Changing the font in folders/file names

Is there a way to change the font of the names of the folders and files (as when one opens "Computer" and various folders, the file/fold names appearing there) in Windows 7? The current font is very hard to read for me. It's not the usual Arial or MS san serif.

 

From your Desktop:

Right Click > Personalize > Window Color > Advanced appearance settings > Icon > subsection Font.

From there, you can set font and height. It applies to icons, Start Menu text, Windows Explorer, and IE address bars.

 

For some reason the folder and file names appeared to be like serif font. After your reply I checked again, it was the same as the desktop icons font, maybe because it's too small. However, when I enlarge the icon size in "windows color" that you suggested, the desktop icons don't change size, so the font size has to changed back to small because otherwise they are incomplete on the desktop. Can the icons on the desktop be enlarged somehow?

 

Icon size and font size are different.

To change icon size, you can set the value to the right of Icon. You can also hold CTRL down while you use your mouse wheel on the desktop and scroll. that will change icon size.

My icons are 18, and I have changed the horizontal and vertical spacing options to get them closer together.

 

The way to change icon size you described is via Windows Color mentioned above. I did that (my icon size is also 18. BUT that only affects the icons in the "Computer" >> Folders >> Files.... It has no effect on the icons you see on the Desktop. The icons on desktop remains unchanged. That's what I'd like to enlarge, because the name associated with the icon becomes incomplete if the font is large while the icon remain small (e.g. on my desktop under the computer icon it's " Compu..." (see the dots).

 

To change icon size has already been explained. If you want to see more text under the icon on the DT then increase icon horizontal width.

Appearance settings --> Advanced --> Icon Spacing (horizontal) -->Size

 

Desktop icons are the icons that are affected by the Icon setting of 18. If you want them bigger, then that's the number to make larger. If the font text isn't small enough, then you need to make it smaller, or increase the horizontal and vertical spacing.

I, personally, use very little desktop icons and would rather rely on the icon itself rather than the underlying text. So, I keep them VERY close together:
Size = 18
Font = Segoe Print 8pt
Horizontal spacing = 32
Vertical spacing = 35

Here's an example showing only 2 icons. Notice that the text of the highlighted icon overlaps the icon underneath. Were none highlighted, the text falls to the background. Again, I don't like desktop icons/files, so I prefer them small and scrunched together, yet still having some legibility.
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