If you want to increase the font size on all things Windows then follow these instructions. In my case I’m working at home. At work I have a large monitor but at home I use Windows Remote Desktop from a small laptop screen to access my work PC. Thus the fonts, as they appear on my laptop, are extra small.
- Go to Control Panel, then Personalization. OR right click the desktop and choose Personalize.
- Click on Windows Color and Appearance.
- There will be a dropdown box on the lower part of the window that appears called “Items:”. Use this dropdown box to change the font for various parts of the Windows 7 user interface. You can also change the actual font, and font color and background on many items too.
- These are the options you will have to change the font size on: Windows Title Bar, Icon (applies to icon text), Menu, Message Box (text in popup message box), Palette Title, Selected Items, Tooltip.
- Click the Apply button to immediately see the font changes. Click OK when you’re done.
- You now have a theme called “Unsaved them”. You can rename it if you want and call it “Big Fonts” if you want.
- You can also change the Inactive Title Bar if you want. But I consider that optional.
Notes:
- This does not seem to change text in tabs.
- It also may not play well with Office 2016+.
- Some items cannot be change from Remote Desktop. You must be on the actual PC to change the fonts.
Changing all fonts using scaling:
- Right click desktop and choose Display. You cannot do this from Remote Desktop so make sure you are at the physical PC.
- Choose another font scale like 125%.
- Click OK.
- This method only scales the fonts, you cannot change the font name, or make it bold or change the fore color of the font.
- More info: https://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Font-on-Windows-7
A DDG search for you, click here.
If you know of a way or tool that will also resize the tab next, and work well with all applications, please comment below. 🙂
NOTE: Windows 7 support ended Jan 14, 2020. See this message from Microsoft.
