Question about Font names in The Font Thing

[kaesmom]

I've been using The Font Thing to organize my fonts. But I was wondering if I can change the names of them. I have a LOT that start with a number and honestly - it just drives me nuts. I want to remove all of those numbers in the name.

Will that totally mess up the files? Or does that mean nothing and I can call them all Font1 Font2 Font3 if I like?

[wreed06]

I don't know about all fonts, but I think Windows (maybe MacIntoshe's operating system - Unix?) would be upset if you changed the standard Windows font names.

[lovebeingamom]

I would think you could go to the file manager (in control panel) and change them there, then they would be changed in all the programs that use them...

[kaesmom]

I don't keep any of my downloaded fonts in the Windows font directory - I reserve that for JUST Windows fonts. All of the others are on my external hard drive so I'm not eating up so much space (I'm embarassed to admit how many fonts I have!)

I'll have to test it in file manager and see what happens. If it doesn't work, I guess I can just re-download the font, right?

Thanks!

[wreed06]

kaesmom, I think The Font Thing has a renaming utility built into it. I would use that to rename font file names. (You do not change the name of the fonts themselves, but rather the file names of the fonts.)

[kaesmom]

Thanks! I guess I should actually OPEN The Font thing and look, huh?

It's just that I haven't had a chance to actually play with any of the software lately but have been religiously downloading fonts.

[pattyaor]

You can change the names of font files . You must be sure the extension remains .ttf - but I would only do it to files that I have downloaded - DO NOT change any that are already in your Windows font folder, those which may be used by any program on your system. In other words, do not change the name of any font currently installed on your compter. Procede with caution.