Downloaded some fonts (otf/ttf), but they won't delete once in the TB?

I got my 15" macbook pro with 8GB of RAM just two days ago, and am loving it!
I'm a photoshop-type person, so I naturally decided to download some fonts. They were either in the .oft (opentype) or .ttf (truetype) format, both of which are acceptable. They went into the downloads stack; each one, I clicked on and then Fonts Book opened to install it. I installed the fonts and then once they were installed, I deleted the files from the Downloads stack. When they were in my trash bin, I went to delete them but it said they were already in use...?
Should I just move the files from the Downloads stack to a new folder specifically for downloaded fonts, somewhere else on the macbook's drive? From what I've tried, it's not possible to delete them.

As for free downloads to play with: unfortunately, the FontDiner ones are all commercial and thus not free...
They do have some free fonts. At the bottom of the first page (after the lead in page), click the "Free Silverware" link at the bottom. The fonts that come up on that page are all free.
I downloaded four of those fonts at random. All work as expected. That doesn't prove though that the Holiday Ranch font doesn't have something wrong with it.
Kurt, as I noted above, I already did empty all font cache files and restart. Unfortunately, that did not fix the problem.
Oops! Sorry, missed that.
So I think the problem is not that there's anything wrong with my OS, but rather that the person who made the font simply goofed when giving it a name!
It seems to point that way, but you're seeing the issue across fonts from different vendors. I would believe it's either the OS, or Font Book itself.
Your tagline shows you're running 10.6.4. Download and reinstall the 10.6.4 Combo updater. It's surprising how many problems go away when applying the combos.

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