In this guide, we will show you the steps to remove the new Discord GG Sans font and revert to the older one. In the tech community, we are witnessing an increasing number o cases wherein the developers roll out a change without giving a dime about the user’s opinion. In the true sense, they should first roll out the update in the beta phase and if it gets a green signal from the beta testers, then only they should roll it out to the general audiences.
Or if they don’t want to take that route, then at least give users more granular controls to toggle off the new change and revert to the older one. While you might get all this in the parallel universe but such things don’t exist on this side of the black hole. The latest player to join this bandwagon is one of the most popular VoIP and instant messaging social platforms.
Discord has recently rolled out the GG Sans font that is giving out a harrowing time to the end users. The font doesn’t support Cyrillic and Greek characters, and even some of the emoji styles look more like Japanese charters. Moroever, users who have difficulty reading texts are reportedly having headaches and strain in their eyes just by looking at this text [well done, product and UI/UX design team!].
With that said, there does exist a nifty yet technical method that should help you remove the new Discord GG Sans font and revert to the older one. So without further ado, let’s check out how this could be carried out.
How to Remove Discord GG Sans Font & Revert to Old One
- Open File Explorer and head over to the below location
%AppData%/Discord/settings.json
- Then open this settings.json in a text editor like Notepad++
- Now add the below key to the settings data:
"DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true,
- The file should now look like this:
{ "BACKGROUND_COLOR": "#202225", "IS_MAXIMIZED": true, "IS_MINIMIZED": false, "DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true, "WINDOW_BOUNDS": { "x": 988, "y": 0, "width": 1408, "height": 1392 } }
- Now relaunch Discord and press the CTRL + SHIFT + I shortcut keys to open the Inspector
- You should now see the :root selector defining –font-primary as [click the search box under styles on the right and type in “font”]
"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
- Now just change gg sans to any other installed font of your choice (double-click to edit it), such as Whitney Book.
- Likewise, do the same for –font-display, if you prefer.
That’s it. These were the steps to remove the new Discord GG Sans font and revert to the older one. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
