Ability to change the system font at Windows 11

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Hi. Is there a way to chage system font at Windows 11 ?
Thanks.

mandy m 11 Reputation points

2022-03-24T09:56:21.667+00:00

Not helpful I was asking to change the font style - not the font size.
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Dungeon Master 86

This worked for me: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-default-system-font-windows-10

It uses the registry so make a restore point just to be safe.

MDH 0 Reputation points

2023-01-17T21:48:51.3533333+00:00

This method breaks the start menu
David W Ristau 0 Reputation points

2023-07-11T23:56:54.2133333+00:00

Replying directly to MDH:

See my reply to the original question asked by user "Bug Locker", if it's accepted to add to this thread.

If it's not accepted by original questioner,

search for "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" and follow the steps.

It's an editor I found in 2011 that still works well.

The registry editor routine I've used for years doesn't break the start menu.

Perhaps ExplorerPatcher on GitHub would help you with start menu format you prefer to Windows 11.
TOVOT Marco Colonna 0 Reputation points

2024-04-24T15:18:46.3133333+00:00
you dont need an entire restore point for this kind of tweaks, just need two .reg files
(one that applies the changes and the other that revert back)

anyway... the problem in W11 (relased 2021 Gregorian) when changing the system-font is that tweak breaks the Start Menu (for example, why I dont know if this tweak also breaks something else). after I using W11 for a couple of years I still have to find a solution to change the system-fonts

is absurd... that a company like MS didnt add the feature to easily change the font, even W95 (relased 1995 Gregorian calendar) allowed you to change the font in easy way

it is also absurd that to increase the zoom, the system freezes for a few minutes. W11 is yet another demonstration of how dysfunctional MS is, even in something so irrelevant and simple, so... how much more in what is important and complicated!

and I can continue...

3 primary control panel (Settings, Security, old Control Panel

20+ secondary administrative control panel

some old administrative control panel are broken (an example: if you open Services admin panel, and click on View > Customize even you dont make changes and if make changes the panel crash, just a CTD (every time and I use W11Pro)

a Registry all-in-one so... is easy to mess up

a Registry easy to access from remote so... security risk

a Registry wich you wrong a little thing... this is why maye you need a whole Restore Point (why MS Windows is bad-developed)

eccetera...

but I also add this in conclusion: to remove the round edges from the windows you have to apply a patch to the DWM (with an attached annoying Windows Defender warning in taskbar)

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Andreas Baumgarten 132.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2021-11-07T18:36:25.353+00:00

Maybe this works (not tested by myself!): https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/change-the-default-font-on-win11.html

(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten
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HawkNbawlZ 26 Reputation points

2021-11-17T02:52:33.813+00:00

So far it works for me, thanks.

HawkNbawlZ 26 Reputation points

2021-11-17T02:54:43.083+00:00

So far it works for me, thanks.

jessicataylr 6 Reputation points

2022-01-16T13:14:46.653+00:00

Does not even work in the slightest.

Farah Haddad 1 Reputation point

2022-02-27T11:23:53.557+00:00

But I don't want to change the windows 11 default font in English, I added one more language which is Arabic and I want to change the default font for windows in Arabic only, nothing else to be changed.

Don K 1 Reputation point

2022-11-15T14:26:57.943+00:00

If iam right it works fine but it breaks the tasbarin windows 11. Any work around that ?

David W Ristau 0 Reputation points

2023-07-12T00:06:20.0633333+00:00

HA!!!! LOL!!!

Andreas Baumgarten,

I clicked and read the link in your answer to Bug locker, AFTER I added my own comment.

I had forgotten the source of the version 5.00 editor, so thank you for including it in your post.

YES, it still works well in Windows 11, and earlier versions back to 2011 when I first used it.

I bookmarked that site for future reference. I hope Mr. Haddad and Don K find a similar fix for their respective language fonts.

Perhaps in the future I'll remember when suggesting this fix to advise it definitely works for English language fonts; all other fonts unknown.

Again, thanks for the answer and the link.With aloha from Maui!
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Bot Verify 11 Reputation points

2021-11-07T17:52:03.373+00:00

It doesnt work on my windows 11
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Janhvi Agarwal 1 Reputation point

2021-12-29T08:47:46.233+00:00

same

Anonymous

2023-07-12T05:44:16.1166667+00:00

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/

David W Ristau 0 Reputation points

2023-07-13T12:42:53.5533333+00:00

yep, same answer as mine and a few others.
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