fonts causing photoshop cs3 to lag and even stop working?

Question

i downloaded a package of 10,000 fonts recently, this was when i was using the GIMP, at startup it would load all the fonts once and it never caused a problem again. but in photoshop cs3 it doesnt load them all and when i scroll down the list it causes major lag and sometimes stops working all together. it has started to become a real annoyance. how can i fix this? please help!
Thanks!

Answer 1

I would say that the problem is caused by the fact that your computer is trying to load all 10,000 fonts and is running out of RAM in the process. Most designers who use a lot of fonts only actually activiate the 2-3 font families they are using to avoid overloading their Macs with unused fonts.

Answer 2

It is generally not recommended to have more than 500 fonts installed at any one time.

One of the reasons being the problem you are having.

When Photoshop starts up it reads all the fonts in the font folder.

The more you got the longer it takes.

Accessing this many fonts also uses up more system resources.

You may have them but how many do you actually use?

I have 15.000 plus fonts. All on the drive but less than 500 in the font folder and probably less than half of those I rarely if ever use.



All my extra fonts are in a separate folder sorted into categories or types of fonts.

I use a font program called "The Font Thing" for keeping track of them.

If I want to create a flyer and need a font for a header I find it, install it, print the flyer and then uninstall it. If I need to do an update on the flyer in the near future I leave it.

You need to clear the Windows font folder of all the extra fonts you don't use.

First create a new folder for them. Sub folders can be created later if you want to sort into categories.

COPY and paste the font files from the windows font folder to the new one. DO NOT cut and paste. There are fonts in the folder known as system fonts which the O/S uses by default. For example the header font on the active title bar at the top of your screen.



DO NOT uninstall or delete any font which has an "A" or an "O" on it's icon. These are system fonts. Examples are arial, courier, comic sans and Times New Roman.

Icons with a "TT" can be uninstalled.



Fonts are best uninstalled using The Font Thing.

Each time you click on the font name the font is displayed on the viewer pane. Quickest way to check if you need it or not.



http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Font-Utils/The-Font-Thing.shtml



I've got all mine burned to disk as well as on external drive.

I like to play safe.

Answer 3

Did this ever get solved? i'm having the suited comparable subject good now with cs3 and lightroom3 on homestead windows 7. I even have tried device fix, which fails, as nicely as resetting alternatives upon commencing photoshop. no longer something works!!! in case you chanced on a answer, please enable me be attentive to.