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Sean Moubry
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Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.

  1. Open Font Book.
  2. Select all fonts in the middle column.
  3. File > Validate Fonts.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

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For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:

  • /Library/Fonts/
  • /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/

Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.

WhichWhat are the pros/cons/considerations of each solution is bestI've proposed? Is there a third way? How do you prefer to deal with this?

Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.

  1. Open Font Book.
  2. Select all fonts in the middle column.
  3. File > Validate Fonts.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

enter image description here

For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:

  • /Library/Fonts/
  • /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/

Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.

Which solution is best? Is there a third way?

Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.

  1. Open Font Book.
  2. Select all fonts in the middle column.
  3. File > Validate Fonts.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

enter image description here

For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:

  • /Library/Fonts/
  • /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/

Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.

What are the pros/cons/considerations of each solution I've proposed? Is there a third way? How do you prefer to deal with this?

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Sean Moubry
Sean Moubry
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Font Book finds duplicate fonts installed by Microsoft Office

Once you install Microsoft Office on a Mac, you get a bunch of new fonts. This is great, except many of them conflict with existing fonts that shipped with OS X.

  1. Open Font Book.
  2. Select all fonts in the middle column.
  3. File > Validate Fonts.

This is an example of what I'm talking about:

enter image description here

For every conflict the same font is located in each of the following folders:

  • /Library/Fonts/
  • /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/

Obviously, one way to resolve this conflict would be to choose one and remove the other. Or I could just leave it alone, since I really didn't notice the issue until just now when I tried validating my fonts -- they are the same fonts after all.

Which solution is best? Is there a third way?