It'south possible to customise nearly every attribute of Windows 10, but in many cases they add together trivial to the user experience.

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

While there is a Fonts section in Settings, Microsoft removed the power to freely change the default font in Windows ten. In this article, nosotros'll break downwards all the steps y'all'll take to accept.

Be warned: This tutorial involves making changes to the Registry of the PC, so but go along if you lot're confident you 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 come across a selection of different font families, including Arial, Verdana and Tahoma
  • Click the i you'd like and go on the window open -
  • In a separate window open up the Notepad app (search in the Get-go Bill of fare if yous tin'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 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"="ENTER-NEW-FONT-NAME"

  • Click 'File' and and then 'Salve As'. The file type will be ready equally .txt, but you'll need to modify this to all files.
  • Choose whichever file proper name yous'd like, but make sure you end it with .reg
  • Striking 'Save' and and so head to the file explorer to locate the .reg file.
  • Right-click and select 'Merge', before hitting 'Yep' to confirm and then finally 'OK'.
  • Restart your device and the new font should exist practical.

How to restore the default system font

If y'all'd like to opposite these changes, it probably comes as piddling surprise that you'll need to tweak the registry.

- Open up upward Notepad once more and paste the post-obit 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 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 Celebrated (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf" "Segoe UI Low-cal (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 Impress (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 then 'Salve As'

- Select the 'All Files' file type, naming it anything you lot want provided it ends with .reg, then 'Relieve'.

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

- Restart your device to restore the font dorsum to how information technology was originally.

Desire to install more fonts? Check out our guide to How to install fonts on Windows 10.