Fonts not rendering correctly

I was hanging onto Windows 10 for grim death, but finally took the plunge and upgraded my Dell laptop to Windows 11 the other day. The upgrade itself seemed to go OK, and all my programs appear to be intact. I was dismayed to see the Quick Launch toolbar had been removed, but I found an app to replace that, and I can cope with any other minor changes.

My fonts, however, were all set back to the default Windows font, which I don't like, so as always, I used Winaero Tweaker to change some of them. The problem is, text doesn't seem to be rendering correctly. If I use Verdana 10 Bold for title bars, the text just looks messy and blurred, although the non-bold is better, and looks OK in menus and as Icon titles.

General Windows text also looks incorrect and, not exactly blurred, but appears cut off on one side. The best way I can describe it is that it looks like pixels are missing from the left hand side of text, and the rest of the pixels in the text appear to be misaligned.

So I reverted back to the default font, and still text doesn't look right, with that, kind of, misalignment effect throughout the menus and Settings screens.

I've seen posts on Google about changing the scale from 125%, and back again, but mine is already set at 100%, which appears to be the default setting. I also tried changing the display resolution but that hasn't really solved anything either.

So, I'm a bit stuck and would appreciate any help. I also have another PC which is still on Windows 10, and I'm reluctant to upgrade if the fonts on that are also likely to be messed up.

Thanks.

For the first half of the problem, try to see if you can find another Bold font similar to the "Verdana 10 Bold" font that works well (using Winaero Tweaker), and see if you can adjust to that.
[Personally, I use Segoe UI, Bold, 12, font for Title Bars, (using Winaero Tweaker)].

The second part, can you post a screenshot of the misaligned font that you mention?

Here's a screenshot of the Winaero Tweaker window. As can be seen, the font in the title bar looks nothing like the chosen font.



As for the second issue, I've just switched the laptop on and all the fonts are reset to the default again, which is really annoying, so I'm going to have to experiment with that again. It seems, generally, bold fonts are rendering TOO bold.

Just to add, when I'm typing a post on here it's not bold, but when it's posted, it is. Is that normal for this forum?

There's a "Semibold" setting in Winaero Tweaker. Try that:

I haven't got Semibold on my version, just Semibold Italic, and I don't want that.



And anyway, shouldn't it display the font I've chosen without fiddling about trying to find one it likes?

Simon64 said:

And anyway, shouldn't it display the font I've chosen without fiddling about trying to find one it likes?

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I don't know why it's doing that. I was hoping maybe the "Semibold" font would be a good fix.
Try updating your Winaero Tweaker to the latest version, maybe you have an outdated version of it. If you already have the latest version, then I don't know what you don't have the "Semibold" option.

I think I have the latest version, but it's actually quite difficult to find an installation link for, as the one at winaero.com seems to be permanently broken.

try this one

Simon64 said:

I think I have the latest version, but it's actually quite difficult to find an installation link for, as the one at winaero.com seems to be permanently broken.

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winaerotweaker.com

What is the model # of your Dell Laptop?
Go here Drivers & Downloads | Dell US
and type in your Service Tag or Make and Model # of your Dell Laptop.
Download the GPU (Video) driver for your model.

Thanks guys, I've given up for the night now, and will try again tomorrow. I didn't have Segoe UI Semibold on my system for some reason, so I download and installed the font. Using Winaero Tweaker, I could then select Segoe UI Semibold, but it keeps displaying the Italic version in the Title Bar, so I'm just at a loss. I'll have a look at those other recommended apps in the morning.

Why does bloody Microsoft have to make things so annoying?

hey i was dealing same problem. I figured it out issue was my display driver. I had to try few old win 8 drivers and run them in compatilibity mode. I am surprised they work flawless. If your system is not new this might be the issue of blurry text. If your system is new well u still can try some old display drivers from manufacturer

I install Microsoft Segoe UI for the system and apps.