In Windows XP, if you want to change a system font, you do the following:
1. Control Panel
2. Appearance and Themes, Display (Category View)
or
Display (Classic View)
3. Appearance tab, Advanced button.
4. Pick an item where you want to change the system font, such as Icon, change to suit, OK.
In Windows 7, this is in a different place. You get the same functionality, but it’s been renamed and buried so it’s difficult to locate.
The setting is now called "Window Color and Appearance" and looks like this:
This allows you to set system fonts just like you could in XP.
How to get to Window Color and Appearance
Method 1. Run "control color"
Windows Logo (Start), Run, type control color, click OK.
Like this:
Method 2. Search for "glass"
Click the Windows logo, search for glass.
You’ll see something similar to this:
The first search result that should show up is Change window glass colors. This is the option you want. Click it.
On the next screen, click the text link Advanced appearance settings…
Method 3. Via right-click on the Desktop.
Right-click an empty area of the desktop, select Personalize.
Click the text link Window Color on the next screen.
Click on Advanced appearance settings…
Method 4. Via Control Panel
Windows Logo, Control Panel
Change the theme text link under Appearance and Personalization
Window Color
Advanced appearance settings…
It’s suggested that if you haven’t adjusted Windows system fonts like this before, try modifying the Item icon first. In Windows 7 this is by default set to Segoe UI, font size 9. You can get an XP-ish desktop icon font look by changing this to Tahoma, size 8.
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