Found it. It's by the Carbon Copy Cloner Guy Mike Bombich. It's called DeLocalizer. <http://www.bombich.com/software/local.html> No need to reinstall the system. Wipes all foreign pests away in a flash. and it's FREE. k On May 28, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Kunga wrote: > That may not have been necessary. There is a utility that deletes > all foreign fonts. But I can't find it now and am wondering if > anyone here know what I mean? I've used it and been googling and > searching versiontracker and it just won't pop up. Must be part of > something else. I have used it and it freed up almost a GB of > space. And that was with me always NOT installing foreign fonts. > But now I can't find it. It was free and easy to use. > > k > > On May 28, 2005, at 9:00 AM, kp wrote: > > >> John McG wrote >> >> >> >>> I have it working with no problems on 3 different machines. I've >>> deactivated the foreign language fonts and some of the other >>> nonsense >>> fonts that come along with various apps. >>> >>> There was a major issue with a font called "Times CE" causing all >>> sorts of havoc in 10.3. Try disabling it with Apple's Font Book. >>> Also try deleting the preferences for Appleworks. >>> >>> >> >> I can now certainly agree that my problems have been font related >> - if nothing else Margaret's hint about changing the keyboard had >> to be a clue. This morning I wiped 10.4 and reinstalled with zero >> foreign languages and fonts resulting with AppleWorks working just >> fine. >> >> Many thanks for all the help. >> >> Ken Philbrick