I am in need of a script that will at startup look at the fonts folder within the system folder and trash all fonts (suitcases and postscirpt) except for Geneva, Monoco and of course Chicago.
I am using a third party font management tool that I have a “master” font folder located on the first level of the hard drive.
I find it hard to manage over a 100 macs on a daily basis, when thier are applications out there that install fonts a drop of a hat when installing the application i.e. Internet Explorer and such.
Anyway please help, if you can send me a email and lets discuss
Thanks!!!
“I am in need of a script that will at startup look at the fonts folder within the system folder and trash all fonts (suitcases and postscirpt) except for Geneva, Monoco and of course Chicago.”
Do you want to add Charcoal to that list? The script should be simple. Slow way: step through each font file one-by-one. Fast way: create “default” fonts folder. Delete all the fonts in the system folder then copy the default fonts into the fonts folder. You might have to restart after this. Place the script in the startup items folder – you may need to permit the script to activate in Extensions Manager or Conflic Catcher, depending on which you use.
“there are applications out there that install fonts a drop of a hat when installing the application i.e. Internet Explorer and such.”
Yes, I hate this self-healing feature to IE’s too. I think if you delete the Microsoft Internet Self-Repair folder (it contains a file called First Run). That may work.
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