Unreadable text in menus - square boxes

[osalhamid]

Hi,
My Windows 10 is acting strange the fonts in menus look like square boxes.

Please advise me what to do?

 

[Bighorn]

Just a wild guess but have seen it happen, have you deleted or changed some system Fonts?

 

[osalhamid]

No. I didn't.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

have you applied any special theme that you downloaded from somewhere?, I would try changing your theme and see if that helps.

 

[osalhamid]

Hi,

have you applied any special theme that you downloaded from somewhere?, I would try changing your theme and see if that helps.

No, I didn't

 

[davehc]

Try pressing the Fn key together with the number lock and then see if everything id back to normal.

 

[osalhamid]

Try pressing the Fn key together with the number lock and then see if everything id back to normal.

I tried it, it did not work

 

[davehc]

Open the Control Panel and (Start menu - system). Click the "Fonts"
Click "Font Settings" and then the box "Restore default font settings"

But trying to look at your picture, is it the fonts or the icons?

 

[osalhamid]

Open the Control Panel and (Start menu - system). Click the "Fonts"
Click "Font Settings" and then the box "Restore default font settings"

But trying to look at your picture, is it the fonts or the icons?

Tried it not working

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

did you try changing the theme at least?.

 

[osalhamid]

Hi,

did you try changing the theme at least?.

Yes, but the same issue remains see attached

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

did you check Settings > Ease of access to see if there is something in there causing it?. Also Settings > Display and check if you have the recommended display settings?. Scale and layout and Display resolution.

 

[osalhamid]

Hi,

did you check Settings > Ease of access to see if there is something in there causing it?. Also Settings > Display and check if you have the recommended display settings?. Scale and layout and Display resolution.

View attachment 12173

I tried it no use

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

in the 2nd pic, you have the scaling set to 175% which is not the recommended setting, try looking at that and lower the scaling a bit.

 

[osalhamid]

Hi,

in the 2nd pic, you have the scaling set to 175% which is not the recommended setting, try looking at that and lower the scaling a bit.

Hi, Yes tried pls see attached

 

[Wolfie]

What are your Ease of Access settings set to?. What graphics card do you have and have you got the latest drivers?.

 

[davehc]

Hey Wolfie. I am also slow, and getting slower, at everything.
Could you, or another contributor, Post an isolated clip of the exact problem. I seem to have lost the thread somewhere!!

 

[osalhamid]

What are your Ease of Access settings set to?. What graphics card do you have and have you got the latest drivers?.

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When I click Ease of Access it opens Display and it's still the same.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Dave,

if his opening post is anything to go by ("My Windows 10 is acting strange the fonts in menus look like square boxes"), he has a problem with the graphical display of his fonts, it is very hard to tell from the pics as to what the actual cause is?.

In post #13, the first pic shows him using "High Contrast" settings which may be the cause (scroll down to view his pic).

Possible cause is a mixture of high contrast and scaling settings?.

High contrast settings.

 

[osalhamid]

What are your Ease of Access settings set to?. What graphics card do you have and have you got the latest drivers?.

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Sorry I forget to attach the display setting