In a few programs this resulted in the desired display of Yes, I managed to change the system locale to Chinese (Simplified,Ĭhina). So, by default for an English system, the primary UI font is Segoe UI, and Meiryo UI will be the first font that gets tried if a UI string has CJK but if you change the system locale to (say) Chinese (Simplified, China), then Microsoft YaHei will be the first font used for CJK. If you change the system locale setting (the "Language for non-Unicode programs" - on the Administrative tab in the Regional and Language Options control panel) to one of the Chinese options, then the order in which fonts will be used in much of the shell will change. > Now, if you have the UI displayed in (say) English, then it is not the primary fonts that matter for CJK but rather what is used as fallback fonts. I’m on Windows 7 Home Premium so I couldn’t try. But, of course, the UI would be in Chinese.
> If you were to install a Chinese language pack (available to you if you have an Ultimate or Enterprise license), then either Microsoft YaHei (for Simplified) or Microsoft JhengHei (for Traditional) would be used for most UI.
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="seguisym.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"="seguisli.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"="segoeuisl.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"="seguisbi.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="seguisb.ttf" "Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"="seguili.ttf"
"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"="segoeuil.ttf" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf" "Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf" "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="seguiemj.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuiz.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="segoeuib.ttf" "Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"="seguibli.ttf" "Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"="seguibl.ttf"
How to Restore Default Fonts in Windows 10 If you notice a square where your clock’s separator should be, edit your ssShortTime registry entry in HKEY_Current_User\ControlPanel\International to use ? instead of the default colon symbol. If the changes were successful, you’ll notice a change to your font after restarting your PC.
First, though, you need to discover the full name for its font family. All it requires is a text editor such as notepad and a font you like. As mentioned earlier, a change of Windows font isn’t as easy as a settings switch, but it’s still not too technical.