The best part is that while changing the font size in Windows 8/Windows 8.1, the size of the icons/objects remains constant. This further means that no additional display area would be covered by the gigantic object icons.
In order to change the font size of the Windows 8/Windows 8.1 desktop icons, you must follow the steps given below:
- Log on to the Windows 8/Windows 8.1 computer with any user account.
- From the Start screen, click the Desktop tile.
- Once on the desktop window, right-click anywhere.
- From the displayed context menu, click Personalize.
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- On the opened Personalization window, click Display from the navigation bar in the left pane.
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- From the Display window, under the Change only the font size section, choose the Icons option from the object’ drop-down list.
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- From the size drop-down list, choose the appropriate size for the icons of the operating system.
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- Once this is done, click Apply to allow the changes to take effect.
- Optionally, you can also choose other objects such as title bars, message boxes, or tooltips from the objects’ drop-down list, and choose the appropriate font size for them from the size drop-down list as well.
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