# Request: Ability To Increase / Change Font Size?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 31, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899 "2023-01-31T01:18:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Laser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Laser)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/1 "2023-01-31T01:18:43Z")
This is a request for a future feature, if possible. Being poor sighted and screen resolutions getting ever bigger, it gets harder to see lines within various programs. It would be very useful for people with the same difficulty as me to have the ability in the appearance section to change the font size within MP3Tag itself.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/2 "2023-01-31T06:02:21Z")
Here is a thread about such a feature from 2007:
> [@FE - change font size in main listing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fe-change-font-size-in-main-listing/5504):
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> howdy y'all, i hope i'm just overlooking things, but it seems there is no way to increase the size of the text in the main listing area of mp3tag. i am one of those nearly blind folks who increase the font size when it can be done. for instance, i am looking at this forum with the font size set to 130% and that is just barely readable for me. [grin] is there a way to change the font size in mp3tag? i'm running version 2.39 and have not found any such ability. if there is no such thing - yet -…
The general idea: use the windows settings (until some local settings have been implemented).
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/3 "2023-01-31T15:01:13Z")
I second the motion.
I do have Windows set to 250%. Yes, 250%. I'm running a 4K screen on a laptop. Even then, I still upsize some programs; just depends on the program.
Better to offer than not. But perhaps the programming behind such a simple request is not so simple.
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### Author:  [@PhredE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhredE)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/4 "2024-01-02T05:17:56Z")
Yes, this really needs to be a feature of the program - its own control of the user interface.
When the font is so small that I have to lean in to half the normal distance to my screen and there's no way to adjust _this_ program, when everything else is to my liking, it makes MP3Tag virtually unusable.
At a stretch I'll use it when I have to, but in the back of my mind there'll remain a resistance to the struggle it is.
Font Control please!
_[Somehow I feel there's even a way to change the font here in this post with \ but it's a wholly enclosed community system: Mp3Tag only. I can't find anything about the forum software itself anywhere. Pity.]_
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/5 "2024-01-02T07:04:37Z")
> [@PhredE](#):
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> it makes MP3Tag virtually unusable
Just out of interest:
As most controls like menus and other system font relying functions would keep the original font size as most other applications would - how do you deal with these?
I just tested Thunderbird and MS Word - and they also seem to rely on the system font for showing menus, navigation, ribbons.
The Windows Explorer lets you vary the size of symbols but it does not change the font size ... so, how do you set these up so that
> [@PhredE](#):
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> everything else is to (your) liking
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/6 "2024-01-03T21:37:49Z")
> [@Laser](#):
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> Being poor sighted and screen resolutions getting ever bigger, it gets harder to see lines within various programs.
May I suggest that there is no need to buy such a monitor in the first place? There are plenty of high quality standard 1920 x 1080 monitors available. The current version of Mp3tag looks great on mine and my eyesight isn't all that good anymore....
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### Author:  [@Treelady](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Treelady)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/7 "2024-07-18T23:43:48Z")
I wish there were a way to scale the text/font to a larger size, as I have vision issues with the present size. I don't know if this is more of a Windows issue or an MP3Tag issue. If anyone has any ideas, please post.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/8 "2024-07-19T06:08:33Z")
> [@Treelady](#):
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> as I have vision issues with the present size
Then I would assume that these problems arise in every program.
WIndows has functions to enlarge the appearance all over or just some areas.
Try the WIndows key and + to start the screen magnifying glass.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/9 "2024-07-19T06:10:18Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Try the WIndows key and + to start the screen magnifying glass.
BTW, with
Windows key and -
you can reduce the size and return to the usual (100%) view.
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### Author:  [@danzig](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danzig)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/11 "2025-06-18T04:51:08Z")
This would be a great feature, and dark mode, too.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/12 "2025-06-18T05:26:02Z")
> [@danzig](#):
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> and dark mode, too.
Did you have a look at the options\>Color mode?
See changelog
[2021-09-22] NEW: added option to choose color mode (default, dark, or light) on Windows 10 1809 and above. ([#18264](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/18264), [#54393](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/54393), [#54450](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/54450))
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### Author:  [@Laser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Laser)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/13 "2025-06-18T11:21:06Z")
The main problem is a lack of customisation within Windows itself.
Through all versions of Windows, there's never the ability to increase the font size in individual Programs or Apps i.e. "File Explorer" without upsetting the layout of every other part of Windows itself. I always use dark modes for text backgrounds where possible. MP3Tag is a fantastic ever developing program which I was first introduced to in 2007. If a larger font is not possible within the MP3Tag program itself, then it won't put me off from using it, as it saves a lot of time and effort when dealing with MP3 files etc..
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### Author:  [@danzig](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/danzig)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/14 "2025-06-19T14:11:37Z")
Thanks! I actually saw it and somehow forgot about it.
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### Author:  [@AlecC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlecC)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/15 "2025-09-26T10:48:20Z")
Sadly, you have to keep adjusting your screen resolution to increase the font in Mp3tag when a font sizer could be placed in the view section. I think it’s worth including this, as it helps with the progression of the software build, which is excellent.
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/16 "2025-09-26T15:46:41Z")
> [@AlecC](#):
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> ... a font sizer could be placed in the view section.
You make it sound easy but it is not. I believe that Mp3tag is built largely using standard Windows controls. Those do not support user font resizing within an application. So to add this one feature, Mp3tag would have to be rebuilt _without_ those controls. That would be a huge task indeed.
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### Author:  [@AlecC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlecC)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/17 "2025-09-27T08:04:30Z")
Thanks for the info. Shame though!
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/18 "2025-09-27T10:55:41Z")
What about using the magnifier if it's not an option in Mp3tag?
> **[Use Magnifier to make things on the screen easier to see - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-magnifier-to-make-things-on-the-screen-easier-to-see-414948ba-8b1c-d3bd-8615-0e5e32204198)**
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> Learn how to make items on the screen appear larger by using Magnifier in Windows.
On macOS something like that is also possible
> **[Zoom in on what’s onscreen on Mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/zoom-in-on-whats-onscreen-mchl779716b8/mac)**
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> On your Mac, zoom in on part of your screen using your keyboard, mouse, or trackpad.
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### Author:  [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-increase-change-font-size/59899/19 "2026-02-11T20:02:07Z")
In “Everything” there is a zoom feature you can use to adjust the font size. Love to see it used here at some point.