Fonts effect on system performance

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Yes.

by seanferd · 11 years ago In reply to Fonts effect on system pe ...

7000 is way too many, from a performance standpoint. they are all loaded at startup. At around 1000, things start slowing down. More RAM, of course, makes a difference. But any app that has to load all the fonts will suffer as well.

For the fonts you rarely use, move them to a different folder. Throw them into the fonts folder as needed.

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Coffee Spew,,,,yes

by robo_dev · 11 years ago In reply to Yes.

Every font must be loaded when Windows starts, so a more reasonable number is like 400 or so.

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Yeah, I tend to go much lower.

by seanferd · 11 years ago In reply to Coffee Spew,,,,yes

I usually delete a fistful of default Windows fonts that are never used.

Now, apps that have their own font cache as well will have to be adjusted wherever that cache lives.

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Got me checking mine

by santeewelding · 11 years ago In reply to Coffee Spew,,,,yes

There are 140 native to my W7Pro. Something like a third or more are variations of Chinese, Hindi, Hebrew, and the like.

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Try it and find out

by Slayer_ · 11 years ago In reply to Fonts effect on system pe ...

I was always told no, that fonts are only loaded from the kernel fonts.

You can always delete the fonts if it causes havoc.

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