Hi All,
I've been directed to you experts by the MS Support team.
MS Office 2019 stores its fonts in the /Applications/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/Resources/DFonts folder, however, all other fonts on the Mac are stored in either /System/Library/Fonts (system or Apple fonts) or /Library/Fonts (other user-installed fonts).
The effect is that the MS fonts don't appear in FontBook and so can't be enabled, disabled or otherwise managed. Further, they can't be seen or used by non-MS apps leading to font consistency issues.
To simplify font management and ensure use across all apps, I would like to remove all the MS fonts from DFonts and move them to Library/Fonts.
- If I do so will I 'break' the Office apps?
- Are there any fonts that Office requires as a minimum in DFonts to enable Word, Excel and Powerpoint to function?
- To remove the fonts from DFonts; is it simply a case of adding the fonts to Library/Fonts in the usual way with FontBook and then deleting the fonts from DFonts? Only, this article suggests its more complex and involves editing .plist files: http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html#officefonts
- Are there any other restrictions or ramifications to be aware of?
Many thanks in advance for your advice.
All the best, Charlie,
