[GNC] How Do I Increase Font Size

Wed Jan 7 13:27:19 EST 2026

Jerry,

Try this...

Menu - Accessibility - then enable "Large Text"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Criswell (JC)" <jcriswell58 at gmail.com>
To: "Joseph St. Denis" <stdenis0 at yahoo.com>, "tom route36" <tom.route36 at gmail.com>
Cc: "GC Help" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 10:55:04 AM
Subject: Re: [GNC] How Do I Increase Font Size

Sorry.  I've used Linux Mint for so long I forget to mention it 
sometimes.  I have been unable to change the font size even though I 
messed with it for over an hour.  I'm going to go ahead and start 
GnuCash as of the first of the year, but there is a 75% chance I won't 
continue with it due to the font problem.  Nobody wants to climb up on 
the desk to read a monitor.

JC

On 1/7/26 6:43 AM, Joseph St. Denis wrote:
> I have windows 11 and just used the global command to increase the 
> size of the display on all of programs that I use. You just have to 
> display settings and increase the size. I selected 125 % 150% was to 
> big for the existing column for the date. You go to display and change 
> the display settings open gnucash and any other programs you use to 
> see if you are happy with the results. If other people use your 
> computer then they can change the settings to suit them.
>
> All the best
>
> Joseph St Denis
>
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>     On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM, Tom Route36
>     <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>     Hi Jerry,
>
>     You didn't say what operating system you have; but I'll assume it's
>     probably Windows.  (Let me know if that's not right.)  So assuming
>     Windows, here's what I think should work for you.
>
>     1.  Exit and close GnuCash.
>     2.  Open Windows File Explorer.
>     3.  At the top center of the File Explorer window, backspace over
>     whatever is currently there to erase it.
>     4.  In that same erased space, type in the following:
>     %APPDATA%\GnuCash
>     5.  That should open the proper folder location with sub-folders
>     named:
>     books, checks, translog.
>
>     IMPORTANT:  If you don't see those sub-folders, STOP; since you're
>     probably in the wrong location.
>     But assuming you do see those folders, continue on.
>
>     6.  In that folder location (%APPDATA%\GnuCash), look for a file
>     named:
>     gtk-3.0.css
>     7a.  If you see that file there, you'll need to edit it.
>     7b.  If you don't see that file there, you'll need to create it.
>     8.  Whether you edit it or create it, gtk-3.0.css is or will be a
>     plain
>     text file.
>     9.  The text that you need to have in that file is as follows (as
>     shown
>     here in the following 3 lines):
>     * {
>       font: 14pt arial, sans-serif;
>     }
>     10.  Once you've edited or created that file with the above 3
>     lines in
>     it, save the file.
>     11.  Make sure the saved file has the name "gtk-3.0.css", and that
>     there's no added .txt after .css.
>     12.  Once that's done, go ahead and re-open GnuCash.
>     13.  You should now hopefully see that the GnuCash font size is
>     larger.
>
>     NOTE:  If the font size is larger but still isn't large enough,
>     you can
>     make it even larger.
>     Go thru the same procedure again.  But in step 9, change the font
>     size
>     to a larger number.
>     For example, change "14pt" to "16pt".  I guarantee that will be
>     pretty
>     large even for older eyes.
>
>     Let me know if this procedure works for you, or if you run into any
>     problems.
>
>     Tom
>
>
>
>     On 1/5/2026 4:53 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
>     > How do I increase font size in all of GnuCash? When you're 86
>     yrs old
>     > you need all the help you can get.
>     >
>     > JC
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