I've updated my weeding section.  I'm now using Windows XP, but the rules are still the same.  Be very careful removing any fonts!  If you aren't sure, ask someone.  Later versions of Windows shows the system fonts with a red letter.  But there are some basic fonts that should never be removed either, like Arial.

You can remove alternatives of most fonts.  What alternatives?  The Bold, Italic, Bold Italic.  Look at the two screen captures below.  They are my current installed fonts.  I actually haven't done any weeding yet, but I only have 158 fonts installed, and that's after installing some Corel programs.

Where I have put a green line through the font, that is the alternative of the basic font.  They can safely be removed.  Where I have put a purple line through the font, those are fonts that are extras, different, special fonts.  They aren't required by the system.

Remember, it's important to keep the number of installed fonts down!  When your system first starts up, it loads the fonts everytime.  When you get too many fonts, the system is sluggish and you start running into system problems.

Before you remove any fonts, here is a list I made of my fonts when installing windows95.  I didn't make one when installing windows98, but it's pretty much the same way.  I believe one difference is the Tahoma font which now comes in 98.  Be very careful to NOT remove a system font!  Now I do remove the Bold, Italic and Bold Italic versions of these fonts.  So on Arial, Courier, Times New Roman and Verdana, I would remove the bold, bold italic and italic because my other programs have the option to do this function with the font.  This is entirely up to you, but it's one way I keep the number of my installed fonts down.  In PSP, you can always open a font and minimize it to have it available for that PSP session.

Do NOT remove any MS Sans fonts.  If you have any questions, email me.