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Has anyone figured out how to change the default font for the Windows 7 Sticky Notes app? I can't stand that faux handwriting font it uses.

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There are workarounds.

If you cut-and-paste text from another program, let's say Word, to a Sticky Note, that note will take on the original fonts the text was in.

To change size, luckily there are keyboard shortcuts...

Ctrl + Shift + > makes the font bigger

Ctrl + Shift + < makes the font smaller

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Nice find! – alex Sep 4 '09 at 8:26
I knew about this but it's changing the default font that I'm really interested in. – Steve Crane Sep 4 '09 at 10:21
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There is a workaround for the default font in sticky notes.

The default typeface for notes is Segoe Print and if you don't use this font for anything else you can delete it from your system, after which sticky notes will use MS Sans Serif as the default font.

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is it possible to choose the font you'd like to use, rename it to "Segoe Print" by editing the name, buried in the font file, using a text editor, and then install that font? should work. – Redandwhite Dec 22 '09 at 13:38
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@Redandwhite: Please don't say that. "should work" is a forbidden expression. – bobobobo Dec 28 '09 at 0:03
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I know this is an old question, but I have an answer that might be better than deleting the font, but will still render the Segoe Print font useless. In the registry, you can change the font that Windows thinks is Segoe Print.

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
First, export that key so you have a backup.
Find "Segoe Print (TrueType)".
Change the value to the file name of any other font that you wish to use that is already installed (navigate that registry key to find others).
Then, restart the computer.

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The benefit of this over just deleting Segoe Print should be the ability to select the specific font that you want to use instead of Segoe Print. – Steve Crane Mar 8 at 11:40
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I don't have enough reputation to comment on a previous answer, but I liked Aaron's suggestion to change the registry instead of deleting the Segoe Print font. Be aware that you need to change both Segoe Print and Segoe Print Bold though, or it will start using Segoe Print Bold instead of the font you wanted.

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It's not possible, unfortunately. Quite a lot of people hate the default font type and size, but there don't seem to be any workarounds.

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Look above :-) – Shoban Sep 4 '09 at 9:14
I looked above, i said "Nice find!" and I upvoted his answer. And I did that 1 hour ago. – alex Sep 4 '09 at 9:34
alex is right. As helpful as scoopdreams' info was it is not a workaround for the default font. – Steve Crane Sep 4 '09 at 11:52
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You can copy the text into a notepad window and change the font there to whatever you like and then copy the text back into the note and the font will stick.

I also found a nice freeware tool named StickyTool that expands the functionality of the Windows 7 Sticky Notes. The current version however is not able to change the default font of the Sticky Notes app but I know from one of the developers that they want to integrate that in a future version.

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Some might find StickyTool useful. Personally the standard sticky notes app is perfect for me, other than the horrid font. I'm looking for a similar app I can use on my new laptop, which has Windows 7 Home Basic and therefore no Sticky Notes app. – Steve Crane Mar 30 at 10:29
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Deleting Segoe Print works well, but you can also change the size ctrl + MouseWheeling

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Just double click the sticky notes.

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That simply selects the paragraph. – Steve Crane Jun 2 at 10:40
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Just press F1! :)

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Yes, I'm sure most of us know how to invoke help. Some of us read it too; and if you had actually done so, you would know that while it shows how to format text there is no way given to change the typeface. – Steve Crane May 11 at 10:27

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