How to Change the Font Size on a Nook
By William Pullman
Barnes & Noble includes several text settings on the Nook line of e-readers to make reading more comfortable, including a text size option. If you're having trouble reading e-books at the default font, you can increase or decrease the font size to improve your reading experience. Font-size changes are applied to the Reader application and affect all books that allow editing of the font size.
Nook First Edition
Step 1
Open a book to start the Reader application.
Step 2
Tap "Preferences" and then "Text Size" on the color touchscreen. A list of the six text size options appears. Your options are "Extra Small," "Small," "Medium," "Large," "Extra Large" and "Extra Extra Large."
Step 3
Touch the text size that you want to use.
Nook Color, Tablet, Simple Touch, HD and HD+
Step 1
Open a book to view the Reader application.
Step 2
Touch the screen to view the menu at the bottom of the screen and then tap the "Text" icon. A window appears over the book with different text options. Across the top of the window is a row of instances of the letter "A," all of which are different sizes.
Step 3
Tap the "A" that's the size that you want your text. The book's text behind the window changes to match your selection.
Step 4
Touch the screen outside of the window to make the window disappear.
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Warnings
- Though you can adjust the font size on most books, publishers can choose to disable the font-size options.
Writer Bio
William Pullman is a freelance writer from New Jersey. He has written for a variety of online and offline media publications, including "The Daily Journal," "Ocular Surgery News," "Endocrine Today," radio, blogs and other various Internet platforms. Pullman holds a Master of Arts degree in Writing from Rowan University.