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IJBM: Windows 8.1 doesn't allow users to change system fonts

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2015-12-26 20:59:53 in Tech
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
I'm tired of dealing with sans-serif capital i and lowercase L confusion, but Windows won't let me do anything about it.

Looks like I'll have to dig into the registry editor for this, or something.

Comments

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    ...You must lead an interesting life if you regularly run into instances of "l" and "I" where the distinction isn't clear from context.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Central Avenue wrote: »
    ...You must lead an interesting life if you regularly run into instances of "l" and "I" where the distinction isn't clear from context.



    The Hummingbird Anime Taste Tournament includes one contestant named Igeljaeger.
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    Illness. Iliana.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Prisma Illya
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Ilya Sheyman
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    lIlIput
  • lrdgcklrdgck
    edited 2015-12-27 19:27:50
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

    IllInoIs?

    Wait, no, I have it: 

    The IllIad!

  • DYREDYRE
    glennmagusharvey wrote: »
    The Hummingbird Anime Taste Tournament includes one contestant named Igeljaeger.


    1.) That's not ambiguous at all, it's really easy to tell which one is a captial I and which is a lowercase l.

    2.) Why would Windows' system fonts even matter for something on a webpage?
  • lrdgcklrdgck
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"
    Perhaps they wanted to make sure there will be no Comic Sans.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    DYRE wrote: »
    glennmagusharvey wrote: »
    The Hummingbird Anime Taste Tournament includes one contestant named Igeljaeger.





    1.) That's not ambiguous at all, it's really easy to tell which one is a captial I and which is a lowercase l.

    2.) Why would Windows' system fonts even matter for something on a webpage?




    It's a username and it is used in things like tab and window names.



    Hummingbird uses a sans-serif font on its webpages.
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    edited 2015-12-28 06:33:36
    Would changing system fonts do anything to web pages? Those tend to have their own fonts set instead of following what I set for my system.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I meant I wanted it to change the font on title bars and tab bars, since I can sometimes use those to determine username spellings when I can't use webpage fonts to do so.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    I will say that I find the lack of customization options in Windows 8-10 to be kind of annoying, but this specific complaint strikes me as very silly.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Central Avenue wrote: »
    I will say that I find the lack of customization options in Windows 8-10 to be kind of annoying, but this specific complaint strikes me as very silly.


    The broader issue of lack of customization in Win8+ is annoying, yes, and this is just a tiny piece of it.

    I remember when my WinXP system looked really interesting because I'd basically gotten everything skinned.
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