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What fonts does Adobe install on my Mac, and how can I separate them out?

  • What fonts does Adobe install on my Mac, and how can I separate them out? Adobe's fonts are wonderful but I've never appreciated the way that Adobe just installs files willy-nilly all over my Mac. Even Microsoft installs its fonts in /Library/Fonts/Microsoft rather than /Library/Fonts, the way Adobe does. Basically, I would like /Library/Fonts to just be the fonts that are standard on the Mac. I'd like to put all other fonts into ~/Library/Fonts/subdirectory. I don't see that any third party has business putting anything in /Library unless it's absolutely necessary. So, can I get a list of what fonts are what? (Adobe doesn't bother separating out its fonts in Font Book either.) Then, if I move all the Adobe fonts out of /Library/Fonts and into ~/Library/Fonts/Adobe, will anything break?

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    Ah hah! I just got a new Macbook, and before I installed CS4 I labeled all my fonts red in the Finder. Here's a list of what's not red in /Library/Fonts: ACaslonPro-Bold.otf ACaslonPro-BoldItalic.otf ACaslonPro-Italic.otf ACaslonPro-Regular.otf ACaslonPro-Semibold.otf ACaslonPro-SemiboldItalic.otf AdobeFangsongStd-Regular.otf AdobeHeitiStd-Regular.otf AdobeKaitiStd-Regular.otf AdobeMingStd-Light.otf AdobeMyungjoStd-Medium.otf AdobeSongStd-Light.otf AGaramondPro-Bold.otf AGaramondPro-BoldItalic.otf AGaramondPro-Italic.otf AGaramondPro-Regular.otf BellGothicStd-Black.otf BellGothicStd-Bold.otf BirchStd.otf BlackoakStd.otf BrushScriptStd.otf ChaparralPro-Bold.otf ChaparralPro-BoldIt.otf ChaparralPro-Italic.otf ChaparralPro-Regular.otf CharlemagneStd-Bold.otf CooperBlackStd-Italic.otf CooperBlackStd.otf EccentricStd.otf GiddyupStd.otf HoboStd.otf KozGoPro-Bold.otf KozGoPro-ExtraLight.otf KozGoPro-Heavy.otf KozGoPro-Light.otf KozGoPro-Medium.otf KozGoPro-Regular.otf KozMinPro-Bold.otf KozMinPro-ExtraLight.otf KozMinPro-Heavy.otf KozMinPro-Light.otf KozMinPro-Medium.otf KozMinPro-Regular.otf LetterGothicStd-Bold.otf LetterGothicStd-BoldSlanted.otf LetterGothicStd-Slanted.otf LetterGothicStd.otf LithosPro-Black.otf LithosPro-Regular.otf MesquiteStd.otf MinionPro-Bold.otf MinionPro-BoldCn.otf MinionPro-BoldCnIt.otf MinionPro-BoldIt.otf MinionPro-It.otf MinionPro-Medium.otf MinionPro-MediumIt.otf MinionPro-Regular.otf MinionPro-Semibold.otf MinionPro-SemiboldIt.otf MyriadPro-Bold.otf MyriadPro-BoldCond.otf MyriadPro-BoldCondIt.otf MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf MyriadPro-Cond.otf MyriadPro-CondIt.otf MyriadPro-It.otf MyriadPro-Regular.otf MyriadPro-Semibold.otf MyriadPro-SemiboldIt.otf NuevaStd-BoldCond.otf NuevaStd-BoldCondItalic.otf NuevaStd-Cond.otf NuevaStd-CondItalic.otf OCRAStd.otf OratorStd-Slanted.otf OratorStd.otf PoplarStd.otf PrestigeEliteStd-Bd.otf RosewoodStd-Regular.otf StencilStd.otf TektonPro-Bold.otf TektonPro-BoldCond.otf TektonPro-BoldExt.otf TektonPro-BoldObl.otf TrajanPro-Bold.otf TrajanPro-Regular.otf

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Try this in the Terminal: grep Adobe /Library/Fonts/* Seems to work OK

Mwongozi

Thanks! But I'm worried that might pick up Adobe fonts that Apple actually included in the base install. I suppose I could cross-reference against another Mac with no Adobe stuff installed on it, too. (Adobe sometimes uses the "All Users" user directory, that seems like the best place for stuff like this, instead of the system Library folder.)

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And I don't think anything will break if you re/move them, but certain apps will whine until they get their special fonts.

Plug Dub In

Thanks! I think if they're in ~/Library/Fonts/Adobe or /Users/All Users/Library/Fonts/Adobe every app should be able to find them just fine, which is why it's so annoying they're intermingled.

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