Browser Font Size – Make the Browse table text bigger

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Enlarges Browse table text and headers, overrides Sort Field/Question/Answer column font sizes across note types, and auto-adjusts row height, leaving other Anki windows unchanged.
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Updated: 2026-10-17
Anki versions: 26.09.3~
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Description language: en

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Last update or commit: 2026-10-17 (15 days before the snapshot).

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Min Anki	Max Anki	Updated
2.1.45	26.09.3+	2026-10-17

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Description

Browser Font Size makes the card list in Anki's Browse window easier to read.

Anki has no setting for the text size of the Browse table. The only built-in options are the global "User interface size" (which scales the whole app) and the per-note-type "Browser Appearance" font size (which only affects the Sort Field / Question / Answer columns, one note type at a time). This add-on fills the gap.

What it does

Enlarges the text in the normal columns (Card Type, Due, Deck, etc.) and the column headers.
Overrides the font size of the Sort Field / Question / Answer columns for all note types at once. This is useful for Japanese, Chinese and Korean decks, where the note-type font is often tiny next to the rest of the table.
Adjusts the row height automatically so larger text isn't clipped.
Keeps each note type's font family by default, so CJK fonts still render correctly. You can optionally force one font for everything.
Only touches the table. The sidebar, editor and reviewer are unchanged.

Configuration

Tools → Add-ons → Browser Font Size → Config

font_size: size (pt) for the normal columns and headers. Default 14.
cell_font_size: size (pt) for Sort Field / Question / Answer. Default 14. (Anki's own per-note-type setting is in pixels, so 14 pt here is a little larger than 14 px there.)
row_padding: extra pixels of row height. Default 8. Raise it if rows look cramped.
font_family: optional font name for all columns, e.g. "Yu Gothic UI". Empty keeps the current fonts.

Close and reopen the Browse window after changing the config.

Compatibility and notes

Requires Anki 2.1.45 or newer. Earlier versions don't have the browser table code this add-on hooks into. I checked the add-on's hooks against the Anki source for 2.1.45 and the current development branch, but I have only actually run it on Anki 26.09.3 (Windows). Other versions are untested, so reports are welcome.
To override the Sort Field / Question / Answer font, the add-on wraps an internal Anki class (aqt.browser.table.model.DataModel). If a future Anki release reorganizes that code, those columns may stop changing size; the other columns should keep working. Please report any breakage.
If you only need to enlarge those columns for a single note type, you can do it without any add-on: Browse → Cards… → Options → Browser Appearance.

Problems, bugs, feedback

Please include your Anki version (Help → About) and what you see versus what you expected.

Changelog

2026-10-17: Initial release.