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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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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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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?
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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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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 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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