Can I change the font size?

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MadeleineW
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Can I change the font size?

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Hi, I want a bigger font because I have poor vision.

I looked at my settings and all that seems to do is offer me different colours of playing piece.

Can anyone direct me to a button that makes the text of games larger please?
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cigma
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Re: Can I change the font size?

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There is no general button for bigger fonts, because such a feature would be game depended (e. g. Ark Nova). In fact, I know only very few games here on BGA using different fonts for better readability (normally when the original font type is rather fancy). Some card games using standard cards do offer a larger version of the cards. Maybe the tooltips help, which you can find in most games, when you hover over a card etc.

Then in some games you may zoom the playing area or parts of it, either directly in the playing area (usually identified by a magnifying glass icon), via the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top right corner or by clicking the gear icon in the player panel. If this is not large enough for you, you may also try your browser zoom.

I hope some of this helps :-)
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MadeleineW
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Re: Can I change the font size?

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It really wouldn’t be as game dependent as all that. We aren’t in a game now, and the font is too small in most posts, and although it lets me make the font larger to publish, it is still small as I type. When I select the list of games, the font is too small. When I try to join a game the page looks the same whatever the game is, and the font is too small. And most of the instructions, like “select a card” or “place a token” flash up in BGA’s standard style because they are instructions from BGA and not things you’d have had to read on a card in the original game. And they’re too small.

Thanks for the info. But I think BGA is missing a trick there.
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Remkar
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Re: Can I change the font size?

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MadeleineW wrote: 04 June 2025, 10:05 Hi, I want a bigger font because I have poor vision.

I looked at my settings and all that seems to do is offer me different colours of playing piece.

Can anyone direct me to a button that makes the text of games larger please?
If you just want increased font and image sizes in general, since BGA all happens in a browser, you can just adjust your browser settings (under accessibility). That is, if I'm understanding what you're looking for correctly.
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MadeleineW
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Re: Can I change the font size?

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Ah, right. Off to google how to do that.

Thanks!
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Remkar
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Re: Can I change the font size?

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MadeleineW wrote: 05 June 2025, 00:57 Ah, right. Off to google how to do that.

Thanks!
Sure thing!

For me (in Chrome), it's under
Settings > Accessibility > Default Zoom
if that helps at all.
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