[X4U] DeLocalize Your Fonts

[Kunga]

Hey all, I just freed up 1.4 GB of hard drive space by running  
DeLocalizer on my G5 for the first time. Thanks for the reminder. It  
appears that even though you tell the OS X installer NOT to install  
foreign fonts that it does so anyway to some extent.

On May 28, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Kunga wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>> 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