Many users often complain that, to put it mildly, they are fed up with the font that the operating system uses to display all text labels or messages by default. Fortunately, in the tenth version of Windows, it became possible to change fine-tuning, including actions with fonts that can be used instead of the standard version.
The question of how to change the font on the computer (Windows 10) can be solved by several methods, including the simplest and the most complicated ones. But first things first.
How to change the standard font size of Windows 10 through scaling?
In general, the most primitive method of changing the font size can be called increasing the scale of the image displayed on the screen. The method, of course, is barbaric, but for users unfamiliar with the fine-tuning of the system, it is suitable as the simplest option.
Actually, the problem of how to change the font on the computer (Windows 10) is solved through the "Screen Settings" section, which is called up through the personalization line in the PC menu on the free area of the "Desktop". On the right side there is a special slider that adjusts the scale. By setting it to a position corresponding to 150 or 200 percent, the user will receive an increase in size.
But this can cause a lot of inconvenience, since all other interface elements will also become larger, and the work areas of some programs will not fit on the screen. And permission from such actions will obviously suffer.
Resize only
On the other hand, in the matter of how to change the font on the computer, Windows 10 offers a finer solution.
To do this, in the same settings section, you need to go to additional parameters and pay attention to the point of changing only text. There are already several more opportunities. You can set your own size for each item in the drop-down list (window or panel names, menu headers, messages, etc.). The method is quite good, but you cannot change the font itself in these settings.
How to add a font to the system?
Now let's digress a bit and see what you can do if you want to change the standard font, but none of the ones on the system are comfortable with it. The Fonts folder in Windows 10 is called Fonts and is located in the Windows main directory on the system drive.
You can add a font to the system quite simply. First you need to download your favorite options in the OTF or TTF format from the Internet, after which you need to copy them to the above folder. After that, you can use the right click on the selected font with the choice of the line “Install” in the context menu.
Note: the added fonts can be used in all, without exception, office editors installed on the computer.
Setting font options through the registry
The problem of how to change the font on the computer (Windows 10) can be solved by a more complex method, using the registry settings.
Suppose a user likes a font, and he would like to install it in the system as the main one. First you need to remember its name when viewing in the Fonts folder. After that, you need to enter the text below in Notepad, indicating in the very last line the name of the selected font.
After that, the new file must be saved by selecting “All files” from the format category, and manually assign the extension .reg (registry file) to it. Next, you need to start it with a double click and agree to make changes to the registry.
Note: it is possible to engage in such actions only after a backup copy of the registry is created, so to speak, just in case.
Reset
Now consider the situation when the user is tired of the settings that are set, and he would like to return them to those parameters that were used by default.
To do this, you will need to call the standard "Control Panel" (control in the "Run" menu), and not the parameter section, switch to displaying the elements in the form of categories, and then go to fonts through design and personalization.
Further, in the "Font Settings" menu, which is located in the left column, after logging in, you just need to click the button to restore the font settings to defaults, after which they will be replaced without any confirmation or reboots.
A few words in the end
In principle, the standard Windows 10 tools are limited to this. But today, on the Internet, you can find a lot of all kinds of programs to change the appearance of the system. In them, for example, the basic elements can not be modified, but limited only to the installation of the desired font.
Recall at least the once-popular utility WindowBlinds. Now its advanced modifications or third-party software products on the World Wide Web, as they say, at least a dime a dozen. The only drawback of all such programs is that they run together with the system, the start becomes longer, and the applications themselves run in the background and hang in the system tray.