Issues with having too many fonts installed?

[kat.hayes]

Are there issues with having too many fonts installed on a Mac besides them just taking up hard drive space?

Thanks.

 

[bent christian]

Are there issues with having too many fonts installed on a Mac besides them just taking up hard drive space?

Thanks.

It can bog a system down. That is why font managers were invented. If you think you have too many fonts activated, open Font Book and disable the non-system fonts.

 

[kat.hayes]

Do the installed fonts use up RAM? Is there a way to know how many is too many fonts?

Thanks.

 

[Jess13]

Are there issues with having too many fonts installed on a Mac besides them just taking up hard drive space?

Thanks.

I haven’t noticed any issues, other than difficulty deciding what font to use with so many choices.

 

[bent christian]

Do the installed fonts use up RAM? Is there a way to know how many is too many fonts?

Thanks.

They can, but that is less of an issue now than it was in the past now with faster memory and usually more of it. I don't know what system you are using and how many fonts you have active, so that is all I can say on the topic.

The easiest way to find out if fonts are slowing you down is to go into Font Book and deactivate all non-system fonts. It should take less than ten seconds.