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I am doing a clean reinstall of my system, and I wanted to transfer my custom fonts to the new system.

While I could just backup the entire "fonts" folder of the OS, as I understand that besides my fonts it also contains all the default system fonts, of which there is A LOT. Is there a way to separate the default fonts from the non-default (my) fonts?

I'm reluctant to just hit "install" on the entire folder in the new system due to the possibility of old outdated fonts from windows 7 replacing more modern versions in Win10 (if there's any), or some junk legacy fonts, that I won't ever use, contaminating the new system (That one isn't really a technical problem, but it would irk my OCD, to be honest).

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  • Why don’t you just reinstall your custom fonts that are specifically compatible with Windows 10? How you install fonts shortly after the release of Windows 10
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 29, 2020 at 11:38
  • I've been collecting these fonts for nearly a decade now. It's too chaotic and expansive for me to attempt to gather them anew.
    – Darth Biomech
    Commented Nov 29, 2020 at 12:29
  • While you certainly can just copy and paste the fonts that are not there by default. I have literally seen hundreds of questions on this website about making a system unable to boot due to custom fonts. How you install custom fonts has indeed changed.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 29, 2020 at 16:13

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You will find the list of standard Windows fonts in the Microsoft article Windows 10 font list. These are the fonts that come with Windows 10 and that should not be overwritten.

However, there is a simple method for installing only Windows 7 fonts that are not in Windows 10. Remember that the fonts folder is C:\Windows\Fonts in both.

The simplest method is to copy the C:\Windows\Fonts folder from Windows 7 to one of your folders, use a comparison program to compare it with the contents of the Windows 10 folder. Install only the fonts that differ in name (not size or date).

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