Windows 10 Sticky Notes custom font

Question

I deleted the Segoe font a while back, because my sticky notes were hard to read with that font. My Sticky Notes worked with another font for a while, until the default font changed to a boxy-bold-pixel-like font, which is even more annoying than Segoe one.

Is there another way to customize the font of Sticky Notes? I tried pasting directly from Word, but the font isn't copied with the text.

See my answer at: https://superuser.com/a/1808727/723998 – skygate Sep 17 '23 at 01:30 — skygate, Sep 17 '23 at 01:30

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '16 at 22:08

Hack the registry

Windows uses Segoe Print font as default in the sticky note. With some modifications with that font, you can use other fonts as to change the default font in the Sticky Note.

1 Start

2 Run - type regedit

3 Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

4 On right pane Find "Segoe Print (TrueType)" and "Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)" - double click (don't forget to change both - one by one)

Optional - you can delete other Segoe fonts - select(one click), press Del, press Yes

5 Change the value(double click on font) to the file name of any other font that you wish to use that is already installed - for "times new roman" it should be times.ttf .

6 Restart the computer.

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 07 '17 at 03:41

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It works for me in Windows 10. Here are my steps:

put text into WordPad (not Word) with your preferred font
copy/paste to Sticky Notes.

edited Sep 07 '17 at 03:41

Scott - Слава Україні

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answered Sep 07 '17 at 02:22

Mulder2008

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why the -1? It's a correct and fast workaround for the problem...better than modify the registry. – robob Jul 09 '18 at 10:06
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Doesn't work anymore, they fixed the "bug" – Alex Sep 17 '20 at 08:27

Roxanne W · Answer 3 · 2017-08-05T12:53:55.863

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There is an awesome third party workaround solution to customize the font for Sticky Notes and still be able to use stickies in Windows 10. It is called "Stickies" from Zhorn Software, which currently offers a choice of 14 different font styles and 5 font colors. This program is a free download.

edited Aug 05 '17 at 12:53

answered Aug 05 '17 at 04:53

Roxanne W

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Please do not post the same answer to multiple questions. If the same information really answers both questions, then one question (usually the newer one) should be closed as a duplicate of the other. You can indicate this by voting to close it as a duplicate or, if you don't have enough reputation for that, raise a flag to indicate that it's a duplicate. Otherwise tailor your answer to this question and don't just paste the same answer in multiple places. – DavidPostill Aug 05 '17 at 07:42

Windows 10 Sticky Notes custom font

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