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Just read about this is some other board, and thought i'd share it...
If you have any specific types of fonts you like to use -- like say dingbats & wingdings -- and you really only ever use them when you're in PS doing something... then read on...
...yes... read on...
...i said yay brotherin... continue to read on...
Uninstall those hefty fonts from your operating system, and instead, move them into the FONTS folder found at this location on your harddrive:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts
(PC specific path here... Mac will be different of course)
Any fonts within this "Adobe specific" folder, will be loaded into Photoshop, just as if they were actually installed on your OS. But they aren't! Now that's a space-saving tip!
Why would one wish to do this?
Well... i myself rarely ever use all my "image" fonts for anything other than PS stuff. And those fonts, being primarily images, can eat up a LOT of HD space and use a fair bit of resources also. So knowing that i can still use them in PS without having to install them... is a great bit of knowledge to have.
Oh ya and i also just learned something else new!
If you want to use a font in ANY program, but do not wish to install it, for any reason, just go to where the font is stored, double-click it to open the preview window of it, then start up the app you want to use the font in. But leave the font preview window open while you do this.
What this does is make the program you started use the font as if it were installed. When you're done messing with it, close the app and close the font preview window. And all returns to how it was.
I tested this in XaraX and it does indeed work! Coolio Daddio! B7
If you have any specific types of fonts you like to use -- like say dingbats & wingdings -- and you really only ever use them when you're in PS doing something... then read on...
...yes... read on...
...i said yay brotherin... continue to read on...
Uninstall those hefty fonts from your operating system, and instead, move them into the FONTS folder found at this location on your harddrive:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts
(PC specific path here... Mac will be different of course)
Any fonts within this "Adobe specific" folder, will be loaded into Photoshop, just as if they were actually installed on your OS. But they aren't! Now that's a space-saving tip!
Why would one wish to do this?
Well... i myself rarely ever use all my "image" fonts for anything other than PS stuff. And those fonts, being primarily images, can eat up a LOT of HD space and use a fair bit of resources also. So knowing that i can still use them in PS without having to install them... is a great bit of knowledge to have.
Oh ya and i also just learned something else new!
If you want to use a font in ANY program, but do not wish to install it, for any reason, just go to where the font is stored, double-click it to open the preview window of it, then start up the app you want to use the font in. But leave the font preview window open while you do this.
What this does is make the program you started use the font as if it were installed. When you're done messing with it, close the app and close the font preview window. And all returns to how it was.
I tested this in XaraX and it does indeed work! Coolio Daddio! B7