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I had been enjoying Windows 8 for the last couple of months on my desktop and laptop, but now it seems MS did actually do something really stupid in this OS that bothers me. You can't change the default system font... Not via the control panel or other "regular" method anyway.

Looking it up on the net, I fount two possible ways, both involving registry edits. One method changes a couple of registry keys in

HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

but they are in binary and so it seems weird to edit them. Also there are quite a few keys to edit.

Other tutorials change MS Shell Dlg and Ms Shell Dlg 2 in

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes

Method 2 seems a lot easier but a lot of people also report it doesn't work.

Are there any more alternatives?

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  • Have you tried either method?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 18, 2013 at 18:55
  • @Ramhound no but what I'm trying to achieve seems to trivial that there must be some other way. Also I'd rather not start changing keys if they're the wrong ones.
    – MarioDS
    Commented Nov 18, 2013 at 18:58
  • I tried both methods from sevenforums.com/tutorials/1175-fonts-change.html and confirmed they worked. Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.0
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 18, 2013 at 19:08

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