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How to increase a Chromebook's font size

How to increase a Chromebook’s font size

Increasing the font size can make it easier to read the text on your Chromebook.

Screen resolution

  1. Open Settings
  2. Go to Device > Displays
  3. Next to “Display size,” shift the slider towards Large to, “make items on your screen larger.”

Linux Terminal

  1. Launch Terminal
  2. Press Ctrl - Shift - P to open the Terminal’s Profile settings.
  3. Under “Appearance”, you will find the “Text font size” option.

Sources

Making text larger in the Chrome web browser in Chrome OS https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/making-text-larger-chrome-web-browser-chrome-os

How to set font size, rows, and columns of ChromeOS Linux window? https://superuser.com/questions/1475404/how-to-set-font-size-rows-and-columns-of-chromeos-linux-window#:~:text=The%20key%20combination%20Ctrl%20%2D%20Shift,%22Text%20font%20size%22%20option.

Written on May 21, 2020