Run window does not display font correctly with custom visual style

Draizer · 01 Nov 2013

Hello everybody.

I recently applied a custom VS on my computer, and also changed the fonts system wide. My issue is that while I did manage to customize and change the font on the run window as well, it doesn't display like I expected. Basically, instead of the font being very light grey on the theme normal dark grey background, I find myself with the font being black on a font-only white background. See here:

Run window does not display font correctly with custom visual style-issue2.png

Also, for some reason all the apostrophes in Windows menus ( at least in right click menu on desktop and control panel ) disappeared. I know this is not because of the font itself, because I use it on Firefox as well and there's no issue there. Here's a pic I made to explain to the VS author:

Run window does not display font correctly with custom visual style-issue.png

When I asked the VS author, he told me he had no idea why this any of this is happening either.

Thanks in advance to whoever tries to help me.

Bongo · 02 Nov 2013

Welcome to the Seven Forums

Post a link to the theme and I will look at it.

How did you change the font system wide?

What font did you use?

What language are you using?

Jerry

Draizer · 02 Nov 2013

Hello, thank you for your time. To answer your questions in due order:

I use the Deshou VS theme ( link here : Deshou VS by Ravmunken on deviantART ).

I changed the font by editing the registry (the Fonts and FontSubstitutes keys in HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion). I removed the Segoe UI values, and replaced every font but Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman fonts with mine.

My font is HaxrCorp S8.

I'm using french.

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So, I did figure out why the apostrophe isn't showing up : Windows use the ’ (Alt+0146) apostrophe for its menus, dialogs, etc, which my font does not have (it just have the classic ' apostrophe).

I'm currently trying to edit the font to include it (because it's much easier than to edit every single system file to switch apostrophes) , but it is harder than I anticipated.

So the only issue left is the run window issue.

Bongo · 04 Nov 2013

Good to hear you got the font straightened out.

I downloaded and tried to fix the run window and for some reason it will not fix, the theme maker has done something that is preventing it.

Sorry
Jerry

Draizer · 05 Nov 2013

No trouble, thank you for trying to help me out.

Bongo · 06 Nov 2013

You're welcome