Control fonts in Internet Explorer

If you ever wanted control over the fonts used by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, here is the way:

• Start the Regestry editor
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Internet Explorer / Styles
  1. A list of all the possible combinations will come up
  2. On the right panel is the Style Name on the left, followed by its value on the right.
  3. Double click on a Style Name and change its font, size, or weight.
  4. Repeat this for all the fonts available for the style you would like.
  5. There are 13 settings to change which only takes a few minutes.
• In the above example, ArialSmall (on the left) was changed to use the Arial font (on the right). The defaul setting was the Times New Roman font.
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Internet Explorer / Styles
  1. Change the Default_Style_Sheet to be the one you just edited.
  2. In the example, it was changed from SerifMedium to ArialSmall
• Restart the Internet Explorer to see your changes.
• This allows you far greater flexibility in assigning fonts than any other browser that I am aware of. You can have one font for Heading 1 and another totally different one for Heading 2.
• If you look around the registry, you will find other settings that can be changed.
• Note: You do not need to exit Regedit for the changes to take effect.