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   
      
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   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.   
      
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