Text size within Apps in Windows 10 too small

Hi Paul,

Thanks for posting your query to Microsoft forum. I will certainly help you with this.

I would suggest you to check with the a new User Account

Create a local user account in Windows 10

If this does not help, run the SFC scan to find the errors on the system files.

Perform SFC scan

I would suggest you to perform SFC scan and check if that helps. The sfc/scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions. It is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Refer the link:  Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files

Steps for Windows 8.1 applies to Windows 10.

Please reply us with these information and the current status of your computer we will be happy to assist you further. 

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Thanks & Regards,

Isha Soni

Hi community

I wish we can find a solution for this issue and not just drop it. It really takes away a lot of functionality in windows 10 for certain configuration of hardware. As I wrote before, managed to fix the font size and is clearly readable, but now I can't snap to apps in tablet mode because the content seems to be "too big", probably because of my display characteristics. I also noticed that the live tiles stopped working when using a scale different to 100% or 125%. 

Hi Isha,

Thank you for your reply.

Switching to different User Accounts did not change the outcome. Text size in certain apps remain small or get smaller after setting change.

I ran the SFC scan  and "Windows Resources Protection did not find any integrity violations".

I don't think this has anything to do with my upgrade from Windows 7 to 10. It may be a bug within the personalization settings.

If I were to open Facebook  in a web browser such as firefox the text size matches the settings I have made, whereas the App doesn't match.  The problem occurs when for some Apps don't sync up after increasing the display scale.

Apps that changed text size include : News, Twitter, Firefox, Edge, Calender, Chrome..

Apps that stayed the same or got smaller:  Command Prompt, Facebook, Rdio..

Also, this may be a problem with the App developers and not Windows 10. Perhaps

others can add to the list I've started...

I have the same problem.

I've tried create new user and checked missing or corrupted system files, but this didn't resolve my problem. Also i tried change scale, the same result.

My laptop DELL Inspiron 15 7537 (Screen size 15", resolution 1920x1080). Custom Scaling 160%

Setting dpi to 130% does fix the facebook app font size problem.

Somehow, I think some dpi settings (e.g. 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%) are "special" in that they get special treatment from the O/S (perhaps pre-renedered font hints or something).  The Facebook app certainly did something to break things when under these "special" settings.

Nevertheless, the app is actually not supposed to know or really care how large the system fonts are.  Not sure it this reflects on the coding of the app or the O/S.

I have a Surface 3, and when running Windows 10 in Tablet mode, the 8.1 apps open the 'correct' size (as they did when running 8.1). When not in Tablet mode, they are smaller font again.

All other tablets that I have upgraded have the small font issue whether in Tablet or non Tablet mode.

I have created three 8.1 apps and am concerned that they lose a lot of readability and hence use-ability in W10. I can't find anyone who knows the cause, let alone the potential fix for the issue. Very frustrating.

Yes, U continue to have this problem with Windows 10!  In 8.1, I could set the font size wot 125%, and it woul dhold for all websites that open.  Now, with W10, it does not doe same!  So, whey is it the Microsoft has not taken the bull-by-the-horns, and corrected it?

My biggest problems, aside  from the Fonts, is the 7, or 9 font size in the emails, or otherwise, even though I continually change, and have 14-size fonts that do not show up!