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How do I change the default font of Sticky Notes?

How do I change the default font of Sticky Notes?

How can the default font be changed for the Windows 7 Sticky Notes application? I can't stand that faux handwriting font it uses.

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bert [Entry]

"Here's a .reg file you can just double-click that will change the Segoe fonts to the Consolas within the registry. Created and tested working on Windows 8.1 Preview

stickynote_font_fix.reg

Linked code:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]
""Segoe Print (TrueType)""=""consola.ttf""
""Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)""=""consolab.ttf""

Log out and the font used by the Sticky Notes app should be legible."
bert [Entry]

"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 and Segoe Print Bold

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).
Do the same for the ""Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"" and match it to the Bold version of this font.
Then, log out and back on."
bert [Entry]

IMHO, switching to something like http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/ would be your best bet.
bert [Entry]

"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 application, but I know from one of the developers that they want to integrate that in a future version."