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
Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM, Tom Route36<[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
