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|    Alan K. to Dan Purgert    |
|    Re: Fonts + I deleted a crapload of them    |
|    15 May 25 09:35:25    |
      From: alan@invalid.com              On 5/15/25 09:11 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:       > On 2025-05-15, Alan K. wrote:       >> On 5/15/25 12:36 AM, CtrlAltDel wrote:       >>> Hello everyone. I have just discovered an issue that I wasn't aware       >>> of for quite a long time. In the beginning, in the way-back time, I       >>> deleted a lot of fonts from an installation of Linux Mint to get rid       >>> of the clutter of fonts that I didn't need.       >>> [...]       >> I also deleted a few fonts. Viewing the font list is horrible when       >> you get to the noto's.       >       > What's the actual purpose / reasoning for deleting fonts? As far as I       > am aware, they're not large files (<1KiB); so there's probably not a lot       > in the way of "space saving".       >       > Is it just "I don't want huge lists in editors" or something?       >       Bingo. That and I don't use them anyway. Trolling down a long list of fonts       is horrific       IMHO.       These I normally delete via the cli, most seem like foreign fonts.              sudo apt purge -y fonts-teluguvijayam fonts-sil-gentium fonts-sil-gentium-basic       fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-yrsa-rasa fonts-smc-gayathri fonts-noto-unhinted       fonts-noto-cjk       fonts-noto-extra fonts-noto-mono fonts-beng fonts-beng-extra fonts-deva       fonts-deva-extra       fonts-gargi fonts-gubbi fonts-gujr fonts-gujr-extra fonts-guru fonts-guru-extra       fonts-indic fonts-kacst fonts-kacst-one fonts-kalapi fonts-khmeros-core       fonts-knda       fonts-lao fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-lohit-beng-assamese fonts-lo       it-beng-bengali       fonts-lohit-deva fonts-lohit-gujr fonts-lohit-guru fonts-lohit-knda       fonts-lohit-mlym       fonts-lohit-orya fonts-lohit-taml fonts-lohit-taml-classical fonts-lohit-telu       fonts-mlym       fonts-nakula fonts-nanum fonts-navilu fonts-orya fonts-orya-extra fonts-pagul       fonts-sahadeva fonts-samyak-deva fonts-samyak-gujr fonts-samyak-mlym       fonts-samyak-taml       fonts-sarai fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-padauk fonts-smc font       -takao-pgothic fonts-taml       fonts-telu fonts-telu-extra fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-tibetan-machine       fonts-tlwg-garuda       fonts-tlwg-garuda-ttf fonts-tlwg-kinnari fonts-tlwg-kinnari-ttf        onts-tlwg-laksaman       fonts-tlwg-laksaman-ttf fonts-tlwg-loma fonts-tlwg-loma-ttf fonts-tlwg-mono       fonts-tlwg-mono-ttf fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-norasi-ttf fonts-tlwg-purisa       fonts-tlwg-purisa-ttf fonts-tlwg-sawasdee fonts-tlwg-sawasdee-ttf       fonts-tlwg-typewriter       fonts-tlwg-typewriter-ttf fonts-tlwg-typist fonts-tlwg-typist-ttf       fonts-tlwg-typo       fonts-tlwg-typo-ttf fonts-tlwg-umpush fonts-tlwg-umpush-ttf fonts-tlwg-waree       fonts-tlwg-waree-ttf fonts-wqy-microhei fonts-smc-anjalioldlipi        onts-smc-chilanka       fonts-smc-dyuthi fonts-smc-karumbi fonts-smc-keraleeyam fonts-smc-manjari       fonts-smc-meera       fonts-smc-rachana fonts-smc-raghumalayalamsans fonts-smc-suruma fonts-smc-uroob              --       Linux Mint 22.1, Cinnamon 6.4.8, Kernel 6.8.0-60-generic       Thunderbird 128.10.0esr, Mozilla Firefox 138.0.3        Alan K.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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