It's possible to customise nearly every aspect of Windows x, just in many cases they add piddling to the user experience.

One potentially valuable change could be the font, especially considering you read thousands of words every time yous plough on your PC. The 'Segoe UI' default typeface is admittedly fine, but it could apply a refresh every once in a while.

While at that place is a Fonts department in Settings, Microsoft removed the ability to freely change the default font in Windows ten. In this article, nosotros'll pause down all the steps you'll have to accept.

Be warned: This tutorial involves making changes to the Registry of the PC, and then merely go on if yous're confident yous know what you lot're doing.

How to change the default font on Windows 10

  • Open up 'Settings' and head to 'Personalisation'
  • Under the 'Font' tab you'll meet a selection of different font families, including Arial, Verdana and Tahoma
  • Click the one yous'd like and keep the window open -
  • In a dissever window open the Notepad app (search in the Start Menu if y'all can't find it)
  • Copy and paste the following:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Segoe UI (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Assuming Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Calorie-free (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""

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

"Segoe UI"="ENTER-NEW-FONT-NAME"

  • Click 'File' and and then 'Salve Every bit'. The file type will be set up every bit .txt, merely you'll need to change this to all files.
  • Cull whichever file proper name you'd like, simply make sure yous finish information technology with .reg
  • Hit 'Relieve' and then head to the file explorer to locate the .reg file.
  • Right-click and select 'Merge', before hit 'Yes' to confirm and then finally 'OK'.
  • Restart your device and the new font should be applied.

How to restore the default system font

If yous'd like to reverse these changes, it probably comes equally little surprise that you'll demand to tweak the registry.

- Open up Notepad again and paste the following into the text file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="segoeui.ttf" "Segoe UI Blackness (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 Celebrated (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 Avails (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"=-

- Hit 'File' and so 'Relieve Equally'

- Select the 'All Files' file blazon, naming it anything y'all desire provided it ends with .reg, and then 'Save'.

- Locate the file and right-click before selecting 'Merge'. Ostend by clicking 'Yes' and so 'OK'.

- Restart your device to restore the font back to how it was originally.

Want to install more than fonts? Check out our guide to How to install fonts on Windows ten.