How to Change Default Font Style in Windows 7?


Windows 7 uses Microsoft Sans Serif and Tahoma as default display font styles to display the text in dialog boxes.



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However you can change it via a simple registry hack.



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To accomplish this follow these steps:

1) Open Registry Editor and expand the location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ FontSubstitutes in the left pane



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2) Double click the key values “MS Shell Dlg" and "MS Shell Dlg 2” one by one and type the name of the desired font in each of them and click OK button



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3) To know the name and styles of the fonts installed on your PC open Control Panel (All Items View) and click the link Fonts



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4) Now you can choose from the variety of fonts that you want to display.



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5) Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.


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