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Resolved Can I safely delete .fon fonts?

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by squarepegger, 2013/02/02.

  1. 2013/02/02
    squarepegger

    squarepegger Inactive Thread Starter

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    Windows XP Professional SP3 32 bit up to date

    I've read that having too many fonts can slow down your bootup. I see a lot of fonts with a .fon extension in my FONTS directory. Does XP still use these in 2013 or can I safely delete them and maybe slightly speed up my boot process?

    TIA.
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    The more important question - are you or any of the programs you use - use the fonts?

    You could rename the fonts and see if anything dies/stops working.
     
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    squarepegger

    squarepegger Inactive Thread Starter

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    I tried moving all my .fon fonts to a folder on my desktop. XP wouldn't boot, so I put them back in my FONTS folder and was able to boot XP again. At least some .fon fonts are required by XP.

    I did the moves while running Linux from another partition on my HD.
     
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    Arie

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    1st: Why would you want to do this? On a default Windows XP SP3 the 138 .fon fonts take up a whopping 3.33 MB :eek:

    Now, to answer your question: No, you can't delete .fon fonts 'willy nilly'.

    Windows uses designated .fon fonts to display text in menus, title bars, and dialog boxes.
     
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