Deleting Fonts from the FontAgent Database
Deleting fonts permanently deletes the selected fonts from your FontAgent® database. To do so, follow these steps:
- Select one or more fonts.
- Select the Delete Font command in the Font menu ribbon.
- Confirm that you wish to delete the selected fonts.
There is an important difference between deleting a font from your FontAgent® database and removing a font from a FontAgent set. When you delete a font from your database, you delete only the copy of the font that FontAgent made when you imported it. FontAgent does not delete the original font file that you imported from your Windows file system. Therefore, you can re-import the deleted font into FontAgent if you want to use it later.
Removing Fonts from Sets
Removing a font from a set does not delete the physical font file on your hard drive. You can safely remove fonts from sets without worrying about permanently deleting fonts.
- Select one of more fonts.
- Click the Remove from Set command in the Font menu ribbon.
FontAgent removes the selected fonts from the set, but leaves their font files in your FontAgent database. To re-associate a font with a set, drag the font back onto the set’s name in the Sets Sidebar.
You cannot remove fonts from System Sets since Windows and your applications require those fonts. Note that you can still deactivate System Fonts, which hides them from Windows applications.
Removing Fonts from Subscription Sets
You cannot remove fonts from Adobe Fonts sets and other externally-managed subscription sets since those fonts are managed outside the FontAgent application. To remove and deactivate those fonts, use Adobe Fonts or similar applications you used to activate the fonts originally.
Removing Fonts from Smart Sets
You cannot remove fonts from Smart Sets, since they are sets of fonts that comply with criteria that you specify. To change the fonts in a Smart Set, you must change the Smart Set’s criteria.