iTunes 12.3.3 fonts size are now way too BIG!

I've just noticed this too since upgrading to iTunes 12.5.1.21. I've just reported it via the iTunes Feedback page.

I've also noticed that some people have recommended turning scaling back down to 100% to fix this problem on Windows. However, I use a 1440p display and that means that all my other DPI aware programs would look wrong at this scaling level (with text and UI elements too small). The correct solution would be for the iTunes Store page to be DPI aware. Hope Apple can put this right - sooner rather than later. I've also noticed that media searches carried out within the store in iTunes don't suffer from this bug.

Apple needs to fix this issue soon. I'm going to another service if not. This is too annoying.

Same thing happens for me, and it is only in the iTunes Store tab. I'm seriously thinking about switching back to Spotify due to all of this. Apple needs to get their stuff together when it come to cross-platform programming, especially for Windows.

This is absolutely an inccorect statement. It is NOT Windows 7 exclusive. I have a Windows 10 laptop and it has a messed up UI with the display set to 125%. Set at 100%, it looks 'normal'. And FYI, unchecking the XP Style box in Windows 7 causes display issues with other apps. I don't it should be necessary for long time Windows users to hack their fonts or pull some 3rd party trick off the net in order to fix an Apple bug. And if this a designed in 'feature', that won;t be fixed, then Apple need to grow a pair and admit it. Oh, and telling people to go to Windows 10 becuase it 'works" for you is just plain stupid.

silence from Apple...

This is a user to user support forum. Apple may have some people that provide links to support articles for known issues, but they don't enter into a dialogue.

Try right-clicking the shortcut for iTunes, selecting Properties, and then the Compatibility tab. Tick Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.

I don't have this issue myself but in trying to test I still found that font sizes looked off. 😕

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I have tried your suggestion. It has absolutely zero effect. The UI is still messed up. And, if there is some trick to using this version of iTunes, then Apple should document it and make sure it actually works. FWIW, I have the problem on both Windows 7 and Windows 10. And lastly, I've sent the info to Apple support. That sound you hear is the reply as delivered by the Apple crickets......

Yes, iTunes Feedback and Apple Bug Reporter are generally black holes, but they claim to read all that is sent to them, and sometimes things change as a result.

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This was a problem for me only on my Windows laptop, which I'm viewing through a large monitor. I was able to fix it by monkeying with the resolution - the DPI setting was on 125 percent, enlarging all words and images. By setting it to 100 percent, I restored Apple Music to readable size. When viewing music on 'for you' or 'browse' I couldn't see or click most of the offerings.

@drubi - Unfortunately for those of us using HiDPI monitors in Windows, with scaling set to 125% or higher, this isn't a solution for us. Adjusting scaling to 100%, just makes the Windows desktop and the UI & text in all our other DPI aware apps, too small to be readable.

Hopefully Apple will provide a fix for this problem in a future update. I've been following another bug in iTunes that was fixed a year after it was first reported on here, so it might be a few months before this is solved (fingers crossed, it will be sooner). I've also noticed (and I'm probably not the first to do so) that this problem applies to the For You, Browser and Radio pages as well.

I talked to Apple support about this problem today - they directed me to this thread. At least they are aware there's concern about this issue in Windows. The 100-percent setting makes me squint as well.

The fact that Apple support are aware of this problem, at least sounds promising to me - thanks for this information. I get the feeling though, that Apple's Windows software is lower priority for them. If this was a bug that was occurring in iTunes for macOS, I'm sure it would get fixed a lot sooner.

What is strange to me is that setting the "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" option at the Compatibility tab doesn't make ANY difference. And it used to fix some font problems some versions ago.

Now it doesn't even change the size of the things in the player

I think they're putting some kind of override here that just doesn't work for the "webview" part of the software. The developers should review this, PLEASE.

Meanwhile, we could find some workaround that didn't involve any modification in the system (or its settings, such as setting the DPI scaling to 100%), but only in iTunes itself.