The UI is too small. How to make it bigger

[MatthewMeeple]

I'm playing this on an ultrawide 3440 x 1440 monitor. I'm about to go blind trying to read the text.

The UI upscaling option is greyed out. It says "only available at certain resolutions".

Someone please tell me there's a way to make the UI bigger...


UPDATE: temporary bandaid fix

1. Navigate to the following folder on your computer:
****\steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\
2. Open the file named: "Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml"
3. For every font type named in the file (there's nearly 50 of em), look for where it says FontSize="XX". Increase every one of these numbers in quotes by +2. For example, the first line is "FontSize=8", so change it to "FontSize=10". The next font from 10 ->12, etc. (you can go higher than +2. Personally I'm playing at +4. But the UI looks a lot sloppier the higher you go.
4. Save the file. Launch the game. Hate the Civ VI UI a little bit less.


Big thanks to madPav3L for finding this. If this solution helped, please show your support by calling for a proper UI size increase. Tweet to @2KSupport @FiraxisGames @EdBeach23. If enough people speak up, Firaxis will listen.

[madPav3L]

Every Civilization game is same, no ***** UI scaling, they just don't care...
The option in menu is disabled for every resolution I choose, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p... nothing works...

Anyway I remember how to increase the font size from previous Civ games and it also works for Civ VI.

In ***\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\ is file Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml
Increase all the FontSize=XX to your desired size, most of the in-game windows will adjust to the size unless you increase it too much.
For me size 20 to 22 works fine.

[epmode]

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

Every Civilization game is same, no ***** UI scaling, they just don't care...

UI scaling is in Civ 5. It's on by default at 1440p.

[madPav3L]

Escrito originalmente por epmode:

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

Every Civilization game is same, no ***** UI scaling, they just don't care...

UI scaling is in Civ 5. It's on by default at 1440p.

I know but it does almost nothing, I still had to edit the files to increase the fonts like in Civ VI now.

[MatthewMeeple]

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

Every Civilization game is same, no ***** UI scaling, they just don't care...
The option in menu is disabled for every resolution I choose, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p... nothing works...

Anyway I remember how to increase the font size from previous Civ games and it also works for Civ VI.

In ***\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\ is file Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml
Increase all the FontSize=XX to your desired size, most of the in-game windows will adjust to the size unless you increase it too much.
For me size 20 to 22 works fine.

Can you specify what lines you changed exactly to make it look better?

I'm seeing nearly 50 lines of various font types and sizes in that XML file

[joe7]

I'm using the windows magnify ( windows + to set, windows - to unset ) a lot. I've played Civ 4 and Civ 5 on this laptop a lot, no problem. I can hardly read anything in Civ 6. It seems like some of the shading, blues with "reflections" make the fonts harder to read. Of course, I'm 70 . . . who needs me as a customer? Except I have money to buy lots of stuff.

[lostsomething]

UI Scaling shows as being unavailable at 2560 x 1440 much to my dismal, fonts are *really* tiny here to the point I find myself having to lean in on my monitor when trying to read the tinier bits.

[madPav3L]

Escrito originalmente por Bladelaw:

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

Every Civilization game is same, no ***** UI scaling, they just don't care...
The option in menu is disabled for every resolution I choose, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p... nothing works...

Anyway I remember how to increase the font size from previous Civ games and it also works for Civ VI.

In ***\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\ is file Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml
Increase all the FontSize=XX to your desired size, most of the in-game windows will adjust to the size unless you increase it too much.
For me size 20 to 22 works fine.

Can you specify what lines you changed exactly to make it look better?

I'm seeing nearly 50 lines of various font types and sizes in that XML file

All the the lines where the font size is too small.

[madPav3L]

So after few hours of testing http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785075939
this is how the font file looks for me, size 18 seems like the optimal size. I used size 20 for the mouse in-game tooltip popup which I find useful, although it also affects one line of text in great people screen which overflows a window...
Using a 27" 2560x1440 monitor.

[Junky Eyeballs]

Different eyes, different monitor resolutions, different monitor sizes,...

I have good eyes, a 32" 2560x1440 monitor and I can see and read everything just fine and dandy.

Don't hate on me because I'm different.

[madPav3L]

And different distances from monitors, that is why they should have implemented a UI scaling and that is why we hate...

[Machin Shin]

i dont like this whole left side menue and the very tiny texts both i want bigger, this is a game we spend long time with, it must be comfortable!

[ArchMechasis]

Escrito originalmente por Rich:

I have good eyes, a 32" 2560x1440 monitor and I can see and read everything just fine and dandy.

That's likely due to monitor size primarily.

I'm playing on a 27" 1440p monitor and I can certainly read the text, but I'd be lying if I said it was a comfortable gaming experience. A UI upscaling option needs to be implemented for 1440p certainly. It might work for 4K right now, but I just checked and DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) doesn't work either in Civ 6. So playing in rendered 4K and enabling UI upscaling on a 1440p-monitor isn't possible either.

[madPav3L]

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

In ***\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\ is file Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml
Increase all the FontSize=XX to your desired size, most of the in-game windows will adjust to the size unless you increase it too much.

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

So after few hours of testing http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785075939
this is how the font file looks for me, size 18 seems like the optimal size. I used size 20 for the mouse in-game tooltip popup which I find useful, although it also affects one line of text in great people screen which overflows a window...
Using a 27" 2560x1440 monitor.

Some comparison screenshots before and after the font change.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095954
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095724
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095488
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095286

[Machin Shin]

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

In ***\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\UI\Fonts\ is file Civ6_FontStyles_EFIGS.xml
Increase all the FontSize=XX to your desired size, most of the in-game windows will adjust to the size unless you increase it too much.

Escrito originalmente por madPav3L:

So after few hours of testing http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785075939
this is how the font file looks for me, size 18 seems like the optimal size. I used size 20 for the mouse in-game tooltip popup which I find useful, although it also affects one line of text in great people screen which overflows a window...
Using a 27" 2560x1440 monitor.

Some comparison screenshots before and after the font change.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095954
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095724
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095488
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=785095286

wow this is great why arent devs just make it that big at first.