Re: Changing font for dialogue message box

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MaryBeth,

Thanks so much for your suggestions. I installed Clear Type Tuner and
it did change the font appearance somewhat, but, still it is an eye-
strain mainly because I can't get it to make the stroke THICKER and
darker. The wizard did allow me to select from different appearances,
but, the differences are so slight so as to not really make much
difference.

A curious thing happened when I went into the registry (regedt32.exe)
and navigated to the MS Shell Dig entry you suggested. It was
Microsoft Sans Serif, as you indicated, but, it didn't allow me any
kind of selection dialogue box to choose from my existing fonts, but,
it had a "modify" option under the edit tab, and, I searched for and
found my fonts under C:\Winnt\Fonts\***, but, there was no Lucinda
Sans Demibold.ttf, however, there was an Arial Bold, which I entered
by typing it into the modify dialogue text area, and, bingo! that made
my "properties" box I was worried about finally readable. I was very
relieved to have found out how to do this, and, I *thought* that would
be the end of it.

However, when I rebooted, the registry went back to what it had been
before (Microsoft Sans Serif), and I had to "modify" it again, but,
this time, it didn't take! No matter how many times I modify it (and
then exit registry and and then go back to make sure it is still Arial
Bold), it still will not change the font style in my "properties"
dialogue box. I am stumped!

I don't know what I did the first time to make it work, I don't know
how to "save" the registry that worked, and, I don't know how to make
it work again. Everytime I reboot, the registry goes back to
Microsoft Sans Seriff", and, even though I modify it to be Arial Bold,
it just doesn't TAKE. I tried turning off (and then back on) Clear
Type Tuner, and even selecting a larger DPI (under settings, advanced,
custom font size), but, nothing I do will make it use my Arial Bold
when I go into my "properties" dialoge box from windows explorer.

If you have any thoughts about what I did before, and why I can't get
back there again, please respond. HELP!!!!!

.

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