Fix Bold and Italic Font Problem in Windows

I searched on Internet to find a working solution. I found a few solutions but none of them worked for me. At last I was able to fix this problem myself.

Here some method for you to fix the bold-italic font problem in Windows :

Method 1 : Apply Default Theme from Desktop Properties

If you are facing this bold-italic font problem, first of all you should try to re-apply default theme using Desktop Properties.

1. Right-click on Desktop and select Personalize option. Windows XP users will have Properties option instead of Personalize.
2. Now apply default Windows theme.

This process will restore all customized font and color settings made by you in Windows theme like changing font type, font size, font color, etc.

If it doesn't fix the font problem, try the next one mentioned below.

Method 2 : Reset Default Fonts Settings

In this step, we'll try to reset fonts settings in Windows.

1. Type fonts in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter. It'll open Fonts folder. Alternatively you can open the same folder using Control Panel window.
2. Now click on Font settings link present in left sidebar of Fonts window.
3. Now click on Restore default fonts settings button as shown there.
4. That's it. Restart your system and it should fix the problem.

If it doesn't help, try the next method.

Method 3 : Restore Default Registry Settings

Sometimes a few settings related to fonts in Windows Registry become corrupted which might also cause this weird bold-italic font issue. You can restore these Registry settings using following steps :

1. Download following ZIP file, extract it and run the extracted REG file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it : Download Registry Script
2. Restart your system and it should fix the problem.

Method 4 : Reinstall Missing Fonts in Windows

If none of the above mentioned methods worked for you, this final method will definitely help you. In this ultimate method, we'll reinstall a few most common and widely used fonts like Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, MS Sans Serif and Segoe UI in Windows.

Actually sometimes a required font gets deleted accidentally by a software program or an update. When Windows doesn't find that font, it starts showing the text using another variation of that font or the default font set in Registry.

For example, Windows Vista and Windows 7 use "Segoe UI" font and if "Segoe UI Regular" font is deleted, Windows starts showing the text using "Segoe UI Bold Italic" font which is a separate font in Windows.

That's the main reason behind this annoying font problem. What we can do to fix the problem? We can try to reinstall common fonts in Windows which will provide the missing font to Windows and it'll start showing things normally.

1. Download following ZIP file, extract it and you'll get a folder containing a few .ttf files which are actually font files. Download Missing Windows Fonts
2. Now select all .ttf font files, right-click on any file and select Install option. Alternatively, you can open Fonts folder using the same step 1 mentioned in Method 2 and then drag-n-drop the downloaded .ttf font files in Fonts folder.
3. Windows will show a confirmation dialog box telling you "The font is already installed. Do you want to replace it?" Click on Yes button.
4. That's it. Once you copy all the fonts in Fonts folder, restart Windows and it'll 100% fix the annoying bold-italic font problem.