$DefaultFont (Obsolete Mathematica Symbol)

As of Version 3, $DefaultFont has been superseded by settings in notebook stylesheets, and as of Version 6 by options such as BaseStyle.

$FormatType (Obsolete Mathematica Symbol)

As of version 6.0, $FormatType has been superseded by explicit settings for FormatType in Graphics and related functions.

$RandomState (Obsolete Mathematica Symbol)

As of Version 6.0, $RandomState has been superseded by the scoping construct BlockRandom.

$TemporaryPrefix (Obsolete Mathematica Symbol)

As of Mathematica 7.0, $TemporaryPrefix has been superseded by $TemporaryDirectory.

$TextStyle (Obsolete Mathematica Symbol)

As of Version 6.0, $TextStyle has been superseded by BaseStyle and other options.