How to Globally All At Once, Change All System Wide Fonts To : Times New Roman?

[HeyItsChris]

How to Globally All At Once, Change All System Wide Fonts To : Times New Roman?

[Kaz]

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I think I did this back when I had LG monitors with blurry text.  I don't remember if it changes default app behavior.  The file they tell you to make modifies the windows registry, I recommend making a backup before making changes.  This can be done by using the run command (windows R, I think...), and typing "regedit", no quotes.  There is an option to save or import from there, do a manual save before following the instructions on the website.

 

If it doesn't change default font for applications (I think it did), you can change websites using firefox / dark reader.

 

If you're using Linux, it's different.  Let me know!

[HeyItsChris]

Thanks, it says : Make sure you replace the Font name with the complete name of the font you selected earlier.

What is the exact name for Times new roman, and what should the .reg look like, I wanna do this right the first time, bro.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[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"="Font name"

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
"Times New Roman"=""
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"="Times New Roman"

 

???

As you can see I have no idea what I'm doing, lol

 

Do I put the Times New Roman in between the quotes, and leave the Segoe UI (TrueType)?

[Kaz]

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1. Press Win + I together to open Settings.

2. Choose Personalization > Fonts.

3.In the next window, scroll down to see a list of the available fonts and pick one from them.

4. Note down the full name of the selected font.

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I'm being slightly lazy because I don't want to reboot into windows and look at a half dozen updates.  If this doesn't work for you let me know and I'll find the exact name.

 

Edit - What they are suggesting is to make a text file that you rename (or save as) a  ".reg" file, then run the newly created file and it will add the entries into the registry for you.  You don't need windows registry open when you do that.

Edited Thursday at 23:23 by Kaz

[Kaz]

Hmm, sorry I should have read your post better.  The "" is where they are suggesting you put the name of the font you are trying to add.

 

Initial searching suggests that you will find

  Quote

Times New Roman
Times New Roman Bold
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Times New Roman Italic

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So you have your choice of variations of Times new Roman.

 

I deleted an improper example of the file here, scroll down farther to see what works.

Edited yesterday at 00:44 by Kaz
edited to remove incorrect answer.

[HeyItsChris]

I just made the changes from this guide, nothing changed...

I made a backup first.

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

[Kaz]

 Give me a minute to check what file you ran and what it should have done.

 

- Edited to remove incorrect answer.  I tested for the correct one!  Scroll down a little more.

Edited yesterday at 00:45 by Kaz
remove incorrect information.

[HeyItsChris]

I changed it up as you listed with the italic bold variations, nothing changed...

 

I'd like to change it at the boot screen where it shows the Windows 11 & Safemode option for me I added it in MSCONFIG.. I added the cmd command and it changed it msconfig.  & The Lockscreen as well.

 

I want it to change all fonts over to Times New Roman.

Edited Thursday at 23:40 by HeyItsChris

[Kaz]

This is the file that was downloaded:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: August 27, 2022
; Updated on: September 1, 2023
; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/


[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 Semibold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"="ENTER FONT NAME HERE"

With the instruction to enter font name here.  However if you check the restore to default file, it shows the code is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="segmdl2.ttf"
"Segoe Print (TrueType)"="segoepr.ttf"
"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="segoeprb.ttf"
"Segoe Script (TrueType)"="segoesc.ttf"
"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="segoescb.ttf"
"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 Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf"
"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf"
"Segoe UI Light (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"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"=-

Suggesting that the various versions should also list the font you are after.

[Kaz]

Ok, give me a minute to reboot to windows....

[HeyItsChris]

@Kaz

Thanks so much for the help!

[Kaz]

My attempt to see the difference with my old eyes..

  Reveal hidden contents

Pending restart to see if it worked....

[HeyItsChris]

Some stuff changed but I want everything to change, like the boot manager screen & lock screen and title bars etc, everything.

ticking this option on & off, caused the fonts to change mostly, it wasn't automatic.

[HeyItsChris]

I guess I could this magnificent piece of software, now how to pay for it or...?

[Kaz]

Ok, so after about 10 restarts and a few of them being Linux from habit...  Here's what I found.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: August 27, 2022
; Updated on: September 1, 2023
; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/


[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 Semibold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"="Times New Roman"

Gives me the first screenshot

 

and this code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: August 27, 2022
; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="segmdl2.ttf"
"Segoe Print (TrueType)"="segoepr.ttf"
"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="segoeprb.ttf"
"Segoe Script (TrueType)"="segoesc.ttf"
"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="segoescb.ttf"
"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 Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf"
"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf"
"Segoe UI Light (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"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"=-

Gives me the 2nd screenshot

 

So it is working, but my suggestion to include the names inside the quotations in my earlier posts was incorrect, that didn't work at all!  I will probably edit the above posts so the wrong answers are not there in case someone finds this forum post later.

[Kaz]

If you are having problems, make sure when you save the code in notebook, you choose save as all and make the end file name be ".reg", no quotes.

 

Windows 11 likes to hide the file extensions and it's easy not to tell it .all, so it will add it's own file extension like .txt in the file.  This used to not be a possibility, but lately with the ability to hide file extensions it's quite possible to see a filename.reg.txt with the .txt being invisible unless you have show file extensions enabled.

[HeyItsChris]

Thanks bro, but still the clock & date & the "Search" is still not Times New Roman.

 

This is quite the task to complete, eh?  

I love Times New Roman.  Very sophisticated.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 00:47 by HeyItsChris

[Kaz]

Did you reboot?

[Kaz]

Eh yeah...  I looked at my screenshots and it's no difference there.  This is one of the reasons I moved away from windows...  They made it really hard to change stuff I wanted to.  My start menu is completely blank because I didn't want windows logging each program I opened.  That's about as much help as I will be on this, sorry!

[HeyItsChris]

You've been wonderful, thank you so much, yes sir on reboot.  I took some screenshots of all that I want changed, everything pretty much, even microsoft edge where you enter url and bookmark text.

Edited yesterday at 00:58 by HeyItsChris

[Kaz]

The restore code has additional font lines of code, possibly adding them to the original change file might help.  Just take the filename out of the quotations if you try it.  Speaking of, that is an actual file it's pointing to, which has a different name than than Times New Roman, which might be why my earlier attempts didn't work.  In the personalization font settings it does say what the font filename is.

However I read the comments on the page it linked to and people were saying the start menu broke when they changed the Light options, which is why they weren't included.  I don't know if that's something you want to mess with farther, but I leave it to you.  Do put the restore file on your desktop if you try it, that way it's easy to navigate to if the start menu breaks...

 

It's also possible to rebuild the start menu with powershell, so if what they encountered was an actual broken start menu that wasn't font related it could be fixed...  I'm going to make some dinner, won't be of help for a while. 

[HeyItsChris]

@KazIf you may send me the .reg attach link here the .reg that may change as much fonts as possible to Times New Roman, i'll mark it as a solution.  Thanks

Edited yesterday at 01:22 by HeyItsChris

[Kaz]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: August 27, 2022
; Updated on: September 1, 2023
; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe Print (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe Script (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Segoe UI"="Times New Roman"

 

My testing showed it didn't make much difference.  Search and login are still the same, and I don't think the clock changed.  I miss when stuff was simple...

 

Daily reminder, Linux is a thing!  (Although I don't know I'd call it simple...)

[Kaz]

I also tried inserting the file names, didn't seem to make a difference.