How to delete and reinstall fonts?

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In my Fonts folder is a mixture of the fonts that came with WinXP, OfficeXP
Standard 2002, together with other fonts that have collected from various
sources. Some of the latter seemingly have the same name as the Microsoft
fonts and have overwritten the Microsoft versions.

I should like to get back to a "start again" situation with my fonts, and
clear out all fonts but the ones that came with WinXP and Office. Is this
possible please, without having to do a major reinstall of WinXP and Office?
 
SRD said:
Fonts you can simply drag to the trash.

srdiamond
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Thanks for responding. If I delete all the contents of the Fonts folder,
will there still be enough fonts left somewhere to enable Windows to still
function?
 
You can see the files if you type this in Start Run

cmd /k attrib -r -s -h %windir%\fonts

Then view the folder in explorer. You can't install or delete fonts (well not in the proper way) at the moment but you can see the files. When finished viewing the files, type

cmd /k attrib +r +s -h %windir%\fonts

to go back to font view.
 
System fonts don't show. But most fonts used aren't system fonts. Some bloke here yesterday reported deleting all his fonts and he can't read anything. I've not been stupid enough to try. Just delete the ones you don't want.
 
System fonts don't show. But most fonts used aren't system fonts. Some bloke
here yesterday reported deleting all his fonts and he can't read anything.
I've not been stupid enough to try. Just delete the ones you don't want.
 
Jan said:
In my Fonts folder is a mixture of the fonts that came with WinXP, OfficeXP
Standard 2002, together with other fonts that have collected from various
sources. Some of the latter seemingly have the same name as the Microsoft
fonts and have overwritten the Microsoft versions.

I should like to get back to a "start again" situation with my fonts, and
clear out all fonts but the ones that came with WinXP and Office. Is this
possible please, without having to do a major reinstall of WinXP and Office?
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Managed to sort it out, thanks.

Had to delete all the "faulty" fonts, and replace them with the Microsoft
OpenType originals from a DriveImage backup file.
A backup overwrite would not work, seemingly because TrueType and OpenType
versions of the same font both are .ttf.
Hence had to remove a font first to create a gap in the Fonts folder, which
the Backup then filled. But the Backup would not overwrite a TrueType .ttf
with an OpenType .ttf for fonts with the same name.
 
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