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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="task a11y"
id="a11y-font-size">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="a11y#vision" group="lowvision"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-04" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="final"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.26" date="2017-08-04" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="candidate"/>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<desc>Use larger fonts to make text easier to read.</desc>
</info>
<title>Change text size on the screen</title>
<p>If you have difficulty reading the text on your screen, you can change the
size of the font.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and
start typing <gui>Accessibility</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click on <gui>Accessibility</gui> to open the panel.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select the <gui>Seeing</gui> section to open it.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Switch the <gui>Large Text</gui> switch to on.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>Alternatively, you can quickly change the text size by clicking the
<link xref="a11y-icon">accessibility icon</link> on the top bar and selecting
<gui>Large Text</gui>.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>In many applications, you can increase the text size at any time by
pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>+</key></keyseq>. To reduce the text
size, press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>-</key></keyseq>.</p>
</note>
<p><gui>Large Text</gui> will scale the text by 1.2 times. You can use
<app>Tweaks</app> to make text size bigger or smaller.</p>
</page>
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