How to change Discord font back (2022) – Revert font to original!

Discord is a multi-function chat application that will allow you to talk over voice, video, and text with friends and family. It has quite a bit going on with it, which can be intimidating if you haven’t used much software in the past! Discord is notorious for making updates to the product, which usually isn’t a bad thing. However, they have recently decided to change the font and many aren’t very happy with it. If you want to revert back to the previous one, we’ll show you how in this guide.

How to change Discord font back

Before going forward, do this at your own risk! We are not responsible if you make a mistake or edit something you shouldn’t have.

To change the font back to what it was originally, you will need to follow these steps:

Open up a folder in Windows and paste “%AppData%/Discord/” into the field where it shows which folder you are in and hit Enter. This will bring you to the Discord AppData folder with a variety of files in it.

If it didn’t take you directly to the correct folder, you want to go to “Your Username > AppData > Roaming > discord”.

In this folder, scroll down until you find settings.json. Double-click on that file to open it. You might need to select a text editor like Notepad to get access to it. Right under the “IS_MINIMIZED” text, paste in the following text:

"DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true,

It should look like the following:

{
  "BACKGROUND_COLOR": "#202225",
  "IS_MAXIMIZED": false,
  "IS_MINIMIZED": false,
  "DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true,
  "WINDOW_BOUNDS": {
    "x": 300,
    "y": 231,
    "width": 1549,
    "height": 734
  }
}

Save the file and make sure to close out of Discord completely. Re-open it and press CTRL + SHIFT + I on your keyboard to open up the inspector. You will see HTML and below it you will find an area that has headers likes Styles and Computed. Make sure to select “Styles” and type the letters “gg” without quotes into the “Filter” field directly below it.

Now, click on the “–font-primary” area which should allow you to edit the font. Delete “gg sans” but leave the quotes, and enter in its place “Whitney” without the quotes. Do the same in the “–font-display” area. It should look like this:

Keep in mind that once you remove “gg sans” from the code, you will have to search for “whitney” in the filter to get back to this area. You could also search for “Noto Sans” instead, if you accidentally messed something up.

That should bring your font back to what it was previously. However, some people are reporting this isn’t the exactly the same as before. If you want to go a step further, you can download and install the font Whitney Book, which is said to be a closer proximity. Once you install it on your machine (you should just have to double click it once it has been downloaded to install), just add “Whitney Book” in place of “Whitney” or “gg sans” to make the change.

Font FAQs

Why did Discord change their font?

According to Discord, this is the reason they’ve changed the font:

Discord will begin updating the font across all of its surfaces to our new, custom font, gg sans. Everything from the Discord mobile and desktop apps to our website and blog will use gg sans as their typeface. This change gives Discord the flexibility to customize our font going forward so that we can continuously provide you with the best experience on Discord.

It seems likely that the ability to use custom fonts in the future will be added to the application. I wouldn’t be surprised if you see it as a Nitro feature.

Discord new font vs old font comparison

If you’re curious what the difference is between the fonts then here’s a look at them both:

The new font is a bit wider and larger overall. It also features a bit of a curl on the lowercase L, which makes it a bit easier to differentiate between it and a capitalized I. While the difference is noticeable, it isn’t as drastic as you would think.

That is everything you need to know about changing your font in Discord. Check out the Discord section of our website for more useful information about the messaging software!