How to Make Fonts Smaller in Display Settings
A font is a style of text. Some fonts are naturally bigger or smaller than others. Windows operating systems incorporate a default font and size. Windows allows users to adjust many display options, including the font size, which can be increased or decreased at the user's discretion. Depending on what version of Windows you're using, you will have to select different options to adjust your display settings.
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Instructions
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Windows 7
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Click on the "Start" button to see the menu.
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Click on "Control Panel," then "Appearance," then "Display."
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Click on "Advanced" in the "Window Color and Appearance" dialog box.
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Click "Menu."
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Select the smaller size you want from the "Size" list, then click "OK."
Windows Vista
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Click on the "Start" button, then select "Control Panel" from the right-hand list.
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Select "Appearance and Personalization," then click on "Personalization."
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Click "Adjust font size (DPI)" in the left panel. If you are asked for permission to continue, click "Continue." DPI stands for "dots per inch."
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Click on "Default 96 (DPI)" to make your font smaller. This step works only if your font is set at the "Larger Scale (120 DPI).
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Press the "Custom DPI" button. Click inside the "Scale to this percentage of normal size" list to scale your font size back to as low as 100 percent of normal, if you earlier had scaled it to as high as 500 percent of normal. You cannot scale your fonts lower than 100 percent of normal. Press "OK" to change the setting. You may have to restart for the setting to take effect.
Windows XP
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Right click on an empty space on your desktop.
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Select "Properties" from the drop-down menu.
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Choose the "Appearance" tab.
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Select a smaller font size from the three options available: "Normal" (smallest), "Large," or "Extra Large," then click "OK" to save your settings.
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