Default Font size

What is the default font size in Microsoft Excel?
How to change the default font size in Microsoft Excel?

The default font size in Microsoft Excel is 10 points (all Excel versions)
The minimum font size is 1 point and the maximum font size is 409 points.

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To change the default font size,

• Go to TOOLS->OPTIONS
• Select the GENERAL tab
• Change the FONT SIZE in the SIZE box. (This would be located to the right of the Standard Font box.

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Also see,
True type font
Install a font

Default Font

What is the default font in Microsoft Excel?
How to change the default font in Microsoft Excel?

The default font in Microsoft Excel is Arial (all Excel versions)
The fonts displayed in Microsoft Excel is limited by the fonts available in the system.
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To change the default font size,

• Go to TOOLS->OPTIONS
• Select the GENERAL tab
• Select you FONT from the STANDARD FONT drop down box. (The standard font box would display the list of all fonts available in the Windows folder)

To know how to change the default font size,click here

Also see,
True type font

True type font

What is a true type font?

TrueType is a digital font technology designed by Apple Computer, and now used by both Apple and Microsoft in their operating systems. Microsoft has distributed millions of quality TrueType fonts in hundreds of different styles, including them in its range of products and the popular TrueType Font Packs.

TrueType fonts offer the highest possible quality on computer screens and printers, and include a range of features which make them easy to use.

The history of TrueType's development is discussed briefly in our History of TrueType document, which explains the various incarnations of the technology, as well as some of the reasons TrueType exists at all.

For more on true type fonts, click here.

Install a font

How to install a font?

Fonts are installed with Operating Systems , not with applications(though a few applications come with their own fonts). Hence we should install font in the Operating system's root folder.
To install a font,Go to
Start->Settings->Control Panel->Appearance and Themes->Fonts (The fonts button would be seen in the right top hand corner if you are using category view)
Start->Settings->Control Panle->Fonts(if your are using classic view)
or
you may simply open Internet explorer and type or copy
Control Panel/Fonts

This would display the Fonts folder in your root directory.Now follow the steps

• Go to File->Install font
• Select the folder where font files are located by navigating through the DRIVES: box
  
• Now the list of fonts box displays all the fonts available that are not installed (The list displays the fonts found only in the directory you specified)
• Now select the fonts you wish to install and CLICK OK to install the fonts. (Hold the CTRL key to select different fonts at the same time)

To uninstall a font, simply delete the font using the delete key

Note:
A few websites automatically installs fonts in your fonts folder. Installing such fonts is not necessary.

Font size

What is the maximum font size in Excel?
What is the minimum font size in Excel?
Can I use decimal in font size?

The minimum font size available in Microsoft Excel is 1 point and the maximum size is 409 points. Thus the font size may range anywhere from 1 to 409 points. As regards decimal, you can use font sizes in multiples of 0.5(e.g)1.5,2.5,3.5 etc., You can only use one decimal point and if you use more than one decimal points its rounded off. Same is the case for other decimal values. Thus if you enter 12.3 then font size is rounded to 12.5 and when you enter 12.73 then it is rounded as 13.
It should be noted that the font values should be directly entered into the font size box and cannot be selected from the dropdown box since the dropdown box contains only standard font sizes.