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Unable to uninstall a font in Windows 10 - SOLVED (ish)
UPDATE: When I went back to get screenshots, without me doing anything, the font, along with two others I was trying to track origins for, had disappeared.
I do not know for sure, but right now I'm ...
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Using a font from fontforge in command prompt
I want to have a character usable in command prompt that is a right facing triangle with the full height of the line, the same height as the block character. I first tried with the private character ...
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How can I change the Windows 10 default monospace font?
I don't like Courier New/Consolas (the default monospace on Windows 10) due to it being hard to read and bad for programming.
I tried changing the registry key of the font that I wanted to replace to ...
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Undo registry edit change
I was interested in changing the default font on my Windows 10 devices, and so I followed some instructions I found here. Upon restarting my computer, I realized that the font I chose would not work ...
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how can i change my windows 8.1 font, without changing the icons? if possible, is there also a way to find all of the icons and replace them? [closed]
i am writing my first question here (ever).
but i would like to focus on changing my font on windows 8.1.
i already attempted this with this tool called winaero tweaker
the tool changed the fonts, but ...
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Why does windows registry of fonts indicate they are all true type?
I'm on Windows 7 Home Edition. This is a screen shot of my registry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts.
As you can see, the titles all have "(TrueType)" in them,...
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Can't delete font even from registry WINDOWS 10
I have the usual problem that prevents me from deleting fonts saying that the font is in use.
I tried everything and nothing happens, and this time searching the font in the registry I can't even ...
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How can I add additional fonts to the Windows console?
I found a guide online stating that you need to edit the registry in order
to add new fonts to the list of available fonts in Command Prompt: specifically,
you have to edit the key:
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Does Windows "hide" registry key strings and values?
Background:
I have Windows 8.1. Whenever I reboot, I have to reinstall all of my fonts. The only fonts that do appear in the Windows Font Viewer prior to reinstallation are vgafix.fon, vgaoem.fon, and ...
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What is the format of WindowMetrics fonts?
I know it's possible to change the font settings via WindowMetrics and by experimentation in Windows 7 and changing various properties I found which parts are responsible for which setting. When I ...
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Link all Noto Fonts into a giant font in Windows 7
Windows 7 has various fonts that cover different scripts within Unicode. However, the free Noto fonts provide a good alternative, covering a very large portion of Unicode with a visually uniform ...
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Fontlink (FontLink/SystemLink in registry) Is Not Working As Expected In Window 10 x64
What I Want
I use Consolas as the default font of my Notepad++, but I want better appearance of Chinese and Japanese characters and symbols when using Consolas.
According to The MSDN article, I can ...
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How do i change values in windows 8 registry editor without it returning to the default?
I tried to reduce my windows 8 display scaling with the registry editor, but when i restart or sign out, it returns to the original value.this image should explain better
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Windows 8.1 missing font registry and fonts not working on startup
After installing some terrible fonts, my Windows 8.1 laptop has been having the weird symbols on startup problem detailed here, and while I've copied the font files over from another computer, my ...
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Recover Windows 10 when login screen flickers and doesn't load
Recently a font installation on my Windows 10 system failed. This seemed to have messed up the system font, as on the next reboot, filenames and most UI menus appeared in hieroglyphs.
I followed the ...
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Windows 8.1 Command Prompt can't show fonts listed in registry editor
I have a Windows 8.1 and I want to change the fonts of command prompt.
I open the properties window, shown below
Raster Fonts
However, I can't find what I want. I open the registry editor to
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Changing Windows 8 system font
On a typical English machine, changing the value of MS Shell Dlg and MS Shell Dlg 2 under FontSubstitutes will modify the font used on menus system wide. However, it doesn't seem to work on my non-...
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What is the purpose of the Fonts key in the Registry?
What is a purpose of the font records here?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
I tried to put a font in other directory than \Windows\Fonts and the path to it in ...
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Changing ALL System Fonts in Windows 7
I had a quick question about altering fonts in Windows 7 I was hoping someone could give me a hand with. I have a touch of OCD when it comes to consistency and am having trouble changing the system ...
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How do I change the color my Windows theme uses for text rendering?
Does anyone know how I do this, maybe in the registry? After some failed attempts at some new themes, even after going back into the default windows theme, all of my fonts are completely washed out, I ...
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How to change the default font of gVim
Edit: I moved the original question to 'The docked gVim in Windows 7 jumps upon tab switch'
After struggling with my .vimrc, I am resorting to setting the font from windows registry instead, because ...
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How to change the cmd.exe font? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change the Windows console font?
Firstly: I have tried the options dialog for it (the one that Windows shows) and I don't want that.
The default windows option dialog ...
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