MS you are freaken LAZY, changing a font in Win11 should be easier.

Edward78 · 7 Feb 2024 at 14:25

1. Press Win + I together to open Settings.

2. Choose Personalization > Fonts.

3.In the next window, scroll down to see a list of the available fonts and pick one from them.

4. Note down the full name of the selected font.

After

1. Type Notepad in Windows search and click Open.

2. In the Notepad window, type the code mentioned below. Make sure you replace the Font name with the complete name of the font you selected earlier.

3. Put in:

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"="Font name"

4. Once done, navigate to File > Save as.

5. Enter a name for the file and add .reg with it. For instance, if you are choosing the Inter font, you can name the font as Inter.reg.

6. Now, launch this document and choose Yes in the prompt by the Registry Editor.

Click OK to proceed.

Finally, restart your PC to implement the changes.

Why do you even need to mess with the reg? Remember Win 96, just pixk it in the CP, boom done.

Django x2 · 7 Feb 2024 at 14:27

Edward78 said:
Redirecting

Why do you even need to mess with the reg? Remember Win 96, just pixk it in the CP, boom done.

You don't. I'm not sure what it is you're trying to do. Feels like you've missed something obvious though

Edward78 · 7 Feb 2024 at 14:42

Django x2 said:
You don't. I'm not sure what it is you're trying to do. Feels like you've missed something obvious though

Seems that is a dumb way. I will look for a better way. I have changed it in the fonts setting section, no apply button though. i just found it on this site https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...tem-font/632ad4e6-fea8-4403-a0e1-1978e99740ed site is safe the link just says redirecting. Plus this video says the same.

How to Change Default System Font in Windows 11

In this video, we'll show you how to customize your Windows 11 experience by changing the default system font. While the new operating system comes with a cl...

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Rroff · 7 Feb 2024 at 14:47

Django x2 said:
You don't. I'm not sure what it is you're trying to do. Feels like you've missed something obvious though

I think he is trying to change the display font for the Windows UI - in older versions of Windows you could do it straight from the Control Panel.

Windows 11 isn't really designed with the notion of changing the font used so it is generally not advised to change it, most stuff works but some stuff might not.

EDIT: The Win32 API font functions are hilariously poor, not surprised in a way they've avoided messing with it - I find it amusing there is even constants for FF_DONTCARE (Don't care or don't know) when initialising a font hah and trying to reliably find the current system display font let alone knowing if another font will reliably work for your application is a frustrating process.

Edward78 · 7 Feb 2024 at 16:02

Rroff said:
I think he is trying to change the display font for the Windows UI - in older versions of Windows you could do it straight from the Control Panel.

Windows 11 isn't really designed with the notion of changing the font used so it is generally not advised to change it, most stuff works but some stuff might not.

EDIT: The Win32 API font functions are hilariously poor, not surprised in a way they've avoided messing with it - I find it amusing there is even constants for FF_DONTCARE (Don't care or don't know) when initialising a font hah and trying to reliably find the current system display font let alone knowing if another font will reliably work for your application is a frustrating process.

Ys, that change makes sense. Why would they do that? Annoying how companies do this crap & think they are good things.