# Font::getDefaultSerifFontName returns a sans serif font

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/font-getdefaultseriffontname-returns-a-sans-serif-font/11601>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [October 3, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/font-getdefaultseriffontname-returns-a-sans-serif-font/11601 "2013-10-03T14:34:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![hugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@hugh](https://forum.juce.com/u/hugh)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/font-getdefaultseriffontname-returns-a-sans-serif-font/11601/1 "2013-10-03T14:34:18Z")

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over here, getDefaultSerifFontName returns a sans font.

juce\_win32\_fonts.cpp, `defaultSerif' is set to "Times", but that doesnt resolve for me. I changed it to "Times New Roman".

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://forum.juce.com/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/font-getdefaultseriffontname-returns-a-sans-serif-font/11601/2 "2013-10-03T14:58:53Z")

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Drat! Thanks, will sort that out.