Too many fonts - where are thay?

[marty39]

Using either Gimp 3.0.6 or Gimp 2.10, on a Mac currently running Sequoia 15.6.1, the font list shows a lot of fonts with names beginning with a dot, including a lot of ".SF ..." fonts. I don't know where they are. I can't find them on the drive. I want to delete them or at least keep them from showing up on the Gimp font list.

Same thing occurs on an older Mac running High Sierra 10.13.6, but on that system the "dotted" fonts are in alphabetical order ignoring the dot, while onthe newer Mac they're at the top of the list.

I still want to know where they are and whether I can get them off the font list.

[rich2005]

Not many MacOS users ever visit, if one does maybe they will give advice.

A quick search and Sequoia come with a multitude of fonts see: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/120414 I think those SF are quote " [i]...the system fonts of iOS 9 are now changed to the Apple’s new San Francisco fonts, replacing the previous Helvetica Neue./i]" Also those fonts showing and starting with a dot are duplicates.

I had a similar issue in linux and had to use a font manager to hide many unnecessary fonts. I understand you can use MacOS FontBook for this.