Tired of how your system font looks? Or wish you could just tweak it slightly so that you can see it better? Well now you can tweak your system font to your heart’s desire so that it is now easier to see the the text on your screen. For this tweak, you’ll need a registry editor and I recommend PHM RegEdit, not just because it’s free but also because it’s simple to use and allows you to backup (and restore if need be) your registry, something you should always do before embarking on any registry tweaks.

Registry Key

To change system font, you’ll want to change the entries in this key:

HKLM\SYSTEM\GDI\SYSFNT

There are several entries here and I’ll explain what each does and what you can do to it.

• Ht - Font height
• It - Italics (set 0 for default and 1 for italic)
• Nm -Name of font
• Wt - Boldness of font

You might see other entries in that key but you do not have to change them as the ones listed above are the ones that can be tweaked.

Additional Fonts

With regards to the type of font, you only have 2 choices: Tahoma and Courier. Not exactly great but if would like more, you can always copy the fonts over from your desktop to your Pocket PC. Be sure to spell the font name exactly as it is to prevent any corrupted registry.

Default Values

For those of you who have done your fair share of tweaking and are looking for the default values, here they are:

• CS - 0
• Ht - 900
• HtInPts - 1
• It - 0
• Nm - Tahoma
• Wt - 400

Enjoy tweaking. Next time, I’ll cover how you can change the Menu Font.

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