# Change system font

**URL:** <https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 21, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566 "2026-03-21T01:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/santloufl)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/1 "2026-03-21T01:41:49Z")

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Hi, I just installed PixiEditor. When I open the app, the system font is simply just not readable. How can I change the default system font so that I can read the menu properly

 ![Screenshot from 2026-03-20 21-36-26](https://forum.pixieditor.net/uploads/default/original/1X/91b0540be4b38852139195130ce4595f7281d990.png)

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**Author:** ![JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/jjhaggar/32/159_2.png) [@JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/JJHaggar)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/2 "2026-03-22T13:46:18Z")

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If you are using the Steam version, you can download the latest version from “development” channel (right click on game \> Version & Betas \> Development).  
Then, go to “Edit \> Settings \> Accesibility“, and you can change the text & icons size 🙂

 ![image](https://forum.pixieditor.net/uploads/default/original/1X/13d15ead447ac68344832d2dbdc0fea2cdbe3ff9.png)

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**Author:** ![JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/jjhaggar/32/159_2.png) [@JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/JJHaggar)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/3 "2026-03-22T13:48:31Z")

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Here’s a screenshot of the scaled UI (the settings window is the only one that doesn’t scale, but that’s intentionally made to avoid certain problems)

 ![image](https://forum.pixieditor.net/uploads/default/original/1X/015d275434b28dc1ea370c4517c5a2e213a0fe79.png)

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**Author:** ![JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/jjhaggar/32/159_2.png) [@JJHaggar](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/JJHaggar)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/4 "2026-03-22T13:50:17Z")

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Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize that you wanted to change the font and not the size 🙏

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**Author:** ![flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/flabbet/32/6_2.png) [@flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/flabbet)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/5 "2026-03-23T08:25:10Z")

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What operating system are you using?

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**Author:** ![santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/santloufl)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/6 "2026-03-23T12:34:15Z")

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I’m sorry… I am indeed using the desktop version, not the stream version. From the About screen, I amd using Version 2.0.11 Release Wild.

I don’t see an “Accessibility” option in Edit\>Settings.

 ![image](https://forum.pixieditor.net/uploads/default/original/1X/450597ce646fddb52c41db9164afdf521eaba76c.png)

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**Author:** ![santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@santloufl](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/santloufl)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/7 "2026-03-23T12:35:43Z")

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I’m using Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

 ![image](https://forum.pixieditor.net/uploads/default/original/1X/89da90aeced06ffa55aa754d50370ad47dece1b0.png)

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**Author:** ![flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/user_avatar/forum.pixieditor.net/flabbet/32/6_2.png) [@flabbet](https://forum.pixieditor.net/u/flabbet)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.pixieditor.net/t/change-system-font/566/8 "2026-03-23T20:10:39Z")

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Hmm, I’m afraid it can only be fixed by tweaking system settings. PixiEditor doesn’t have a way to change it. Do you get this issue on other apps as well?