Windows 7 - Delete fonts

zoombi · 02-13-2011

Ok, well, I'm a fool.

I needed to install a font, thought I clicked just one, but somehow must have chosen all.

I have loaded over 10,000 fonts on my system.

How can I revert to just the basic font set that comes with Windows 7?

Deleting manually would just be too time consuming.

Is there a list of what fonts are Windows 7 default? Then I could highlight all and then unhighlight the ones to stay and delete the rest.

Or is there a better way to go about this?

Brink · 02-13-2011

Hello Zoombi,

You could do a system restore using a restore point dated before you installed the fonts to remove them.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Kari · 02-13-2011

Hello Zoombi, welcome to the Seven Forums.

You might find some help in here: How to restore Windows 7 default fonts..

Kari

zoombi · 02-13-2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Zoombi,

You could do a system restore using a restore point dated before you installed the fonts to remove them.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I thought about that but this was done over a week ago and I have only just found out about it.

Have made other changes since then.

The good lady wife informs me that when she fires up her label printer it takes ages (i checked, it does). I think this may be related to the 10k+ fonts.

I just wish she told me as soon as she realised and I would have done a system restore.

zoombi · 02-13-2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Kari

Hello Zoombi, welcome to the Seven Forums.

You might find some help in here: How to restore Windows 7 default fonts..

Kari

Tried that.

It doesn't delete the current fonts though.

Idea: If I deleted ALL fonts and then did this it should restore just the default fonts.

Kari · 02-13-2011

Quote: Originally Posted by zoombi

Idea: If I deleted ALL fonts and then did this it should restore just the default fonts.

It seems so, although I am not completely sure.

Here's a list of Windows 7 fonts from a computer which has very few apps installed, so the Fonts folder should be almost "native": Fonts.txt

Kari

zoombi · 02-13-2011

I used font frenzy

Font Frenzy allows you to strip away your excess fonts and leave only the fonts that are essential to Windows, giving you the maximum performance possible.

link -- fontfrenzy

THANK YOU all for your help.

Have gone from 14,131 fonts down to 326.

I will load others that I need as needed — ONE at a time

joseph10444 · 02-13-2011

wow 14k

Brink · 02-13-2011

That's great news Zoombi.

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