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3 Ways to Fix Chrome When the Font Size is Too Small on Tabs

Increasing the fonts on Chrome will make everything a lot more clear

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Many of our readers complain that they cannot read the text on the Google Chrome tab because the font size is too small.

At the moment, there’s no official way to enlarge the text size on a browser tab, but there are some tricks that can help you to make them readable.

While this will increase the Chrome tab font size, it will also make the text on the entire browser larger, for example, for the web pages, settings, and everything.

But, if you want to knowhow to change the font size on Windows 11, you can follow our detailed post for some useful tips.

Why are my Chrome tabs font so small?

If you realize that the Google Chrome font size has reduced suddenly, it could be due to any of the following reasons:

Fortunately, we have some useful tricks up our sleeves that can help you to enlarge the Chrome tab font size.

A solution that you might take into consideration is switching to a browser that has great customization features. Opera One Browser has an OpenType feature which includes character spacing, alignment, ligatures, alternative characters, and many others.

The Opera One Browser is highly customizable, you can change the type and font of the text. You can also set or create a different theme and choose alignment and font treatment for that theme based on you wishes.

Opera One

How do I change font size in Chrome tabs?

1. Run Chrome in compatibility mode

2. Make text size bigger in display settings

Once the changes are applied, you should now see the Chrome tab fonts larger and clearer.

3. Use custom scaling to change font size

Now, open Chrome and check if the font size on tabs has increased and you can read them properly.

How do I change the font back to normal in Chrome?

How do I increase the font size for the bookmarks bar?

Changing or increasing the font size for the Chrome bookmark bar only is not possible for now.

In such a case, you can follow the above solutions to increase the text size of the entire Chrome browser, which will automatically enlarge the font size of the bookmarks bar.

Some users also try to increase the tab text size by pressing theCtrland+key together. However, that simply Zooms in the browser content and not the tab font.

So, if you are wondering how to make the Google Chrome tab font bigger, you can follow the above methods for a quick workaround.

But if thefonts on your browser have changed unexpectedly, you can follow our guide to troubleshoot the issue.

If you have any other queries related to Google Chrome, you can leave a message in the comments box below.

3 Ways to Fix Chrome When the Font Size is Too Small on Tabs#

Why are my Chrome tabs font so small?#

Opera One#

How do I change font size in Chrome tabs?#

1. Run Chrome in compatibility mode#

2. Make text size bigger in display settings#

3. Use custom scaling to change font size#

How do I change the font back to normal in Chrome?#

How do I increase the font size for the bookmarks bar?#