# I set Garamond as my system font

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704 "2011-11-12T17:19:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![yelimS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/54ee81/32.png) [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704/1 "2011-11-12T17:19:13Z")

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And do I ever love it! Now, if only I could figure out how to do the same with those obnoxious web pages…

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704/2 "2011-11-12T17:29:19Z")

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For a while I wrote everything (that I printed, since the font was only local) in [Kashmir.](http://www.2-free.net/image/kashmir-105126.gif) It was during my Led Zeppelin phase (clearly). I still love Zeppelin, but I’m glad I stopped using that font, it’s really narrow and hard to read.

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704/3 "2011-11-12T18:08:01Z")

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> [@yelimS](#):
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> And do I ever love it! Now, if only I could figure out how to do the same with those obnoxious web pages…

at least in Firefox, you can set your own default fonts and disable the ability for web pages to override your defaults.

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**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704/4 "2011-11-13T15:40:08Z")

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I set ITC Serif Gothic as my favorite font in Notepad (this is the font that NBC had in the early-80’s, mostly for sports). I don’t know why I like it, but I do.