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    Isn't it true having more fonts makes Windows slower?

    Isn't it true that the more fonts you have installed, the slower Windows will run (no matter what program you're in)?

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    Windows will take more time to load.

    I'm not sure if programs launched afterwards will also suffer from this.
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    After a google search it seems to say it will also use system resources once windows is loaded.

    I was asking because my friend just told me "I've just installed 6000 (six thousand) fonts"

    So I asked why in the world he would need all that and that it'll just slow down his PC. And he said well my PC is fast, so I said then why dont you remove the 6000 fonts you'll never even use 0.5% of, and sell your PC and get a PII 300mhz with 128 mb ram, itll run just like his 2200+ orwhatever cpu he has with 1gb ram.

    Anyway, after quoting a bunch of google results that say it will significantly slow down and waste resources he removed them.

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    Yeah, clicker, and there was actually a 1k limit for windows in earlier versions (and I assume one of your links points to such a detail now, right?), but you could create a separate folder to "store" the excess ones. Never made sense though: just keep them on the darn CD's.

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    Actually most sites said anything above 300, others said 800, would significantly waste system resources.

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