The recommended resolution in Windows 11 is 1920*1080 pixels. This is clearly a high resolution wherein texts, images, or app icons appear quite small when viewed normally. Though keeping this setting as it is will make the desktop screen look less cluttered, this will definitely strain your eyes if you use your PC for more hours. Well, worry not, as you can always increase or decrease font or text size quite easily in Windows 11.
Moreover, if you are having vision problems, you should immediately change the current font or text size on your PC. To do this, you don’t require installing any third-party apps as this can be achieved easily by tweaking the accessibility settings.
Note: In case you are looking for other ways to enlarge a particular section while reading paragraphs or other things in Windows, use Magnifier instead.
Increase Font or Text size in Windows 11
To change the current font or text size in Windows 11, do the following –
Note: If you want to install new fonts in Windows 11, read this tutorial.
How to make only Text appear bigger in Windows 11
If you want to make only text appear bigger in Windows 11, follow these steps –
- Press Win + I to launch the Settings app.
- Go to System and click Display on its right pane.
- Under Scale & Layout, you will find an arrow beside the default screen resolution drop-down menu, click on it. For example – in the snapshot below, 125% (Recommended) is selected.
- This will open the Custom scaling section on your PC.
- Under Related settings, click Text size.
- Move the slider to the right to make texts appear bigger and hit Apply. While doing so, you may see what’s gonna happen in the Text size preview.
Note: You may reach out to this setting via visiting Accessibility > Text as well on the Settings page.
Increase Text cursor Indicator size in Windows 11
To enable the text cursor indicator or increase/decrease its size, do the following –
- Right-click on the Windows icon and select Settings.
- On the subsequent screen, go to Accessibility > Text cursor.
- You may enable the text cursor indicator as well by turning On the toggle switch as shown below.
- To increase its size, move the slider to the right.
Note: By default, Windows 11 provides a set of recommended colors. So, use any one of them. To pick an entirely different color, click the “+” icon left of Choose another color.
- To adjust the text cursor thickness, scroll down, and make the essential changes by moving the slider to the right.
How to restore default font settings in Windows 11
Though Settings provide options to increase or decrease font or text size in Windows, the option to restore default settings comes only via Control Panel. Here’s how you can restore the default font settings in Windows 11 –
- Launch Control Panel first.
- Click Appearance and Personalization > Change Font settings.
- Here, you will find an option to restore the default font settings. Well, click on it and hit the OK button.
- Do restart your PC so that the changes made come into effect.
Is there any other way to increase font/text size in Windows?
Though Windows Settings provide quite an easy way to increase or decrease the font size, some users may find this not conflicting. This is because changing the default font size will change it for all apps, settings pages, and other locations in Windows.
If you are more looking into increasing/decreasing text size frequently, use the Magnifier app instead. This is an in-built tool by Microsoft that allows zooming in/out of the current display by pressing “Win and +”.
Using this tool, you may even increase the zoom level by 1000%. Launching this app allows users to make texts or apps appear bigger wherever the mouse cursor goes.
I hope you are now able to increase/decrease font or text size easily on your computer. In case you have some other queries related to font or text size, let us know in the comment section.
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