Windows 10: Text is showing as both Serif and then behind it sans serif in gray. Multiple applications.

Having a bizarre experience and I can't find a solution. Some applications, Visual studio code, random browser sites are showing my text both in a normal black serif, and then behind it in gray sans serif giving a weird 3d look to things. Please see Imgur screenshot to see exactly what I'm talking about. https://imgur.com/a/UOF40jX

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Windows 10 Creators Update - Ms Sans Serif and MS Serif not showing greek char

Here is the second part of my tutorial on fixing MS Sans Serif font corruption due to the Creator Edition Update.

Unfortunately the registry fix I mentioned does not fix up all the programs using MS Sans Serif. There is another way to fix the fonts directly in the "exe" code of a program.

Instructions:

• Download "Resource Hacker" Resource Hacker and install it.
• Backup your "exe" file before editing it.
• Open your "exe" file with Resource Hacker and search for all occurrences of "MS Sans Serif" (use the Search menu, and F3 for search next).
• Replace "MS Sans Serif" with "Arial" wherever it appears. (If there are a lot of dialog resources to fix, I suggest creating a temporary text file, type the with word "Arial". Copy "Arial" to the clipboard by copying it, then use the paste
  tool in the "Resource Hacker" program to paste "Arial" wherever "MS Sans Serif" was found.)
• Compile each font edit (use the "Compile" button).
• Save your "exe" code (you might need to save it in a different directory and then copy it back to the program directory).

This method was able to make one of my installed commercial program usable again. I suspect this will work for any program that resists the registry fix.

 

Windows 10 Creators Update - Ms Sans Serif and MS Serif not showing greek char

Hi Dimetris

Wil this cahnge work for Hebrew caharhetrs?

"MS Sans Serif Hebrew"="Microsoft Sans Serif"

"MS Sans Serif"="Microsoft Sans Serif"

 

Microsoft Sans Serif font family

Hi Dave,

In our desktop application, we used MS San Serif font. The installed app in Windows 11 is showing Microsoft San Serif font. Any changes we need to do to our apps?

Thanks.