Made the way large print should be made
Plenty of "large print" is just ordinary text with the size turned up, and it shows. This maker follows the rules that low-vision readers and the large-print publishing world actually use. The type is a clean sans-serif, the kind of letterforms that stay distinct at a glance. Lines are spaced at one and a half times the type size, so one line never crowds the next. Margins are wide and the text sits against the left margin in a straight column — no justified right edge, because the uneven word spacing that justified text creates is real work for tired eyes. And words are never hyphenated: no word is split across two lines, ever, because re-joining a split word mid-sentence is exactly the sort of small friction that makes people put a page down.
Every page is numbered ("Page 2 of 5"), because a stack of loose large-print pages that gets dropped is a puzzle nobody needs. If the reader you are printing for prefers bold type — many do, especially with macular degeneration, where contrast matters as much as size — tick the bold box and the whole document comes out in bold.
Choosing a size
- 18 pt — the official start of "large print", the size of most large-print library books. Good for readers who find ordinary print tiring rather than impossible.
- 24 pt — the comfortable middle, and the best default when you are printing for someone else.
- 28 pt — for readers who bring pages close or use a hand magnifier alongside.
- 36 pt — a few words per line, unashamedly huge. The right choice for short, important things: medication instructions, emergency numbers, the steps for the new phone.
Things worth making in large print
The reading for church, printed for the pew. A family letter or an email, printed for a parent who does not do screens. The instructions for the house — heating, alarms, the dog's medication — for whoever is sitting it. A recipe from a website, freed from the pop-ups. A child's story, printed big enough for a grandparent to read aloud at bedtime; that one matters more than all the others. And when the pages deserve better than a paperclip, run the finished PDF through our Booklet Printer and staple it into a proper little book.
Frequently asked questions
What type size should I choose?
Standard books are printed at 10–12 points. Large print starts at 18 points; 24 points is comfortable for many low-vision readers, and 28–36 points suits readers who want a few big words per line. If you are printing for someone else, 24 is the safe middle choice.
Does it split words across lines?
No. Words are never hyphenated or split across lines, because split words are hard work for low-vision readers. The one exception is a single word longer than the whole line, which is broken without a hyphen.
What can I make large-print versions of?
Anything you can paste as text: a letter, church readings and hymns, a recipe, medication instructions, an email printed for a parent, the house instructions for a sitter. You can also load a plain .txt file.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The PDF is built in your browser on your device. Your text never leaves it.
Related tools
- Booklet Printer — fold and staple the finished pages into a book.
- Word Counter — count words and reading time before you print.
- Image to Text (OCR) — pull text out of a photo of a printed page, then make it large print here.
- Case Converter — tidy up pasted text before printing.