robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

That is one I never learned, tried it, it enlarges the whole screen.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

There is no Preference in my "Edit" drop down list. Just not there. I have a Preferences in my "Lightroom Classic" drop down, and in there you can find "Interface" with "End Marks" and "Font Size" The choices are small or Large. Large is dinky. Not quite the font choices most of us are looking for.

Thanks for trying though.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Mine (Windows 11 Pro, Chrome and the latest Lightroom Classic) goes Lightroom Classic, top row, EDIT, a menu drops with PREFERENCES the 4th from the bottom, which opens a separate window where the Font Size has the following choices in a box with a drop-down list: Small, Medium, Large 150%, Larger 200%, Largest 250%

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Interesting. I am using the newest version of LR on a Mac and I do not have all the choices you have. I did a google search and these choices only showed up on windows machines. Bummer. I won't give up. Thanks.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

After much searching I found an official Adobe response to font size differences between Mac and PC. Mac only offers two font size choices in Lightroom. PC's have around five. Us Mac users are just out of luck. It has to do with the ways that Macs and PC's handle fonts at some very basic level, and for now (and the last 20yrs,) that's just the way it is. At least I can stop hunting for the secret answer to solve the tiny font size of Lightroom.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

It's only a problem on the Mac.

The closest solution is to use the magnifier. You can define a magnifier in the system settings.

System Settings > Accessibility > Zoom

Within Zoom, choose 'Hover Text' and enable it. Click on the Info button (circle-i) and you can define the size of the magnifier and the size of the font within. The magnifier shows up when you press the command key so it's not in your way all the time.

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

A number of years ago I bought a new laptop. It was a 15.6 inch Lenovo and the screen was a 4K touch screen. From day one when in Photoshop and other programmes, the fonts in the menus and in drop down menus were all very tiny.

I researched everywhere and consulted computer repair shops and the Gurus at Best Buy and the consensus was that there is nothing that can be done to get a larger font to show. The whole problem is because I have a 4K screen and that, for some reason, does not allow the font to be increased. I can choose 150% for example, however, the entire screen content is enlarged that much, not just the font.

I have tried all suggestions that people have put forward, however, not a single thing has worked for me. Yes I can change the screen resolution but why would I degrade the 4K screen this laptop offers. It's like buying a Porsche 911 then getting it home and changing the engine out with a little 1,100 cc VW engine and drive it like that.

I'd love to be able to see those fonts and drop-down menus, like my old non 4K laptop used to show me, nice and large/normal size.

Bill_de Loc: US

I like that!

I've been using the ellipsis ( ... ) in the upper right of the screen, but your way is even easier!

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mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Or you can can keep the resolution and just increase the size of the text globally or for a specific application.

Global text size adjustment

(Download)

Global text size adjustment

(Download)

Application specific DPI adjustments

(Download)

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Once again, there are significant differences between Windows and MacOS.