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[Fix] Bold and Italic Font Problem in Windows

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After facing this weird and one of the most annoying problems in Windows 7, today I decided to share a working solution for it with all AskVG readers so that other people can fix it easily and quickly if they are also facing this irritating problem.

The problem is, sometimes the text in all windows, menus, icons suddenly starts showing in bold and italic font as shown in following screenshot:

Bold_Italic_Font_Problem_Windows.png

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As you can see it looks weird. Almost everything on screen is showing in bold and italic. When you open a program like web browser, Microsoft Word, etc, the program also shows text in bold and italic fonts.

The problem was new for me. I tried almost everything like re-applying default theme, resetting settings, running sfc /scannow command and many other things but all in vain.

I also searched on Internet to find a working solution. I found a few solutions but none of them worked for me. At last I was able to fix this problem myself using a very easy solution which I’m going to provide later in this article!

For your convenience, in this article I’m going to share all possible solutions which might fix this annoying problem. You can try them one by one until your problem gets fixed.

So without wasting time, lets start the tutorial to fix the most annoying bold-italic font problem in Windows:

  • Method 1: Apply default theme from Desktop Properties
  • Method 2: Reset default fonts settings
  • Method 3: Restore default registry settings
  • Method 4: Reinstall missing fonts in Windows

Method 1: Apply Default Theme from Desktop Properties

If you are facing this bold-italic font problem, first of all you should try to re-apply default theme using Desktop Properties.

1. Right-click on Desktop and select Personalize option. Windows XP users will have Properties option instead of Personalize.

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2. Now apply default Windows theme.

This process will restore all customized font and color settings made by you in Windows theme like changing font type, font size, font color, etc.

If it doesn’t fix the font problem, try the next one mentioned below.

Method 2: Reset Default Fonts Settings

In this step, we’ll try to reset fonts settings in Windows.

1. Type fonts in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter. It’ll open “Fonts” folder. Alternatively you can open the same folder using Control Panel window.

2. Now click on “Font settings” link present in left sidebar of Fonts window.

Open_Font_Settings.png

3. Now click on “Restore default fonts settings” button as shown in following screenshot:

Reset_Default_Font_Settings.png

4. That’s it. Restart your system and it should fix the problem.

If it doesn’t help, try the next method.

Method 3: Restore Default Registry Settings

Sometimes a few settings related to fonts in Windows Registry become corrupted which might also cause this weird bold-italic font issue. You can restore these Registry settings using following steps:

1. Download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted REG file. It’ll ask for confirmation, accept it:

Download Registry Script

2. Restart your system and it should fix the problem.

Method 4: Reinstall Missing Fonts in Windows

If none of the above mentioned methods worked for you, this final method will definitely help you. In this ultimate method, we’ll reinstall a few most common and widely used fonts like Arial, Time New Roman, Courier New, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, MS Sans Serif and Segoe UI in Windows.

Actually sometimes a required font gets deleted accidentally by a software program or an update. When Windows doesn’t find that font, it starts showing the text using another variation of that font or the default font set in Registry.

For example, Windows Vista and Windows 7 use “Segoe UI” font and if “Segoe UI Regular” font is deleted, Windows starts showing the text using “Segoe UI Bold Italic” font which is a separate font in Windows.

That’s the main reason behind this annoying font problem. What we can do to fix the problem? We can try to reinstall common fonts in Windows which will provide the missing font to Windows and it’ll start showing things normally.

1. Download following ZIP file, extract it and you’ll get a folder containing a few .ttf files which are actually font files.

Download Missing Windows Fonts

2. Now select all .ttf font files, right-click on any file and select “Install” option. Alternatively, you can open “Fonts” folder using the same step 1 mentioned in Method 2 and then drag-n-drop the downloaded .ttf font files in “Fonts” folder.

3. Windows will show a confirmation dialog box telling you “The font is already installed. Do you want to replace it?“. Click on Yes button.

4. That’s it. Once you copy all fonts in “Fonts” folder, restart Windows and it’ll 100% fix the annoying bold-italic font problem.

PS: If you don’t want to download the fonts or the ZIP file doesn’t contain the missing font, you can manually extract all default fonts from Windows setup disc or ISO image using the steps mentioned in following tutorial:

How to Extract / Copy System Files from Windows XP, Vista, 7 or Windows 8 Setup?

Simply copy all .ttf files from “Windows\Fonts” folder present in setup disc and paste them in “Fonts” folder of your Windows.

Feel free to share your experience about this weird problem in your comment. Have you faced this problem in past? What did you try to fix the issue?

Also Check:

[DPI Scaling Fix] Bold, Blurry or Hard to Read Font Problem in Windows

Published in: Troubleshooting Guides, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  2. Thank you so much for this – I’ve been trying for months to fix this and method #4 has done the trick!

  3. Hey, just wanted to put out this info. and hopefully it’ll help someone out there. First of all I tried methods #1 and #2 but it didn’t work for me. I read methods #3 and #4 but since I use windows vista it was not a viable option for me, For me it ended up being as simple as changing the fonts in my options on Mozilla Firefox to Segoe UI and that did the trick, which by the way I did not know of this type of font until I read this blog. Thanks a bunch!!…

  4. Thanks, this article was a lifesaver. I went through each step in order, but finally Method 4 worked like a charm.

  5. I had an issue with font’s not appearing correctly after I set my display to LARGE text, then set it back to SMALL. This has been bugging me [and one of my software vendors] for months! Ran across this post today, ran the reg fix and – snap! I’m in business! I’m a Win7 64 user

  8. Last method work for me.
    I got this problem when I update my nvidia geforce 710m.
    Last method fix everything for me. Thank you.

  11. Option 3 worked a treat – it seemed to happen after I updated Java when I came into work.
    Ta very muchly!

  13. Thank you!!! I’ve been searching for weeks!!! Looks like I had to reinstall the fonts. It was mainly Times New Roman that was Italicized. I’ve noticed that Facebook looks different, either there’s a font that I didn’t reinstall that’s affected, or they changed the way the display is. Times New Roman was the most important for sure, so thanks! 🙂

  15. I dont usualy post on sites like this but this tutorial really helped me, thanks a lot, that thing was bothering me and i couldn`t find a solution for it

  17. Thanks for the solution to a nagging problem.

    I have been struggling with corrupted screen fonts for the past 5 days. The problem occurred out of nowhere last Monday morning. I do not shut my Dell Win7 PC down at night, I installed no windows updates, and did not download any content. Despite this the screen fonts in Firefox 46 appeared bold and italicized. Non browser apps were not affected. IE 11 fonts were bold but not italicized.

    I tried every Firefox forum suggestion to no avail. Dell paid technical support had no idea what to do beyond a destructive refresh (factory resetting) of both browsers.

    I arrived at this page using Google search and after every method failed to correct the problem, I tried the 7-zip extract procedure (painful as it was) and that solved the problem. I replaced every font using my Win7 Pro Installation disk.

    Thanks again. You are the only one that got it right.

  18. OMG, thank you SO much! Nothing worked except the very last one (installing/re-installing fonts). You’re the only one that got it right. I’m so grateful!

  19. Bless You!!!! A thousand thank yous!!! After spending about 20 hours trying to figure out why my chrome browser fonts all changed to italics, I just stumbled across your website. The first 3 steps did not help me but followed your 4th step and redownloaded all the ttf fonts. I did a restart and low and behold it worked!!! Thank you ever so much. I will pay it forward given the opportunity! God bless you!!!!

  21. My situation is weirder .
    It happen on my Ms Office Words 2013.

    The fonts I using is Arial.
    When i press Bold, the format change into ITALIC&BOLD.

    any solution ?

    Tq.

  22. Many thanks. Spent a long time trying to sort this issue – must have been corrupted font – your last fix worked. Frustration ended!

  23. Thanks so much for this: I added some fonts and messed up one of the system fonts so that a few programs were unusable due to the huge size causing the dialogue boxes and buttons to be massive. Steps 3 and 4 sorted it perfectly, all back to normal now. Great help, useful article.

  24. no 4 worked..4 fonts missing. still dont know why it happened in 1st place.
    thank you so much for tips.

  25. You totally saved my sanity – was losing it completely. I must have uninstalled something together with some fonts. On a side note, I don’t want to see italics for a long time.

    Thanks, dude!

  27. Thanks, the methods didn’t work except method 4. Was about loosing hope.
    Thanks. Good job

  28. Only the last method was working for me. Thanks for the tip, my friend. You are my hero. 😊

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