Emacs: Change Font Size

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Change Current Buffer Font Size by Command

Alt+x text-scale-increase
Make font size larger in current buffer.
Alt+x text-scale-decrease
Make font size smaller in current buffer.
Alt+x text-scale-adjust
Changes font size in current buffer. Call it, then press + to increase, - to decrease. You can press them repeatedly. Press 0 to set it back to default size. Press any key to exit.

Change Current Buffer Font Size by Mouse

Hold Ctrl then mouse scroll up or down. ( the command called is mouse-wheel-text-scale )

Works in {Windows, Mac, Linux}.

To set a font and size across sessions, see Emacs: Set Font in Init File

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