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CHANGE DEFAULT FONT FOR WINDOWS XP HOME!!!
Hey you smart people out there...
how do you change the default font for windows xp home? im talking about the fonts used for things like the titles of destop icons and all the text in the start menu and windows explorer and stuff like that...any ideas...thanks. |
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CHANGE DEFAULT FONT FOR WINDOWS XP HOME!!!
Changing the default font for titles and icons can lead to completely
unreadable text.. -- History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it.. "Andrew" wrote in message ... Hey you smart people out there... how do you change the default font for windows xp home? im talking about the fonts used for things like the titles of destop icons and all the text in the start menu and windows explorer and stuff like that...any ideas...thanks. |
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CHANGE DEFAULT FONT FOR WINDOWS XP HOME!!!
some are not changeable.....but
----this is it-------------------------- start control panel display appearance tab advanced button item: scroll box change fonts/sizes in desired entry ----then do this-------------------------- theme tab theme: (modified) pick [save as] button enter file name (ex: mydesktop.theme) do not lose this file or everything will go back. ====thank you john ritter you will be missed======= -----Original Message----- Hey you smart people out there... how do you change the default font for windows xp home? im talking about the fonts used for things like the titles of destop icons and all the text in the start menu and windows explorer and stuff like that...any ideas...thanks. . |
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CHANGE DEFAULT FONT FOR WINDOWS XP HOME!!!
this is what i have setup and it is very readable.
'comic sans' is same font used in "Peanuts" comic strip. ------------------------ CONTROL PANEL -DISPLAY --APPEARANCE tab ---ADVANCED button ------------------------- all these items below size = 18 font = comic sans ms font size = 8 bold is turned off -active and inactive title bar -selected items -menu -message box -caption buttons -palette title ------------------ tooltip font size = 7 -this is very small color = white ------------------------ scroll bar size = 9 - this is thin ------------------------ icon size = 32 ------------------------- window border (both) size = 1 ----------------------- icon spacing vertical/horizontal = 43 ------------------------- remember............ go to theme tab and 'save as' a .theme file. ----------------------------------- lastly....not all fonts will change. ================================================ -----Original Message----- Hey you smart people out there... how do you change the default font for windows xp home? im talking about the fonts used for things like the titles of destop icons and all the text in the start menu and windows explorer and stuff like that...any ideas...thanks. . |
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