When you installed System 7.5, you may have also installed all the extras, including QuickDraw GX. If you decide at some point that QuickDraw GX is not something you need or want to use, you can easily remove it from your system.

The QuickDraw GX Installer has an easy to use remove feature that removes the components of QuickDraw GX. After removing GX, it may be necessary to restore some fonts that QuickDraw GX converted. Follow these steps for the removal procedure:

1. Quit any open applications or desk accessories
2. Locate the QuickDraw GX Installer on the QuickDraw GX Install Diskette or System 7.5 CD. It is located on the Install disk or in the QuickDraw GX Install folder on the CD.
3. Launch the Installer.
4. When you see the Installer's Welcome screen, click continue.
5. Open the pop-up menu (which says Easy Install) and choose Custom Remove.
6. Click on the check boxes for the components you want to remove.
7. Click on remove.

The installer removes the selected components. However, any PostScript fonts that were present in the System Folder before the QuickDraw GX installation no longer work properly because QuickDraw GX placed them in suitcases that standard System Software does not recognize.

Copies of the old fonts were placed in a folder called Archived Type 1 Fonts in the System Folder. Open this folder and copy all of the fonts to the Fonts folder within the System Folder. If prompted to replace any existing fonts, go ahead and replace them.

If you converted any Postscript fonts using the Type 1 Enabler application, you need to reinstall the fonts from original diskettes as that application does not place copies in the archive folder.

Finally, if you used Adobe Type Manager, you should also reinstall that application as it may have been removed when QuickDraw GX was installed.

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