Re: Word 2004 installed fonts options

From: Beth Rosengard (bethrosengard_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:37:06 -0700

Hi Elliott,

Office 2004 *does* install its fonts (all 80 MB of them) in /Library/Fonts
and then copies them to ~/Library/Fonts so you actually end up with 160 MB
of installed fonts. That's why I advised Mark that he could safely delete
all these fonts from his user fonts folder.

Paul's point ­ that you would then lose the use of the expanded Unicode
fonts ­ is therefore not strictly speaking correct since those fonts would
still be available in the Office fonts folder. In practice, however, you
*could* still lose the use of those fonts: If, for instance, you have the
Unicode version of Verdana in Office fonts and the non-Unicode version of
Verdana in user fonts, the system will call the latter first. So
effectively, Paul is right. 

-- 
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP
Mac Word FAQ:  <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
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On 5/26/04 2:14 PM, in article 260520042214112767%nospam@yrl.co.uk, "Elliott
Roper" <nospam@yrl.co.uk> wrote:
> I don't yet have 2004. When I do, I'll be copying those fonts to
> /Library/Fonts where they will be available to me, my missus, and my
> alter-ego - a non-admin account called 'gaol' where I cower while
> inspecting trojans and the like.
> 
> If Microsoft's installer had placed those fonts directly in
> /Library/Fonts then anybody with fonts of the same name in their
> ~/Library/Fonts would never have seen the new ones, and would by now be
> muttering darkly that Unicode support is rubbish.

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