{"id":3360,"date":"2016-06-26T20:16:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T14:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T10:02:22","slug":"reset-font-default-settings-segoe-ui-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-font-default-settings-segoe-ui-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Restore Default System Font Settings (to Segoe UI) in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you change the system font inadvertently on your Windows computer, and now the user interface looks ugly?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3362\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/system-font-reset-segoe-ui-2.png\" alt=\"segoe ui as default system font\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 1: The default system font set to Times New Roman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74667\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wrong-font-icons-1.png\" alt=\"incorrect font in Windows 11 Settings\" width=\"354\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Font not rendered on Windows 11 Settings page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74668\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wrong-font-icons-5.png\" alt=\"Weird symbol  appears in Task Manager\" width=\"431\" height=\"129\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wrong font\/symbol appears in Windows 11 Task Manager.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wrong-font-icons-6.png\" alt=\"Weird symbol appears in Task Manager\" width=\"418\" height=\"55\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74671\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74672\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wrong-font-icons-2.png\" alt=\"incorrect font in taskbar - notifications icon\" width=\"130\" height=\"66\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74672\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird symbol  appears in place of the Notifications icon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74669\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wrong-font-icons-4.png\" alt=\"Weird symbol  appears in place of the Notifications icon.\" width=\"351\" height=\"243\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weird symbol appears in place of the &#8220;Do not disturb&#8221; icon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The above issues occur if one or more system fonts (e.g., Segoe UI, Segoe Fluent Icons, etc.) have been replaced by a third-party font installed on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>This article provides the registry fixes to reset the default system font settings for computers running Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How to Restore the Default System Font Settings<\/h2>\n<p>The following registry fixes can be applied to revert the system font settings to Windows defaults quickly.<\/p>\n<h3>Default system font settings for Windows 11<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_11.zip\">restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_11.reg<\/a> (zipped). Unzip and run the enclosed .reg file. Click Yes to confirm.<\/p>\n<h4>Contents of the above REG file<\/h4>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Restore the default font mappings in Windows 11.\n\n[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\"Arial (TrueType)\"=\"arial.ttf\"\n\"Arial Black (TrueType)\"=\"ariblk.ttf\"\n\"Arial Bold (TrueType)\"=\"arialbd.ttf\"\n\"Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"arialbi.ttf\"\n\"Arial Italic (TrueType)\"=\"ariali.ttf\"\n\"Bahnschrift (TrueType)\"=\"bahnschrift.ttf\"\n\"Calibri (TrueType)\"=\"calibri.ttf\"\n\"Calibri Bold (TrueType)\"=\"calibrib.ttf\"\n\"Calibri Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"calibriz.ttf\"\n\"Calibri Italic (TrueType)\"=\"calibrii.ttf\"\n\"Calibri Light (TrueType)\"=\"calibril.ttf\"\n\"Calibri Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"calibrili.ttf\"\n\"Cambria &amp; Cambria Math (TrueType)\"=\"cambria.ttc\"\n\"Cambria Bold (TrueType)\"=\"cambriab.ttf\"\n\"Cambria Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"cambriaz.ttf\"\n\"Cambria Italic (TrueType)\"=\"cambriai.ttf\"\n\"Candara (TrueType)\"=\"candara.ttf\"\n\"Candara Bold (TrueType)\"=\"candarab.ttf\"\n\"Candara Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"candaraz.ttf\"\n\"Candara Italic (TrueType)\"=\"candarai.ttf\"\n\"Candara Light (TrueType)\"=\"candaral.ttf\"\n\"Candara Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"candarali.ttf\"\n\"Comic Sans MS (TrueType)\"=\"comic.ttf\"\n\"Comic Sans MS Bold (TrueType)\"=\"comicbd.ttf\"\n\"Comic Sans MS Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"comicz.ttf\"\n\"Comic Sans MS Italic (TrueType)\"=\"comici.ttf\"\n\"Consolas (TrueType)\"=\"consola.ttf\"\n\"Consolas Bold (TrueType)\"=\"consolab.ttf\"\n\"Consolas Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"consolaz.ttf\"\n\"Consolas Italic (TrueType)\"=\"consolai.ttf\"\n\"Constantia (TrueType)\"=\"constan.ttf\"\n\"Constantia Bold (TrueType)\"=\"constanb.ttf\"\n\"Constantia Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"constanz.ttf\"\n\"Constantia Italic (TrueType)\"=\"constani.ttf\"\n\"Corbel (TrueType)\"=\"corbel.ttf\"\n\"Corbel Bold (TrueType)\"=\"corbelb.ttf\"\n\"Corbel Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"corbelz.ttf\"\n\"Corbel Italic (TrueType)\"=\"corbeli.ttf\"\n\"Corbel Light (TrueType)\"=\"corbell.ttf\"\n\"Corbel Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"corbelli.ttf\"\n\"Courier New (TrueType)\"=\"cour.ttf\"\n\"Courier New Bold (TrueType)\"=\"courbd.ttf\"\n\"Courier New Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"courbi.ttf\"\n\"Courier New Italic (TrueType)\"=\"couri.ttf\"\n\"Ebrima (TrueType)\"=\"ebrima.ttf\"\n\"Ebrima Bold (TrueType)\"=\"ebrimabd.ttf\"\n\"Franklin Gothic Medium (TrueType)\"=\"framd.ttf\"\n\"Franklin Gothic Medium Italic (TrueType)\"=\"framdit.ttf\"\n\"Gabriola (TrueType)\"=\"Gabriola.ttf\"\n\"Gadugi (TrueType)\"=\"gadugi.ttf\"\n\"Gadugi Bold (TrueType)\"=\"gadugib.ttf\"\n\"Georgia (TrueType)\"=\"georgia.ttf\"\n\"Georgia Bold (TrueType)\"=\"georgiab.ttf\"\n\"Georgia Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"georgiaz.ttf\"\n\"Georgia Italic (TrueType)\"=\"georgiai.ttf\"\n\"Impact (TrueType)\"=\"impact.ttf\"\n\"Ink Free (TrueType)\"=\"Inkfree.ttf\"\n\"Javanese Text (TrueType)\"=\"javatext.ttf\"\n\"Leelawadee UI (TrueType)\"=\"leelawui.ttf\"\n\"Leelawadee UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"leelauib.ttf\"\n\"Leelawadee UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"leeluisl.ttf\"\n\"Lucida Console (TrueType)\"=\"lucon.TTF\"\n\"Lucida Sans Unicode (TrueType)\"=\"l_10646.ttf\"\n\"Malgun Gothic (TrueType)\"=\"malgun.ttf\"\n\"Malgun Gothic Bold (TrueType)\"=\"malgunbd.ttf\"\n\"Malgun Gothic SemiLight (TrueType)\"=\"malgunsl.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft Himalaya (TrueType)\"=\"himalaya.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft JhengHei &amp; Microsoft JhengHei UI (TrueType)\"=\"msjh.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft JhengHei Bold &amp; Microsoft JhengHei UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"msjhbd.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft JhengHei Light &amp; Microsoft JhengHei UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"msjhl.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft New Tai Lue (TrueType)\"=\"ntailu.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft New Tai Lue Bold (TrueType)\"=\"ntailub.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft PhagsPa (TrueType)\"=\"phagspa.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft PhagsPa Bold (TrueType)\"=\"phagspab.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft Sans Serif (TrueType)\"=\"micross.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft Tai Le (TrueType)\"=\"taile.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft Tai Le Bold (TrueType)\"=\"taileb.ttf\"\n\"Microsoft YaHei &amp; Microsoft YaHei UI (TrueType)\"=\"msyh.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft YaHei Bold &amp; Microsoft YaHei UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"msyhbd.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft YaHei Light &amp; Microsoft YaHei UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"msyhl.ttc\"\n\"Microsoft Yi Baiti (TrueType)\"=\"msyi.ttf\"\n\"MingLiU-ExtB &amp; PMingLiU-ExtB &amp; MingLiU_HKSCS-ExtB (TrueType)\"=\"mingliub.ttc\"\n\"Modern (All res)\"=\"modern.fon\"\n\"Mongolian Baiti (TrueType)\"=\"monbaiti.ttf\"\n\"MS Gothic &amp; MS UI Gothic &amp; MS PGothic (TrueType)\"=\"msgothic.ttc\"\n\"MV Boli (TrueType)\"=\"mvboli.ttf\"\n\"Myanmar Text (TrueType)\"=\"mmrtext.ttf\"\n\"Myanmar Text Bold (TrueType)\"=\"mmrtextb.ttf\"\n\"Nirmala UI (TrueType)\"=\"Nirmala.ttf\"\n\"Nirmala UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"NirmalaB.ttf\"\n\"Nirmala UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"NirmalaS.ttf\"\n\"Palatino Linotype (TrueType)\"=\"pala.ttf\"\n\"Palatino Linotype Bold (TrueType)\"=\"palab.ttf\"\n\"Palatino Linotype Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"palabi.ttf\"\n\"Palatino Linotype Italic (TrueType)\"=\"palai.ttf\"\n\"Roman (All res)\"=\"roman.fon\"\n\"Sans Serif Collection (TrueType)\"=\"SansSerifCollection.ttf\"\n\"Script (All res)\"=\"script.fon\"\n\"Segoe Fluent Icons (TrueType)\"=\"SegoeIcons.ttf\"\n\"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)\"=\"segmdl2.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Print (TrueType)\"=\"segoepr.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeprb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Script (TrueType)\"=\"segoesc.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoescb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI (TrueType)\"=\"segoeui.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black (TrueType)\"=\"seguibl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguibli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuib.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuiz.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)\"=\"seguiemj.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)\"=\"seguihis.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuii.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuil.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguili.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)\"=\"seguisb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisbi.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuisl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=\"seguisym.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Variable (TrueType)\"=\"SegUIVar.ttf\"\n\"SimSun &amp; NSimSun (TrueType)\"=\"simsun.ttc\"\n\"SimSun-ExtB (TrueType)\"=\"simsunb.ttf\"\n\"Sitka Text (TrueType)\"=\"SitkaVF.ttf\"\n\"Sitka Text Italic (TrueType)\"=\"SitkaVF-Italic.ttf\"\n\"Sylfaen (TrueType)\"=\"sylfaen.ttf\"\n\"Symbol (TrueType)\"=\"symbol.ttf\"\n\"Tahoma (TrueType)\"=\"tahoma.ttf\"\n\"Tahoma Bold (TrueType)\"=\"tahomabd.ttf\"\n\"Times New Roman (TrueType)\"=\"times.ttf\"\n\"Times New Roman Bold (TrueType)\"=\"timesbd.ttf\"\n\"Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"timesbi.ttf\"\n\"Times New Roman Italic (TrueType)\"=\"timesi.ttf\"\n\"Trebuchet MS (TrueType)\"=\"trebuc.ttf\"\n\"Trebuchet MS Bold (TrueType)\"=\"trebucbd.ttf\"\n\"Trebuchet MS Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"trebucbi.ttf\"\n\"Trebuchet MS Italic (TrueType)\"=\"trebucit.ttf\"\n\"Verdana (TrueType)\"=\"verdana.ttf\"\n\"Verdana Bold (TrueType)\"=\"verdanab.ttf\"\n\"Verdana Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"verdanaz.ttf\"\n\"Verdana Italic (TrueType)\"=\"verdanai.ttf\"\n\"Webdings (TrueType)\"=\"webdings.ttf\"\n\"Wingdings (TrueType)\"=\"wingding.ttf\"\n\"Yu Gothic Bold &amp; Yu Gothic UI Semibold &amp; Yu Gothic UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"YuGothB.ttc\"\n\"Yu Gothic Light &amp; Yu Gothic UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"YuGothL.ttc\"\n\"Yu Gothic Medium &amp; Yu Gothic UI Regular (TrueType)\"=\"YuGothM.ttc\"\n\"Yu Gothic Regular &amp; Yu Gothic UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"YuGothR.ttc\"\n\"Courier 10,12,15\"=\"COURE.FON\"\n\"Courier 10,12,15 (120)\"=\"COURF.FON\"\n\"MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24\"=\"SERIFE.FON\"\n\"MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120)\"=\"SERIFF.FON\"\n\"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24\"=\"SSERIFE.FON\"\n\"MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (120)\"=\"SSERIFF.FON\"\n\"Small Fonts\"=\"SMALLE.FON\"\n\"Small Fonts (120)\"=\"SMALLF.FON\"\n\"Holo MDL2 Assets (TrueType)\"=\"holomdl2.ttf\"\n\n;Remove the font substitutes, if any.\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes]\n\"Segoe UI\"=-\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=-\n\"Segoe Fluent Icons (TrueType)\"=-\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Default system font settings for Windows 10<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_10.zip\">restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_10.reg<\/a> (zipped). Unzip and run the enclosed .reg file. Click Yes to confirm.<\/p>\n<h4>Contents of the above REG file<\/h4>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Restore the default font mappings in Windows 10.\n\n[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\"Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)\"=\"segmdl2.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Print (TrueType)\"=\"segoepr.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeprb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Script (TrueType)\"=\"segoesc.ttf\"\n\"Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoescb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI (TrueType)\"=\"segoeui.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black (TrueType)\"=\"seguibl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguibli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuib.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuiz.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)\"=\"seguiemj.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)\"=\"seguihis.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuii.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuil.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguili.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)\"=\"seguisb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisbi.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuisl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=\"seguisym.ttf\"\n\n;Remove the font substitutes, if any.\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes]\n\"Segoe UI\"=-\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=-<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Default system font settings for Windows 8<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_8.zip\">restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_8.reg<\/a> (zipped). Unzip and run the enclosed .reg file. Click Yes to confirm.<\/p>\n<h4>Contents of the above REG file<\/h4>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Restores default system font setting (to Segoe UI) in Windows 8 and Windows 10\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\"Segoe UI (TrueType)\"=\"segoeui.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black (TrueType)\"=\"seguibl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguibli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuib.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuiz.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)\"=\"seguiemj.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)\"=\"seguihis.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuii.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuil.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguili.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)\"=\"seguisb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisbi.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuisl.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)\"=\"seguisli.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=\"seguisym.ttf\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes]\n\"Segoe UI\"=-\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Default system font settings for Windows 7<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_7.zip\">restore_default_fonts_settings_windows_7.reg<\/a> (zipped). Unzip and run the enclosed .reg file. Click Yes to confirm.<\/p>\n<h4>Contents of the above REG file<\/h4>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Restores default system font setting (to Segoe UI) in Windows 7\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts]\n\"Segoe UI (TrueType)\"=\"segoeui.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuib.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuiz.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuii.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)\"=\"segoeuil.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)\"=\"seguisb.ttf\"\n\"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)\"=\"seguisym.ttf\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\FontSubstitutes]\n\"Segoe UI\"=-\n<\/pre>\n<p>If the font settings don&#8217;t take effect immediately, restart Windows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3361\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3361 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/system-font-reset-segoe-ui-1.png\" alt=\"segoe ui as default system font\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 2: The system font is now reset to Segoe UI, which is the default. (After)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/taskbar-clock-colon-missing-windows-10\/\">[Fix] Taskbar Clock Colon Missing in Windows 10<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Uninstalling a Font<\/h2>\n<h3>Option 1: Using the Fonts Folder<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Fonts folder located at <code>C:\\Windows\\Fonts<br \/>\n<\/code><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/remove-font-1.png\" alt=\"uninstall a font using registry\" width=\"418\" height=\"316\" border=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Right-click the font you want to remove, and click <b>Delete<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Option 2: Using the Registry Editor<\/h3>\n<p>There are chances that the Fonts folder doesn&#8217;t show the font you installed. In that case, you need to edit the registry to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s assume you installed the 3rd party <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ephifonts.com\/free-helvetica-font-helvetica-neue-ultra-light-complete.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HelveticaNeue font<\/a> and want to uninstall it. Use the following instructions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start Regedit.exe and go to:\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Backup the branch by exporting to a .reg file.<\/li>\n<li>In the right-pane, delete the following values:\n<ul>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigCond (TrueType)<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigCondObl (TrueType)<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigExt (TrueType)<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigExtObl (TrueType)<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLight (TrueType)<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItal (TrueType)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Restart Windows, so that the fonts are no longer in use by the system.<\/li>\n<li>Then manually delete the following <i>.otf<\/i> files from <code>C:\\Windows\\Fonts<\/code> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">Command Prompt (Admin)<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigCond_0.otf<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigCondObl.otf<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigExt.otf<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLigExtObl.otf<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLight.otf<\/li>\n<li>HelveticaNeue-UltraLightItal.otf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Running this command will show the list of .otf files you installed.\n<pre>dir c:\\windows\\fonts\\helvetica*.otf<\/pre>\n<p><em>(There zip file in the above website bundles 6 .otf files, which you need to delete from the Fonts folder.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Then run:\n<pre>del c:\\windows\\fonts\\helvetica*.otf<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Font file extensions can be one of these: <code>.FON<\/code> | <code>.OTF<\/code> | <code>.TTC<\/code> | <code>.TTF<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The above is just an example, taking the case of the <i>HelveticaNeue<\/i> font. The same procedure can be applied to uninstall any third-party font.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you change the system font inadvertently on your Windows computer, and now the user interface looks ugly? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cause The above issues occur if one or more system fonts (e.g., Segoe UI, Segoe Fluent Icons, etc.) have been replaced by a third-party font installed on your computer. This article provides the registry &#8230; <a title=\"How to Restore Default System Font Settings (to Segoe UI) in Windows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-font-default-settings-segoe-ui-windows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Restore Default System Font Settings (to Segoe UI) in Windows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-3360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24029,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/desktop-icons-spacing-messed-up-fix\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Desktop Icons Spacing is Messed Up in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Occasionally, your desktop icons may be spaced out too far or very close to each other in Windows. The desktop icon spacing may sometimes be messed up after installing a video driver update. In some cases, the vertical spacing may be fine, but the horizontal spacing may be messed up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"desktop icon spacing incorrect","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/desktop-icons-widely-spaced.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/desktop-icons-widely-spaced.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/desktop-icons-widely-spaced.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23922,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/taskbar-clock-colon-missing-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":1},"title":"[Fix] Taskbar Clock Colon Missing in Windows 10","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"taskbar clock colon missing - charmap unicode","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/colon-symbol-charmap.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5778,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/set-cmd-prompt-default-window-size-position\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":2},"title":"How to Set Command Prompt Default Window Size and Position","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open Command Prompt and position it on your preferred location on the screen, the setting is not retained. Also, when you resize the Command Prompt window and close it, the setting is not saved. This system managed positioning annoys many users who prefer uniformity in every aspect of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"command prompt layout and size defaults","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cmd-default-size-position-3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cmd-default-size-position-3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cmd-default-size-position-3.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cmd-default-size-position-3.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3389,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/reset-window-color-appearance-settings\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":3},"title":"How to Reset Window Color and Appearance Settings?","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The classic Window Color and Appearance dialog allowed you to change the color and size (Window metrics) of various UI elements like Window background color, caption font, icon size, spacing, width, etc. Since this feature has been removed in Windows 8 and higher, you need to edit the registry in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"desktop icon - window metrics reset registry","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/desktop-icons-rectangle.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/desktop-icons-rectangle.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/desktop-icons-rectangle.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/desktop-icons-rectangle.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2278,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-taskbar-date-time-clock-missing-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":4},"title":"Date\/Time (Clock) Missing in Taskbar in Windows 10. How to Add it Back?","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Date\/Time or the tray clock is shown by default in the Notification area. If it's missing suddenly, here is how to add it back: Right-click notifications area in the Taskbar and click \"Customize notifications icons\" Click Turn system icons on or off Enable the Clock toggle button Taskbar fonts\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/w10\/w10-clock-tray.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4339,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/change-regedit-font-face-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":3360,"position":5},"title":"Change Registry Editor Font Face in Windows 10 Creators Update","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Registry Editor in Windows 10 Redstone 2 Preview build 14942 has got an Address bar as we saw earlier. The Redstone 2 Preview build introduces another minor feature addition to the Registry Editor. You can change the default Registry Editor font, without having to change the global font settings -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Windows 10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Windows 10","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/category\/microsoft\/windows\/windows-10\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"change registry editor font in windows 10","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/regedit-default-font.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/regedit-default-font.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/regedit-default-font.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}