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  1. Posts : 15
    Windows 10 Pro
       #50

    yes you are right
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  2. Posts : 3
    Windows 10 x64 Pro
       #51

    Hello everybody!
    Continuing my previous post, here you are updated version of my "WindowsXP SP2 style 10pt no smoothing no cleartype" fonts tweak for Windows 10.
    Fixed incorrect encoding (square symbol) in search symbol in Explorer.
    windows 10 nocleartype fonts v2.zip
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  3. Posts : 281
    Win 10 21H2 LTSC
       #52

    Thanks guys.

    Like what many said I like the Segoe UI semibold font as a replacement.

    I did notice however that if you just blank out all of the segoe ui stuff it affects outlook, as it uses the italic and bold fonts which both also get diverted to the semibold, so I left those values in which fixed outlook but then discovered something else (which likely explains why the tweak blanks them all out).

    If the system fails to find the main segoe UI font, it will fallback automatically to the bold version, if that is missing it then tries the bold italic version, if that is missing it will then finally use the font substitute. So from my testing you only need to blank 3 values, the main font, the bold version and the bold italic version.

    So I ended up leaving the black version's in place, I put in the semibold italic font in the italic boxes for light, semilight etc. So italics still work. This left me with outlook bold to fix, and I ended up using Arial and Arial bold for outlook, like Shawn said Arial bold is close to Segoe UI semibold (nearly every other font bold is over powering).

    The only real downside of this aside from having segoe ui font been broken is that because the main UI is more readable, those apps that use skinny fonts (especially old nirsoft apps), will look comparitvely horrible, the better stock font will highlight that more. But I accept the trade.
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  4. Posts : 1
    Windows 7, Windows 10, Phoenix OS, Ubuntu, Win2K3
       #53

    Hello guys,

    First of all let me apologize for any mistakes and misspells I'm about to make, since I'm not a native english speaker.

    I see many people straggling constantly with the mess MS made over past few decades with the raster fonts that till this day are still present and being used in various core parts of the Windows OS.

    Raster fonts are fixed size bitmap fonts that cannot be properly up-scaled, without creating mess and blurriness.

    When I’ve started using Windows 3.1 back in the early 90s, those fonts were heavily used and relied upon by the software engineers.

    In late 90s, when I myself was developing in VB and VC, 99% of all programmers around me were using default raster fonts without knowing or understanding what problems they would eventually cause in the feature….

    Many Windows 10 core components have migrated from earlier versions of Windows and still are using old raster fonts like MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Small Fonts etc. There are 2 variants of these fonts: standard – for 96 DPI and large - for 120 DPI. Anything beyond that gets blurred and up-scaled…

    The simple solution that can be applied is as follows:


    Note #1: I’m assuming the reader has admin rights and a certain level of technical knowledge...
    Note #2: I’d recommend using Registry Workshop app instead of standard Windows Registry Editor…
    Note #3: Google, find and install these fonts (they are free): Google Roboto, Arial Medium.
    Note #4: Always make backup of your registry and/or create restore points.


    Navigate to:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

    Locate and delete:

    MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (SSERIFE.FON)
    MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120) (SSERIFF.FON)

    MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (SSERIFE.FON)
    MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120) (SSERIFF.FON)


    Locate and delete/rename:

    Delete: Small Fonts (SMALLE.FON)
    Rename: Small Fonts (120) (SMALLF.FON) → Small Fonts

    Delete: Every Segoe UI font family member, except for: Segoe UI Symbol
    Delete: Every Tahoma font family member

    NOTE: Don't touch Segoe Script Bold and Segoe Script!

    Navigate to:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes

    Create and set the following entries:

    ► MS Serif → Arial Medium
    ► MS Sans Serif → Arial Medium
    ► MS Shell Dlg → Arial Medium
    ► MS Shell Dlg 2 → Arial Medium

    ► Segoe UI → Roboto
    ► Segoe UI Bold → Roboto Bold

    ► System → Arial Medium
    ► Tahoma → Arial Medium
    ► Tahoma → Arial Medium

    ► Helv → Arial Medium
    ► Helvetica → Arial Medium

    ...

    There’s a more elegant solution that I’m using myself.
    It involves creating my own large raster font based on MS Sans Serif 120 (SSERIFF.FON), by using a bitmap font editor “Fony” by Joel Toivonen.

    The idea is to take the MS Sans Serif (120 DPI) font and modify it to even larger scale by removing sizes 16 and 20, thus forcing Windows to use much larger fixed size font for system dialogs and old 3rd party app. Also, the modded font has to be renamed to anything, but MS Sans Serif, because Microsoft in it's great un-ending wisdom has added certain sub-rutines to Windows 10 core (in latest builds), that were meant to detect, prevent and fix issues (or tempering) with improper sized MS Sans Serif...

    Fony also allows the import of TTF (TrueType) fonts, and conversion of such, into raster fonts.

    For instance, one might chose Segoe UI Semibold font of size 24 to be converted to raster font, and then used as a system wide font (instead of Arial Medium as showed above).

    There are many possibilities for various experiments here...
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  5. Posts : 582
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit 19044.1706
       #54

    I want to disable completely font Anti-Aliasing which is hardcoded into Windows. This (3rd post from end) partially worked (using same method): https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-0fee855e6e88

    However it still doesn't work for Windows Setting (Win+i), or start menu. Or some programs.
    Also disabling AA in NVCP doesn't even work for programs.
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  6. Posts : 281
    Win 10 21H2 LTSC
       #55

    Thanks @Beliathal I may try your suggestion in a VM and see what I think.
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  7. Posts : 6
    windows
       #56

    After change the system font, some java applications has it fonts messed up
    Android Studio:
    Change Default System Font in Windows 10-image.png

    Dbeaver:
    Change Default System Font in Windows 10-image.png

    Has anyone already dealt with this? And fixed?
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  8. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #57

    xinxilas said:
    After change the system font, some java applications has it fonts messed up

    Has anyone already dealt with this? And fixed?
    I'm afraid the only fix is to restore the default system font.
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  9. Posts : 6
    windows
       #58

    yes i can do that, but i liked a lot to use an custom font

    I'm using Cascadia font(an font made for Windows Terminal) and it gone pretty well as windows 10 system font!
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  10. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #59

    xinxilas said:
    yes i can do that, but i liked a lot to use an custom font

    I'm using Cascadia font(an font made for Windows Terminal) and it gone pretty well as windows 10 system font!
    Those apps may not support the font, so you could test using a different font to see if one may work with those apps.
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