I have the following XAML

<Label  FontAutoScalingEnabled="False"  Margin="10,0,0,0"  x:Name="LatestNewsTitle"  Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="3" Grid.Column="1" FontSize="Medium" TextColor="Black" VerticalOptions="Start" ></Label>

<Label FontAutoScalingEnabled="False" x:Name="NewsSummary" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1"  FontSize="Small" TextColor="Gray" MaxLines="3"  VerticalOptions="Start" Margin="10,40,0,0"></Label>

<Label  FontAutoScalingEnabled="False"  Margin="10,0,0,0" x:Name="LatestNewsText"  Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" MaxLines="3" TextColor="Black" FontSize="Small"></Label>

When running in Xamarin this worked fine and displayed as expected but in .NET MAUI the text is appearing considerably larger than it did in Xamarin.

The only change from Xamarin was when I added FontAutoScalingEnabled="False" which reduced the text size but it is still not as small as it was in Xamarin.

Only thing I can think of is that the likes of FontSize="Small" etc is actually a different size in .NET MAUI than it was in Xamarin?

I've found generally across the board that my font sizes are a lot larger - i.e what Fontsize="Medium" in Xamarin achieved is more closer to FontSize="Small" in .NET MAUI. Am I missing something in the docs?

Any advice would be appreciated.

I have the following XAML

<Label  FontAutoScalingEnabled="False"  Margin="10,0,0,0"  x:Name="LatestNewsTitle"  Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="3" Grid.Column="1" FontSize="Medium" TextColor="Black" VerticalOptions="Start" ></Label>

<Label FontAutoScalingEnabled="False" x:Name="NewsSummary" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1"  FontSize="Small" TextColor="Gray" MaxLines="3"  VerticalOptions="Start" Margin="10,40,0,0"></Label>

<Label  FontAutoScalingEnabled="False"  Margin="10,0,0,0" x:Name="LatestNewsText"  Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" MaxLines="3" TextColor="Black" FontSize="Small"></Label>

When running in Xamarin this worked fine and displayed as expected but in .NET MAUI the text is appearing considerably larger than it did in Xamarin.

The only change from Xamarin was when I added FontAutoScalingEnabled="False" which reduced the text size but it is still not as small as it was in Xamarin.

Only thing I can think of is that the likes of FontSize="Small" etc is actually a different size in .NET MAUI than it was in Xamarin?

I've found generally across the board that my font sizes are a lot larger - i.e what Fontsize="Medium" in Xamarin achieved is more closer to FontSize="Small" in .NET MAUI. Am I missing something in the docs?

Any advice would be appreciated.

• c#
• maui

1 Answer 1

defining a specific pixel values works for me...
something like this:
<Label FontSize="12" Text="will be consistent across platforms"/>

If it also works for you, you can also define your own font size content and use them instead.

remember in maui, the named font sizes like "Small", "Medium", "Large"... etc., do not match the same visual sizes as they did in xamarin forms. They're based on platform-specific device-independent values, and their defaults were recalibrated in align better with modern native platform standards.