It's possible to customise nearly every aspect of Windows 10, but in many cases they add little to the user experience.

One potentially valuable change could exist the font, particularly considering you lot read thousands of words every fourth dimension you turn on your PC. The 'Segoe UI' default typeface is absolutely fine, simply information technology could employ a refresh every one time in a while.

While there is a Fonts section in Settings, Microsoft removed the power to freely change the default font in Windows 10. In this article, we'll break down all the steps you'll have to take.

Exist warned: This tutorial involves making changes to the Registry of the PC, and so merely go along if you're confident you know what you're doing.

How to change the default font on Windows 10

  • Open 'Settings' and head to 'Personalisation'
  • Under the 'Font' tab you'll see a selection of unlike font families, including Arial, Verdana and Tahoma
  • Click the one you'd like and go along the window open -
  • In a divide window open the Notepad app (search in the Showtime Menu if you can't find it)
  • Copy and paste the following:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Segoe UI (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Assuming (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-Proper name"

  • Click 'File' and then 'Save As'. The file type will be set as .txt, but you'll demand to change this to all files.
  • Choose whichever file name you'd like, merely make sure you lot end it with .reg
  • Hit 'Save' and and so head to the file explorer to locate the .reg file.
  • Right-click and select 'Merge', before hitting 'Aye' to ostend and and so finally 'OK'.
  • Restart your device and the new font should be applied.

How to restore the default system font

If you'd like to opposite these changes, it probably comes every bit piffling surprise that you'll need to tweak the registry.

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

Windows Registry Editor Version v.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 Calorie-free (TrueType)"="segoeuil.ttf" "Segoe UI Calorie-free 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 Impress Assuming (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 'Save As'

- Select the 'All Files' file blazon, naming it annihilation you want provided it ends with .reg, and then 'Save'.

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

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

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