Change Fonts in Windows 

Windows 10 or Windows 7

1. Right click on the desktop and select Display settings.

2. Slide the "Change the size of text, apps..." to the right to make text bigger. Or slide it to the left to make them smaller. The slider moves in increments of 25 percent. You can increase the size up to 175 percent.

You'll notice the size of text change right away, but you won't see everything get bigger (or smaller) until you reboot or log in and out. If you're happy with the text size, you can stop here. However, if you want to try custom scaling increments or adjust the font size of particular UI elements (ex: the title bars, the icons), continue with step 3.

3.  Click "Advanced Display Settings" at the bottom of the settings window.

4. Click "Advanced sizing of text and other items" at the bottom of the window.

A screen with several display choices appears. From here you can choose to either A.) Set a custom scaling percentage (ex: 115 percent) or B.) Tweak the font size of specific elements such as the Menus and Icons.

5a. Click "set a custom scaling level" under Change size of items. 

A pop-up window appears with a little ruler in it. Click on the percentage box, type in a number and click Ok. Test out different sizes until you find one you like.

5b. Select the UI element you want to change, pick a font size and check "Bold" if you want the letters bolded. Repeat these steps as necessary for the Title bars, Menus, Message boxes, Palette titles, Icons and Tool tips.

6. Click Apply. Windows will either make you wait or ask you to sign out and sign back in (in the case of scaling) before you see the changes.

Windows 7

1. Right click on the desktop and select Screen Resolution.

2.  Click "Make text and other items larger or smaller"

3. Select a percentage: Smaller, Medium or Larger (100, 125 or 150 percent) and click Apply.

4. Log off and on again (or restart the computer).

If you're happy with the results, stop here. If not, you can try to set a custom percentage.

5. Click "Set custom text size (DPI)" in the left navigation after you've navigated back to the Display settings window.

A pop-up window with a ruler appears.

6. Type a number into the percentage box (ex: 135 percent) and click Ok.

7. Click Apply on the next screen and then log on and log off.

Thank you.

We hope this helped you customize your Windows experience.