What's the maximum number of fonts I can install in XP?

Also, what's the maximum file size (2GB, 4GB, ?)

I dont think there is a maXimum amount of fonts. But when
you run, say Word, unless you have an awesome system it
would load _really_ slow.

No max fonts, just pile them on until you choke down system.

Max file size supposedly 4 GB. I have used backup and created backup
files (actual files on hard disk, not to a separate backup device) that
were larger than 2 GB that restored sucessfully.

Not only that but, it will boot slower since all fonts installed load at
bootup. At least this is the case in W9x systems. I don't really know in XP
because as a matter of habit, after XP and Office were installed I went in
and deleted all fonts that I would never use and all of the Bold, Italic,
Bold-Italic fonts. (I got rid of these since the Office programs will do
Bold & Italic itself. Some say that these fonts are needed as they look
better but I haven't been able to tell the difference on screen or on
paper.)

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"Indeed" <e@r.t> wrote in message
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well if this is true then theres something going a miss, i can time a
significant delay in boot striahgt after adding my collection of ~500/600
fonts.

"Alex Nichol" <Alex...@btinternet.delete.com> wrote in message
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Clif Holcomb wrote:

It was the case in Windows 3 - it is *not* the case in Windows 9x,
except for the small number in use by the system itself. Fonts there
are only loaded on coming into use - meaning in practice that all do
if anyone Opens Word and looks at the Font menu

Win95 had a limit on the number of fonts that could be installed, set
by the maximum size of he registry key containing their names and file
names. Win98 avoided that, but has a limit on the active ones - in
the sense above - set by the size of a 'resource' table for their
names. I do not think either of those limitations would apply in XP

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