Default browser font changed to italics in IE

[panterax29]

After booting my machine this morning I noticed that most fonts displayed on
Web pages are now in italics. I have not changed any font settings anywhere -
how do I to back to windows default text settings for the browser? I can't
find anywhere to change this in IE or display settings, is this something
that needs to be edited in the registry?

[govigov]

did u try, reset web settings, restore defaults? in IE options?

[nass]

Hi Panter,
Try this, Go to the IE Properties Click on Tools >> Internet Options >> On
General Tab go to Font it located in the bottom of the Gerneral Tab Window
clcik on it and you can change the Font on both to this in the Language
Script : Latin Based
Web page font: | Plain text font :
Times New Roman | Courier New
Click Ok and Refresh try to open the Website or your homepage and see if it
solved the problem.
Hope this helps
nass

[panterax29]

Thanks for the reply...this does not fix the problem. I also noticed that my
fonts are italics in Firefox as well, so this issue may not be isolated to IE.

[panterax29]

Thanks for the reply...this does not fix the problem. I also noticed that my
fonts are italics in Firefox as well, so this issue may not be isolated to IE.

[panterax29]

This does not fix the problem either. I also noticed that my fonts are

italics in Firefox as well, so this issue may not be isolated to IE.

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

panterax29 wrote:

See: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#italic
http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/Post_1675.aspx
"Tip: Suddenly all the web pages display text in Italics style?".

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Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

[panterax29]

Tried copying verdana fonts over from another machine even though the files
were the same...this did not fix it

Thanks...

[nass]

Hi Panter,
Do a Scan for malware and Viruses then try if no luck, Sysytem Restore is
your option.
Hoppe this helps
nass

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

panterax29 wrote:

> Tried copying verdana fonts over from another machine even though the
> files were the same...this did not fix it
>
> Thanks...

You may need to reboot.

[panterax29]

I did reboot...no fix.

[panterax29]

No viruses/spyware on the machine. System restore is not an option on this
specific machine as it has been turned off

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

panterax29 wrote:

> I did reboot...no fix.

Internet Options -> General tab -> Accessibility button: uncheck everything
there.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157729/en-us
"How to clear the History entries in Internet Explorer".
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897/en-us
"How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder".

Try to re-register the DLL files that are related to Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902932/en-us
Also: http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=24&id=31&artlang=en

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
"How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP".
You will need to uninstall WinXP SP2 from Control Panel -> Add/Remove
Programs and then reinstall Service Pack 2.
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350
"How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer".

[nass]

Hi Panter,
Will you be abble to turn Stystem restore On if you would like from my
computer and uncheck the box for turn off Sys Restore or from the RUN Command
prompt by typing this in the Text box :
%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and Click Ok.
Hope this helps

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP] wrote:

> panterax29 wrote:
>
>> I did reboot...no fix.
>
> Internet Options -> General tab -> Accessibility button: uncheck
> everything there.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157729/en-us
> "How to clear the History entries in Internet Explorer".
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897/en-us
> "How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder".
>
> Try to re-register the DLL files that are related to Internet Explorer:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902932/en-us
> Also: http://iefaq.info/index.php?action=artikel&cat=24&id=31&artlang=en
>
> See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
> "How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
> Windows XP".
> You will need to uninstall WinXP SP2 from Control Panel -> Add/Remove
> Programs and then reinstall Service Pack 2.
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/875350
> "How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 from your computer".

Important: then visit immediately Microsoft Windows Update.

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Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003

My home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

[panterax29]

I found the problem...it had nothing to do with IE.

After looking at the webpages that were displaying italics closer I noticed
that they were all set Arial on the font..so the problem was Windows was
substituting something else for the font that should be displayed..basic
Arial.

I changed the entries here:
HKLM/software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/FontSubstitutes/

To match my other machine for the Arial fonts, and all is well.

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

panterax29 wrote:

> I found the problem...it had nothing to do with IE.
>
> After looking at the webpages that were displaying italics closer I
> noticed that they were all set Arial on the font..so the problem was
> Windows was substituting something else for the font that should be
> displayed..basic Arial.
>
> I changed the entries here:
> HKLM/software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/FontSubstitutes/
>
> To match my other machine for the Arial fonts, and all is well.

Thanks for posting back.
Have a nice day.

[mmitsch]

I am having the same problem as you had and I followed your advice through
regedit, but how do you change this?

Mike

[mmitsch]

I saw this post and am having the same problem. I was able to follow your
instructions to the point of what to do at
HKLM/software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/FontSubstitutes/.
What does your other machine say (I don't know what to alter here).

Mike

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hello Mike,

Simply export the "FontSubstitutes" to a REG file, and post the contents
here. I'll do a registry compare (with the data in my system).

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

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[mmitsch]

Ramesh,

Thanks! I did as you said and below are the contents:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes]
"Arial CE,238"="Arial,238"
"Arial CYR,204"="Arial,204"
"Arial Greek,161"="Arial,161"
"Arial TUR,162"="Arial,162"
"Courier New CE,238"="Courier New,238"
"Courier New CYR,204"="Courier New,204"
"Courier New Greek,161"="Courier New,161"
"Courier New TUR,162"="Courier New,162"
"Helv"="MS Sans Serif"
"Helvetica"="Arial"
"MS Shell Dlg 2"="Tahoma"
"Times"="Times New Roman"
"Times New Roman CE,238"="Times New Roman,238"
"Times New Roman CYR,204"="Times New Roman,204"
"Times New Roman Greek,161"="Times New Roman,161"
"Times New Roman TUR,162"="Times New Roman,162"
"Tms Rmn"="MS Serif"
"Arial Baltic,186"="Arial,186"
"Courier New Baltic,186"="Courier New,186"
"Times New Roman Baltic,186"="Times New Roman,186"
"MS Shell Dlg"="Microsoft Sans Serif"
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[Claire]

I'm having the same problem, and not having much luck fixing it. I followed
things up to the last bit but not having much luck. I'm slightly confused
about the fontsubstitues, but from what I can gather my font file is OK. My
knowledge of computers has been exhausted! Is there a simple option to fix
this or will I save my sanity by getting a professional to look at it? Help!

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Mike,

I compared the settings with that of my system, and no difference found. So
it must be something else that's causing the problem. Perhaps Vincenzo's tip
might do the trick for you:

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See: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#italic
http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/Post_1675.aspx
"Tip: Suddenly all the web pages display text in Italics style?".

- - -

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

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[Claire]

I have fixed my problem (well, my boyfriend did!) The basic arial trutype
font was completely deleted from my font file hence getting arial only in
italics or bold so we just copied it from his computer into my font file and
now everything is back to normal :)

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Claire wrote:

> I have fixed my problem (well, my boyfriend did!) The basic arial trutype
> font was completely deleted from my font file hence getting arial only in
> italics or bold so we just copied it from his computer into my font file
> and now everything is back to normal :)

Well. Then I must upgrade my tip ;-)
Thanks for posting back, Claire.

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Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
My Home: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for sharing this information, Claire.
We'll update the notes :-)

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

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