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How To Change The Default System Font On Windows 10

This document provides instructions for changing the default system font on Windows 10. It explains that the default font, Segoe UI, can be changed by creating a registry hack file that specifies the new font name. The steps include identifying the new font's official name, creating a .reg file in Notepad using provided code and replacing the placeholder font with the new one, merging the file to apply the changes, and restarting for the new font to take effect. Resetting to the original font involves creating another registry hack file with code provided and following the same process.

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How To Change The Default System Font On Windows 10

This document provides instructions for changing the default system font on Windows 10. It explains that the default font, Segoe UI, can be changed by creating a registry hack file that specifies the new font name. The steps include identifying the new font's official name, creating a .reg file in Notepad using provided code and replacing the placeholder font with the new one, merging the file to apply the changes, and restarting for the new font to take effect. Resetting to the original font involves creating another registry hack file with code provided and following the same process.

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Windows
 Windows 10

How to Change the Default


System Font on Windows 10
MAHESH MAKVANA
  @MAHESHHARI
MAR 22, 2021, 8:00 AM EST | 4 MIN READ

Windows 10’s default system font, Segoe UI, looks pretty nice. However, if you
have something better to replace it with, you can change the default system font on your
Windows 10 PC. We’ll show you how to do this.

How to Change the Default System Font Using


Registry Editor
At the time of writing in March 2021, neither Settings nor Control Panel has an option to
change the default system font. This means that you need to rely on a registry hack to
change your computer’s default font.

Luckily, this is easy to do. You need to create a registry hack file, add your new font’s
name in it, and execute the file to change the default Windows 10 font.

RELATED: How to Make Your Own Windows Registry Hacks

To begin, you need to know the official name of the font that you want to set as the
default system font. You can find this name using the Settings app.

Open the “Start” menu, search for “Settings,” then click the first result. You can also
press Windows+i to quickly open the Settings window.
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In Settings, click “Personalization,” then select “Fonts” in the left sidebar. On the right
pane, find the font that you want to set as the default and click the font name.
At the top of your screen, you can see the official name of your font. Note this name.

Now, you need to create a registry hack that adds this font to the Windows Registry.
You can use a text editor like Notepad to make registry hacks.

To start, open the “Start” menu, search for “Notepad,” then click the first result.
Copy the following code and paste it into a new Notepad document. Then, replace
“NEW-FONT” in the code with the name of the font you noted earlier. Make sure that
you keep double quotes around the font name as already shown in the code.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

"Segoe UI (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"=""

"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]

"Segoe UI"="NEW-FONT"
In Notepad, click File > Save As. Then enter a name followed by “.reg” in the “File
name” field. For example, to save the file as “mynewfont”, you’d type “mynewfont.reg”.
Choose “All Files” from the “Save as type” dropdown menu, select a location to save
your file in, and click “Save.”

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Open the folder where you saved your newly created Registry hack. Right-click this file
and select “Merge.” This adds the values in your file to the Windows Registry.
Click “Yes” in the prompt, then click “Yes” again to add your new values to the Windows
Registry.

Lastly, click the “Start” menu, select the power icon, and choose “Restart” to restart your
computer. This brings your changes into effect.
When your computer boots back up, you’ll find your selected font is now the default font
for nearly all Windows panels and tools.

To use another font as the default font, right-click your Registry hack and select “Edit.”
Replace your current font’s name with your new font name, and click File > Save to
save the file.
Then, right-click your file and select “Merge,” followed by “Yes” (twice) to change your
default font.

How to Go Back to the Original Default Font on


Windows 10
To reset your changes and use the original default font on your PC, you just need to
create another Registry hack and enter some code in it (The code is given below.).
Then, just make a few clicks, and you’re back to the default Windows font.

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To do this, open the “Start” menu, search for “Notepad,” then click the app in the results.

Copy the following text and paste it into your new Notepad document. You don’t need to
make any changes to this text.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

"Segoe UI (TrueType)"="segoeui.ttf"

"Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"="seguibl.ttf"

"Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"="seguibli.ttf"

"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="segoeuib.ttf"

"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuiz.ttf"

"Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="seguiemj.ttf"

"Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf"

"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf"

"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"="segoeuil.ttf"

"Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"="seguili.ttf"

"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="seguisb.ttf"

"Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"="seguisbi.ttf"

"Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"="segoeuisl.ttf"

"Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"="seguisli.ttf"

"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="seguisym.ttf"

"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="segmdl2.ttf"

"Segoe Print (TrueType)"="segoepr.ttf"

"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="segoeprb.ttf"

"Segoe Script (TrueType)"="segoesc.ttf"

"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="segoescb.ttf"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]

"Segoe UI"=-
Click File > Save As in Notepad to save your new hack. Then enter a name, followed by
“.reg” in the “File name” field. Choose “All Files” from the “Save as type” dropdown, then
click “Save.”

Use File Explorer to find your newly created Registry hack. Right-click this file and
select “Merge.”
Click “Yes” in both prompts on your screen to add the default font to the Registry.

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Finally, reboot your computer, and you now have the original font as the default on your
PC.

In addition to Windows, you can change the default font in your browsers as well. You
might want to do this to keep the fonts consistent across your apps.

RELATED: How to Change the Default Fonts in Your Web Browser

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