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The following is from page 453 of the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit:<br />
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&quot;You can install approximately 1,000 TrueType and OpenType fonts in Windows 98. Almost all of the installed fonts can be used simultaneously, and the same number can be printed in the same document. The 1,000-font maximum occurs because of the size of Registry keys and available storage space for font names in the graphics device interface (GDI).&quot;<br />
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The best way to handle fonts is with a font manager. HP FontSmart is one such manager that comes with many HP Printers. If you don't have an HP Printer, then you can get the Lite version of HP FontSmart here:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.fontsmart.com/progs.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.fontsmart.com/progs.htm</a><br />
It's not as powerful as the full version of HP FontSmart, but it is free and still does a decent job.<br />

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The following is from page 453 of the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit:

"You can install approximately 1,000 TrueType and OpenType fonts in Windows 98. Almost all of the installed fonts can be used simultaneously, and the same number can be printed in the same document. The 1,000-font maximum occurs because of the size of Registry keys and available storage space for font names in the graphics device interface (GDI)."


The best way to handle fonts is with a font manager. HP FontSmart is one such manager that comes with many HP Printers. If you don't have an HP Printer, then you can get the Lite version of HP FontSmart here:
   http://www.fontsmart.com/progs.htm [http://www.fontsmart.com/progs.htm]
It's not as powerful as the full version of HP FontSmart, but it is free and still does a decent job.


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TrueType fonts are available by the hundreds on CDs and the Internet these days. &nbsp;It's easy to accumulate hundreds of fonts in a short amount of time. &nbsp;Is there any performance penalty for installing 2000 fonts (besides taking up hard disk space) on a Windows 98 PC? &nbsp;If 'yes', then what is the best way to handle Font overendulgence without losing one's collection of fonts?
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TrueType fonts are available by the hundreds on CDs and the Internet these days.  It's easy to accumulate hundreds of fonts in a short amount of time.  Is there any performance penalty for installing 2000 fonts (besides taking up hard disk space) on a Windows 98 PC?  If 'yes', then what is the best way to handle Font overendulgence without losing one's collection of fonts?

A Zillion TTF fonts on Windows

A font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consists of a range of fonts that share an overall design. With the advent of digital typography, font is frequently synonymous with typeface, although the two terms do not necessarily mean the same thing. In particular, the use of "vector" or "outline" fonts means that different sizes of a typeface can be dynamically generated from one design. Each style may still be in a separate "font file" -- for instance, the typeface "Futura" may include the fonts "Futura roman", "Futura italic", "Futura bold" and "Futura extended" —- but the term "font" might be applied either to one of these alone or to the whole typeface.