# Since 3.4.1, the text became very small in the MDE

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3 June 2025 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700 "2025-06-03T22:55:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/steph/32/17080_2.png) [@Steph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Steph)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2025 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700/1 "2025-06-03T22:55:05Z")

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### Operating system

Linux

### Joplin version

3.4.1

### Desktop version info

Joplin 3.4.1 (prod, linux)

Device: linux, Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4020 CPU @ 1.10GHz  
Client ID: 44e3fdd0cdfd4c84b028b4fac399f990  
Sync Version: 3  
Profile Version: 47  
Keychain Supported: No  
Alternative instance ID: -

Revision: 24df674

Backup: 1.4.3

### Editor

Markdown Editor

### What issue do you have?

Since 3.4.1, the text became very small in the MDE... Never had this before.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/e/e/eef9f45da7beb6d059cdfc9c681b88591d0d2e0a.png)

Am I the only one to have that ?

I deactivate all plugins : same thing !

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/f/1/f1535a839ff782ebc4f2c650836a208d2a8ce550.png)

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**Author:** ![personalizedrefriger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/personalizedrefriger/32/13210_2.png) [@personalizedrefriger](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/personalizedrefriger)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2025 00:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700/2 "2025-06-04T00:15:06Z")

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> [@Steph](#):
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> Since 3.4.1, the text became very small in the MDE... Never had this before.

Here are two things to check:

- Custom CSS — does disabling all custom CSS help?
- The "Editor font size" setting in settings \> appearance. For me, this setting is set to "15".

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**Author:** ![Steph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/steph/32/17080_2.png) [@Steph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Steph)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2025 00:25 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700/3 "2025-06-04T00:25:29Z")

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> [@personalizedrefriger](#):
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> The "Editor font size" setting in settings \> appearance. For me, this setting is set to "15".

Well done ! I didn't notice this option. It was set at "10"...

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/d/1/d18f303232d4f6e47822a1486ebdc1203de7f199.png)  
Now my eyes are happy...  
I set it to 30 for fun:  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/2/6/26819a20242236b53f08d072361ac3405524457f.png)  
Thanks a lot...

So : not a bug !

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**Author:** ![Steph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/steph/32/17080_2.png) [@Steph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Steph)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2025 00:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700/4 "2025-06-04T00:28:30Z")

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> [@personalizedrefriger](#):
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> does disabling all custom CSS help?

No idea how to do that...  
Except if you mean to clean theses two files:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/a/f/aff946f8cf7b0f1d13fe6dbfbb9c2ef6b6d64e36.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 July 2025 00:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/since-3-4-1-the-text-became-very-small-in-the-mde/45700/5 "2025-07-04T00:28:34Z")

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