Trouble paring down my system fonts

I'm trying to take the Helvetica dfont out of System/Library/Fonts, since it conflicts with other Helveticas in my user folder. When I do this, I get an alert that it's a font necessary to display onscreen text, and that it has been restored. Can anyone tell me a workaround for this "feature"? I'm actually following an old CreativePro help sheet in pruning down my system fonts, but as it's from '07, it may be an obsolete, unworkable procedure.
Thanks to any helpful smart people.
Rob

Hi Rob,
You can pare the fonts on your system down my article, Font Management in OS X.
As you've already discovered, you can't just remove certain fonts. They are duplicated in the deeply buried ProtectedFonts folder. That's where the restored font(s) come from.
However, you are also in the situation where your work requires you to use Type 1 PostScript fonts, which the Apple supplied .dfonts conflict with. The only solution is to remove the Apple versions so you can activate your preferred fonts since you cannot in any way override them. See section 5 of the article linked to above.
The article does state this, but it's worth repeating. Copy the Apple fonts to another location before removing them from the two System folder locations. Use your font manager then to control which Helvetica fonts are on.
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