Make Text Bigger

Make Text bigger and put less strain on your eyes when you work on the computer.

Browser zoom is a blunt instrument: it enlarges everything—images, sidebars, ads—often breaking the layout. A dedicated “Make Text Bigger” extension targets only typography. One click recalculates font size, line height, and spacing so paragraphs reflow gracefully instead of spilling off-screen. For anyone with presbyopia, night-time eyestrain, or simply a high-resolution 4-K monitor, granular control over 18 pt, 20 pt, or even 28 pt type transforms painful squinting into relaxed reading. Because the extension stores your preferred scale per site (or globally), every return visit feels like a page designed just for you—no more repetitive pinch-to-zoom rituals.

2. Reader Mode: Declutter in the Same Stroke Making text larger doesn’t help if the screen is still littered with autoplay videos, sticky social widgets, or neon pop-ups. That’s where an integrated reader mode earns its keep. The engine strips a page down to the semantic essentials—headline, body copy, inline images—while removing ads, navigation bars, and tracking scripts. The combination of large, comfortable fonts and a distraction-free canvas addresses both physical legibility and cognitive load. You see only what you care about, laid out like an e-book, yet you’re still in your browser.

Bonus: Fewer third-party scripts means faster load times and lower data usage—crucial on mobile plans or flaky hotel Wi-Fi.

3. Better Retention Through Typography Research in cognitive psychology shows that appropriately sized text improves comprehension and recall. When words are too small, the brain diverts resources to decode shapes rather than absorb meaning; when the visual field is cluttered, working memory wastes cycles filtering noise. Large, well-spaced fonts in reader mode reduce sub-vocalization effort, letting you process arguments, story arcs, or code examples more deeply. In study sessions, this translates to higher quiz scores; in professional research, it means fewer re-reads and faster note-taking. Multiply those gains by the hundreds of articles you skim each month, and the time saved becomes measurable.