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Old January 7th 04, 11:42 AM
Andrew
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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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Old January 7th 04, 11:42 AM
Mike Hall
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Changing the default font for titles and icons can lead to completely
unreadable text..

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"Andrew" wrote in message
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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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Old January 7th 04, 11:42 AM
bob
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Default 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.
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-----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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Old January 7th 04, 11:42 AM
betty
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Default 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.
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CONTROL PANEL
-DISPLAY
--APPEARANCE tab
---ADVANCED button
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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
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scroll bar
size = 9 - this is thin
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icon
size = 32
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window border (both)
size = 1
-----------------------
icon spacing
vertical/horizontal = 43
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remember............
go to theme tab and 'save as' a .theme file.
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lastly....not all fonts will change.
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-----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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