27/07/2021 How to Change the Default System Font on Windows 10

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How to Change the Default System Font on

Windows 10
MAHESH MAKVANA
@maheshhari

MAR 22, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT

| 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

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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.

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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.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVer
"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\CurrentVer

"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.

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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

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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\CurrentVer
"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\CurrentVer

"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.”

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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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MAHESH MAKVANA

Mahesh Makvana is a freelance tech writer who

specializes in writing how-to guides. He has been
writing tech tutorials for over a decade now. He’s
written for some of the prominent tech sites
including MakeUseOf, MakeTechEasier, and
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