{"id":23922,"date":"2021-05-01T18:56:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=23922"},"modified":"2024-04-04T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:06:16","slug":"taskbar-clock-colon-missing-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/taskbar-clock-colon-missing-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"[Fix] Taskbar Clock Colon Missing in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

After changing or substituting the system fonts with a different font, you may notice that the colon symbol may be missing in the taskbar clock. Instead of the colon punctuation mark, a different symbol (e.g., a square or rounded white box) may appear in the tray clock. Despite this issue, fonts in the other areas of the user interface may appear fine.<\/p>\n

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Tray clock showing a wrong symbol in place of the colon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Need a Workaround?<\/strong> If you don’t want<\/strong> to restore the default font settings and need to continue using a non-system font as the default, you can still get back the colon symbol. For more information, see the Workaround<\/a> section below.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cause<\/h2>\n

This issue happens if you’ve changed the default system fonts — especially Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)<\/code> or Segoe UI (TrueType)<\/code> to Segoe UI Black<\/code>, Arial<\/code>, or a third-party font. Many face this issue after inadvertently changing the default system fonts using a third-party tweaker program. The chosen font may be missing the Unicode U+2236<\/code> symbol, which represents the colon character.<\/p>\n

Windows uses a font called Segoe UI for its user interface. You can easily revert to the default fonts<\/a> to resolve the tray clock incorrect symbol issue.<\/p>\n

[Fix] Taskbar Clock Colon Missing in Windows 10<\/h2>\n

Option 1: Fix the font settings with a REG fix<\/h3>\n

To restore the default font settings in Windows 10, do the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Visit the How to Restore Default System Font Settings<\/a> article.<\/li>\n
  2. Download restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_10.reg<\/strong> from that page and run it. Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm.<\/li>\n
  3. Restart Windows.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This restores the default font settings<\/a> in Windows 10, which should restore the taskbar clock’s colon punctuation mark.<\/p>\n

    \n

    Option 2: Fix the font settings manually<\/h3>\n

    To manually fix the issue using the registry editor, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Start the Registry Editor by running regedit.exe<\/code><\/li>\n
    2. Go to the following branch:\n
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Find the value named Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)<\/code> and set its data to seguisym.ttf<\/li>\n
    4. Similarly, inspect the following registry values and fix them if required:
      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Value name<\/strong><\/td>\nData<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegmdl2.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe Print (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoepr.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeprb.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe Script (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoesc.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoescb.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeui.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Black (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguibl.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguibli.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeuib.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeuiz.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguiemj.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguihis.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeuii.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Light (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeuil.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguili.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguisb.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguisbi.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)<\/td>\nsegoeuisl.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguisli.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)<\/td>\nseguisym.ttf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
      \"taskbar<\/p>\n
      If some entries don’t exist, you’ll need to create them manually. The value type is REG_SZ (String value.)<\/em><\/li>\n
    5. Then, go to the following branch:\n
      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Delete the following values if found:\n
      Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\n\nSegoe UI (TrueType)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    7. Go to the following branch and delete it:\n
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER<\/strong>\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    8. Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
    9. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"taskbar<\/p>\n
      The colon symbol in the taskbar clock is now restored!<\/p>\n
      RELATED:<\/strong> How to Show Seconds in the Taskbar Clock in Windows 10<\/a><\/div>\n
      \n
      <\/a>Workaround<\/h3>\n
      Here is an additional registry editing tip that works for most users. You don’t need to restore the default system font settings.<\/p>\n
        \n
      1. Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe<\/code>) and go to the following key:\n
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\ControlPanel\\International<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Double click on sShortTime<\/code><\/li>\n
      3. Open up Character Map (charmap.exe<\/code>) and switch to Unicode<\/strong><\/li>\n
      4. Search for the word “colon” and click Search.
        \n\"taskbar<\/li>\n
      5. Choose the last one that shows up (U+A789: Modifier Letter Colon<\/code>)<\/li>\n
      6. Copy that and replace the colon in the sShortTime<\/code> string in the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
      7. Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n
      8. Log off and log back in if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        (Alternately, you can use a different separator other than the colon. You can do so via Control Panel \u2192 Region \u2192 Change date, time, or number formats \u2192 Additional Settings \u2192 ‘Time’ tab. Then change the separator until you get something that shows up. You can quickly bring up this dialog by running the command intl.cpl<\/code> via the Run dialog.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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