Solved How do I increase Windows' generated text so I can read it?

therealsimpsons · Apr 4, 2026

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Since the beginning of Win 11, with a 2560 x 1440 27 in display, everything generated from the Windows system is almost impossible to read because it is so small. Everything from the internet, including mail, pictures and any other application is at normal size, easily readable, with ability to increase the font size.

Here are two pictures of my screen showing what I mean. See the read arrow pointing to Windows generated content (not part of the website). My screen is less than 3 feet from my face and I can't read it without heavy strain.

Does anyone else have this issue, and is there a solution?

Thank you.

TRS

Brink · Apr 4, 2026

Hello,

You can increase the display DPI scaling level to a higher percentage like in the tutorial below to make everything appear larger.

Change Display DPI Scaling Level in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the DPI scaling level for all or specific displays to make everything appear smaller or larger on the display(s) for your account in Windows 11. Dots per inch (DPI) is the physical measurement of number of pixels in a linear inch of a display. DPI is a...

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kelper · Apr 4, 2026

Or hold the control key (Ctrl) and press plus. To reduce, press control and minus. To reset, press control and zero.

gunrunnerjohn · Apr 4, 2026

Both of those solutions make all the text on the screen change sizes. I believe he's looking just for the text indicated to be enlarged. I can't even figure out how he got that text so small!

What browser is this?

Greybeard70 · Apr 4, 2026

My screen defaults to 2560x1440 resolution. I change it to 1920x1080 and the size makes everything much easier to read and interact with. Just go to display in settings and change the resolution to what you prefer.

Asus272 · Apr 4, 2026

It's a Duckduckgo browser. One of the picture has the icon on the bottom of the page

therealsimpsons · Apr 4, 2026

Gunrunnerjohn is correct regarding the font I want to change. Here is a picture of what happened after I increased the default font size. My browser is Duck Duck Go powered by Edge.

therealsimpsons · Apr 4, 2026

Greybeard70 said:
My screen defaults to 2560x1440 resolution. I change it to 1920x1080 and the size makes everything much easier to read and interact with. Just go to display in settings and change the resolution to what you prefer.

I will try that, thank you.

therealsimpsons · Apr 4, 2026

Solved. I tried Graybeard's suggestion and it works well enough that I can now see what was the itty bitty print from Windows. Thanks all for the responses. This is an awesome site.

gunrunnerjohn · Apr 4, 2026

It's really odd what is happening there. Is it only your browser that has the tiny font issue? I ask because I run at the native resolution of my monitor, 5120x1440, and I don't have any problem with the URL text size using Firefox.

So I fired up EDGE and looked at the same page, looks fine there as well. I don't use EDGE other than when I want to see if a website is having a problem with Firefox, so I didn't do anything special to fix it.

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