# Why is my computer font small?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-computer-font-small/298325
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 8, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-computer-font-small/298325 "2005-04-08T02:06:18Z")
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### Author: ![Cherry8943](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Cherry8943](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry8943)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-computer-font-small/298325/1 "2005-04-08T02:06:18Z")

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My computer font and the icons are small when I turn on the computer. I tried going to the Control Panel to fix the settings and it still doesn’t work. Any ideas how to get the computer to look normal again without getting a magnifying glass out? 🙂

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### Author: ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-computer-font-small/298325/2 "2005-04-08T02:46:59Z")

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Try this:

Right click on your desktop, then click on settings.

Slide the “screen resolution” bar all the way to the left (less). Click Apply then OK.

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### Author: ![Cherry8943](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Cherry8943](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry8943)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-computer-font-small/298325/3 "2005-04-08T03:05:30Z")

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Thanks Yak!