To expand on Peter Gold's suggestion:

On Mac O/Sv6.0 it's named the "System" file--In 7.? it becomes the
"Font" directory. Finally we dont' call a dir a file anymore. Anyway,
the maximum total size of the files in "System" should not exceed your
actual memory (RAM, don't count virtual memory). If it exceeds the
size of your RAM, it will probably crash your drive _badly_. It took
me several attempts to recover mine.

Even if it's within 4M, you'll probably encounter slowdowns, and
possibly strange application behavior. It's just not worth the bother,
with RAM so cheap these days. Heck, somone had 64M at 237 at MacWorld!

It's amazing how much difference a DIMM makes!
--gp

Jack Fulton wrote:

> I am totally new to asking this list for info.....however, I have a
> 'document' which I thought my Word 6.0 (Macintosh 6840) would open
but
> didn't. I then tried w/Acrobat but it continues to tell me I need to
> "Install the Symbol font' I have done this. I've re-installed the
Sytem
> . all to no avail. Any suggestions?
> Thank you in advance
> Jack Fulton
>
>