Why is font handling still so bad?

[flowderf]

In Word or Pages the Font menus have a ridiculous number of available fonts. Most of them are for languages I never use. I understand that these fonts are needed to help render the broadest number typefaces across many applications. But, can't they just live on my computer and not be in the font menus? And, while we are at it, why don't fonts sync across my devices?

Font management feels basically ignored. Or, it is optimized for the manufacturer and not the user.
Are there any workarounds?

 

[awshucks]

Try going to Font Book and deleting other language fonts from the sidebar

 

[flowderf]

They are locked. Can they be unlocked and then deleted?

 

[awshucks]

Not sure.

But, if you go into Language and Region in System Settings, if there are any unwanted languages, those could be removed.

 

[gilby101]

In Word or Pages the Font menus have a ridiculous number of available fonts

I don't see that in Pages.
In the Format r-h sidebar, the drop down shows just the English ones and how each font looks.
From the menu Format > Font the inspector windows shows the English ones by default - if it doesn't it is one click to select English, Favourites or Recent.

Word is harder to control (contact Microsoft to complain).

What are your language settings?

 

[Slartibart]

Am I the only one who likes to see the appearance of a font in the related menu in a design app? Besides - as pointed out - Fontbook allows for collections, deactivating/activating of fonts, and more.
Is this maybe about not being able to remove certain macOS system fonts completely from the system? Well, these are indeed locked down for security reasons.
TL;DR: fonts are actual programs which allows e.g. a bad actor to embed malware into them - hence the lockdown of the core and supplemental system fonts.
In relation to an optional deactivation/removal of the supplemental fonts one might consider giving Apple some Feedback so…

 

[MacGizmo]

I've submitted this situation via Apple's Feedback form numerous times (pretty much every update since they started locking the System down). Personally, I don't see them ever changing this.