Comments for How do I change the font that Windows uses?

Comment from VA on 2010-07-08

2010-07-08T18:07:28Z

My months of search in Internet
could yield the below content.

Thanks.

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Windows Explorer uses for filenames is whatever you've selected under "Icon", and the font that dialogue boxes (such as the window you're using to select the different fonts) use is what you select under "Message box".
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Comment from marinus on 2010-06-01

2010-06-01T18:45:20Z

I'm sorry, actual mileage may vary. My windows explorer windows text is *fixed*. Your Appearances tip Does Not Work, on my stock XP system.

Windows 7 is warmed-over XP, Mac simplifies by simply welding the hood shut, and Linux, shudder, is Linux. sigh

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Comment from Panos on 2010-02-03

2010-02-03T11:45:29Z

How can i add more fonts in the font list of Advanced...?
thank u.

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Comment from lee on 2009-02-27

2009-02-28T07:55:22Z

This did not help me because in "Advanced Apperance" I click in "Active Window" the "text area" and am not able to get a font menu. Do you have any ideas of what I can do?

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Comment from Damon Littlewood on 2008-04-08

2008-04-09T06:45:48Z

To get Segoe UI installed on XP, all you have to do is install Windows Live Mail.

Change your system font to Segoe UI and you have that lovely Vista look, without the hassle :D

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Comment from Simon on 2008-04-08

2008-04-09T04:24:59Z

A few tips: the main font that Windows Explorer uses for filenames is whatever you've selected under "Icon", and the font that dialogue boxes (such as the window you're using to select the different fonts) use is what you select under "Message box".

Also, if you're just trying to make fonts bigger, try changing the DPI (in Settings tab -> Advanced).

Regarding font choice, for a refreshing but still professional look to XP, get hold of Segoe UI from somewhere, and replace Tahoma with it everywhere it appears (Segoe UI is the font that Vista uses instead of Tahoma; it's more rounded, more humanist).

And make sure Cleartype is turned on! (In Appearance tab -> Effects ->font smoothing) If Cleartype is too thin and spindly for you by default, that's fixable: Google "Cleartype Font Tuner".

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