# I got a bigger monitor, and now Straight Dope print is too small.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889
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**Created:** [May 28, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889 "2005-05-28T16:33:44Z")
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### Author:  [@ktest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ktest)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/1 "2005-05-28T16:33:44Z")
I went to a 1600 x 1200 format screen.
Some sites, like Yahoo will get bigger type when I change the browser’s font size.
This site now has tiny type. Is there a way around this?
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/2 "2005-05-28T17:12:51Z")
Look in the “View” menu of your browser for a “Text size” type of option (“Small”, “Medium”, “Large”, etc.) and try some of the bigger text settings. That might help.
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### Author:  [@ktest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ktest)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/3 "2005-05-28T17:46:47Z")
Uh…I just said I already tried that ["…when I change the browser’s font size."]
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### Author:  [@ktest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ktest)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/4 "2005-05-28T17:54:26Z")
You might as well close this. When I didn’t get an answer after a couple hours I tried GQ and got an answer right away. Not instant gratification, but close enough for web life.
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/5 "2005-05-28T17:59:34Z")
Go to the Tools Menu and go to the Internet Options Menu. Click open the Accessibility Button and check Ignore Font sizes specified for web pages. :eek:
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### Author:  [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/6 "2005-05-28T18:22:48Z")
Can’t you just hold Ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel down?
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### Author:  [@ktest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ktest)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/7 "2005-05-29T14:28:48Z")
**ouryL** Thanks. That works for me as well as ctrl-+. (I don’t have a wheel mouse. I didn’t know they still made them.)
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/8 "2005-05-29T15:06:34Z")
**ouryL.** Thanks from me, too. I’ve been surfing the web well over a year with a big screen monitor and didn’t know about this trick. Whoo-woo. Now I can comfortably read from across the room! Hell, my spelling might drastically improve, now.
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/9 "2005-05-29T18:04:44Z")
Yes, I hate to admit it, as I get older, things keep shrinking(alas that too!).
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### Author:  [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-bigger-monitor-and-now-straight-dope-print-is-too-small/305889/10 "2005-06-01T02:42:06Z")
Just FYI, big monitor != high resolution. My mother has one of the biggest monitors available, set at a low resolution because her sight isn’t that great; my laptop, on the other hand, has a small-ish screen but only displays properly at 1600x1200. 🙂