm (remove) command to delete individual fonts, or in groups using a wildcard.
a) rm muktamahee.ttc (Enter) will remove the one font. The full name is not case sensitive.
b) Wildcards are case sensitive. If you enter the command …
rm notosa*
… you'll get an error message the folder doesn't exist. But the command …
rm NotoSa*
… will successfully remove all of the NotoSans fonts.
c) Be very cautious using wildcards. For example, rm Not* will remove not only the NotoSans fonts, but also Noteworthy and NotoSerifMyanmar.
6. You can retype ls after any completed command to check and see what's left to remove.
7. When you're done in the /System/Library/Fonts/ folder, navigate to the /System/Library/Fonts/Supplemental/ folder and continue removing fonts.
8. When finished, type reboot to restart the Mac.
please help this Terminal
As already stated, Font Book does not allow users to delete fonts in the System folders.
Yeah, I really want to get rid of most of these fonts, too. As a designer I resent not being allowed to disable or uninstall useless fonts that clog up my font list and make it difficult to just use the ones I want.
I’ll have to try the method above, but I worry the next system upgrade will simply reinstall them.
That might have worked with older macOS. But with Big Sur you need to explicitly mount the read-only system volume as read/write, break the cryptographic seal and then start changing things. And, of course, reseal the system so it will boot. Only works if you do not use FileVault. And will be replaced with the next minor update of BS.
It is also likely to lead to interface glitches when the system finds that fonts are missing.
Don't try!
I get the sense that some posters don't see what the problem is.
Like gilby101, I do a lot of design work, mostly InDesign. If I'm looking for a font, my screen is cluttered with system fonts for different languages. I'll never use them, but every time I'm looking for something below them in the list, I have to scroll past them.
Example: if I scroll looking for a font that begins with a letter lower than "n," I have to pass through 6 font display screens filled with "Noto..." font selections. Six!
It's obvious that Apple needs to provide system fonts for many different languages. Of course they do. But I think it's madness not to allow a user to disable/hide system fonts in languages other than the one in use.
Maybe Adobe will find a way around this.
Or maybe I'm missing something?
Like gilby101, I do a lot of design work, mostly InDesign. If I'm looking for a font, my screen is cluttered with system fonts for different languages. I'll never use them, but every time I'm looking for something below them in the list, I have to scroll past them.
Example: if I scroll looking for a font that begins with a letter lower than "n," I have to pass through 6 font display screens filled with "Noto..." font selections. Six!
It's obvious that Apple needs to provide system fonts for many different languages. Of course they do. But I think it's madness not to allow a user to disable/hide system fonts in languages other than the one in use.
Maybe Adobe will find a way around this.
Or maybe I'm missing something?
Applications like Apple's Pages and Microsoft Word are aware of font collections created in the Font Book utility. Using font collections removes the need for scrolling at the expense of an extra click or having a font widget on screen.
Is InDesign aware of font collections?
Is InDesign aware of font collections?
Good question, and I don't know the answer. I've been using whatever the default font list display in InDesign is. I'll see what I can find out, although I remember that when I was exploring it on InDesign/Adobe sites, the complaints were just like mine, and I saw no solution. But that was about a year ago.