diff --git a/docs/widgets.md b/docs/widgets.md
index 1754732..a08aaa9 100644
--- a/docs/widgets.md
+++ b/docs/widgets.md
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ a button press does.
   `api_widget_config_save`) since that endpoint's per-type dispatch is
   keyed on a config row via `widget_locked`, and border fields live on
   `Widget` itself, not any per-type config table.
+  Also carries `font_scale` (one of `panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES` --
+  `1.0`/`1.25`/`1.5`, labeled Normal/Large/X-Large), a per-widget
+  legibility control: calendar and tasks widgets pack in the most body
+  text at the smallest default sizes, so their gear-icon dialogs get a
+  "Text size" card (`_widget_font_scale_fields.html`) the other types
+  don't. Same Widget-level-property-not-config-field reasoning as
+  border, and its own `POST .../widgets/{id}/font-scale` endpoint for
+  the same reason. `panel_style.scaled_size(value, font_scale)` is the
+  one shared multiply-and-round point every classic (`calendar_render.py`)
+  and modern (`html_render.py`/`calendar_html_render.py`) size calc
+  routes through immediately after its own tier lookup/floor, so row
+  heights and per-view row caps (already derived from the font size, not
+  a fixed constant) automatically re-fit around the bigger text instead
+  of overflowing their box.
 - Per-type 1:1 extension tables -- `PhotoWidgetConfig`,
   `CalendarWidgetConfig`, `WhiteboardWidgetConfig`, `TaskWidgetConfig`,
   `StaticWidgetConfig`, `TextWidgetConfig`, `WeatherWidgetConfig`,
diff --git a/server/app/calendar_html_render.py b/server/app/calendar_html_render.py
index 502a592..0b316ca 100644
--- a/server/app/calendar_html_render.py
+++ b/server/app/calendar_html_render.py
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ def _day_section_data(day: date, events: list[dict], tz: ZoneInfo, palette_rgb,
 
 def build_agenda(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                  palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
-                 weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+                 weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", theme_name: str | None = None,
+                 font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """HTML/CSS-rendered analogue of calendar_render._build_agenda.
 
     Bold-minimal: no card/border/shadow (theme["radius"]/theme["shadow"]
@@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ def build_agenda(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h
     improvement over the old design, not just a visual one."""
     theme = theme_tokens.resolve_theme(theme_name, "calendar", palette_rgb)
     day = datetime.now(tz).date() + timedelta(days=browse_offset)
-    title_size = max(14, min(target_w, target_h) // 12)
-    body_size = max(11, min(target_w, target_h) // 20)
+    title_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(14, min(target_w, target_h) // 12), font_scale)
+    body_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(11, min(target_w, target_h) // 20), font_scale)
     weather_size = max(10, body_size - 2)
     row_h = body_size + 14
     unit_suffix = "F" if weather_units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ def build_agenda(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h
 
 def build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                          palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
-                         weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+                         weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", theme_name: str | None = None,
+                         font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """HTML/CSS-rendered analogue of calendar_render._build_today_tomorrow
     -- two day-sections stacked (see _day_section_data). Bold-minimal, no
     card (see build_agenda's docstring) -- each section's own slim accent
@@ -128,8 +130,8 @@ def build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int,
     theme = theme_tokens.resolve_theme(theme_name, "calendar", palette_rgb)
     start_day = datetime.now(tz).date() + timedelta(days=browse_offset)
     section_h = target_h // 2
-    title_size = max(13, section_h // 8)
-    body_size = max(10, min(target_w, target_h) // 26)
+    title_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(13, section_h // 8), font_scale)
+    body_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(10, min(target_w, target_h) // 26), font_scale)
     weather_size = max(9, body_size - 2)
     row_h = body_size + 12
     unit_suffix = "F" if weather_units == "fahrenheit" else "C"
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ def build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int,
 def build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
               week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
               weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", days: int = 7, layout: str = "horizontal",
-              start_offset: int = 0, theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+              start_offset: int = 0, theme_name: str | None = None, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """HTML/CSS-rendered analogue of calendar_render._build_week -- both
     the vertical (stacked day-sections, reusing build_today_tomorrow's
     template with an arbitrary day count) and horizontal (side-by-side
@@ -189,8 +191,8 @@ def build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
 
     if layout == "vertical":
         section_h = target_h // days
-        title_size = max(11, min(20, section_h // 6))
-        body_size = max(9, min(target_w, target_h) // (18 + days))
+        title_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(11, min(20, section_h // 6)), font_scale)
+        body_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(9, min(target_w, target_h) // (18 + days)), font_scale)
         weather_size = max(8, body_size - 2)
         row_h = body_size + 10
         accent_h = round(html_render._clamp(min(target_w, target_h) * 0.018, 3, 5))
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ def build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
         ]
         return html_render.ordered_dither_regions(rendered, palette_rgb, accent_regions=accent_regions)
 
-    header_size = max(10, min(16, (target_w // days) // 6))
+    header_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(10, min(16, (target_w // days) // 6)), font_scale)
     chip_size = max(9, header_size - 3)
     weather_size = max(8, chip_size - 1)
     col_w = max(1, (target_w - panel_style.GUTTER * 2) // days)
@@ -265,7 +267,8 @@ def build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
 
 
 def build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
-               week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None, theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+               week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None, theme_name: str | None = None,
+               font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """HTML/CSS-rendered analogue of calendar_render._build_month --
     density dots per day, not literal event text, same reasoning as the
     classic renderer (real text at typical month-cell size is close to
@@ -289,8 +292,8 @@ def build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
     )
     day_names = [n[:3] for n in (WEEKDAY_NAMES[week_start:] + WEEKDAY_NAMES[:week_start])]
 
-    header_size = max(11, min(16, target_h // 30))
-    day_size = max(10, min(15, target_w // 55))
+    header_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(11, min(16, target_h // 30)), font_scale)
+    day_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(10, min(15, target_w // 55)), font_scale)
     dot_size = max(4, day_size // 2)
     accent_h = round(html_render._clamp(min(target_w, target_h) * 0.02, 3, 6))
 
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ def build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
 def build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
          week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
          weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
-         week_start_offset: int = 0, theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+         week_start_offset: int = 0, theme_name: str | None = None, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """Dispatches to the right build_* -- mirrors calendar_render._build's
     exact "month falls back to agenda when it doesn't fit" resolution, so
     a narrow month-mode widget set to modern style still gets a sensible
@@ -334,11 +337,11 @@ def build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, targ
 
     if effective_view == "agenda":
         return build_agenda(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb, weather_cities,
-                            weather_units, theme_name)
+                            weather_units, theme_name, font_scale)
     if effective_view == "today_tomorrow":
         return build_today_tomorrow(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb, weather_cities,
-                                    weather_units, theme_name)
+                                    weather_units, theme_name, font_scale)
     if effective_view == "week":
         return build_week(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb, weather_cities,
-                          weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset, theme_name)
-    return build_month(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb, theme_name)
+                          weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset, theme_name, font_scale)
+    return build_month(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb, theme_name, font_scale)
diff --git a/server/app/calendar_render.py b/server/app/calendar_render.py
index e33d177..1e1c95b 100644
--- a/server/app/calendar_render.py
+++ b/server/app/calendar_render.py
@@ -512,10 +512,12 @@ _AGENDA_FONTS = {"large": (34, 22, 20), "medium": (24, 22, 16), "small": (18, 16
 
 def _build_agenda(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                   palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
-                  weather_units: str = "fahrenheit") -> Image.Image:
+                  weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     img, draw, region = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
 
-    title_size, body_size, weather_size = _AGENDA_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    title_size, body_size, weather_size = (
+        panel_style.scaled_size(v, font_scale) for v in _AGENDA_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    )
     title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
     body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
     weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ _TODAY_TOMORROW_FONTS = {"large": (26, 18, 16), "medium": (20, 15, 13), "small":
 
 def _build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
                           palette_rgb: list | None = None, weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None,
-                          weather_units: str = "fahrenheit") -> Image.Image:
+                          weather_units: str = "fahrenheit", font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """Two _draw_agenda_day sections stacked vertically (below each other
     rather than side-by-side -- narrower than tall doesn't leave enough
     width per day for the event-row text at smaller sizes). browse_offset
@@ -542,7 +544,9 @@ def _build_today_tomorrow(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int,
     both views."""
     img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
 
-    title_size, body_size, weather_size = _TODAY_TOMORROW_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    title_size, body_size, weather_size = (
+        panel_style.scaled_size(v, font_scale) for v in _TODAY_TOMORROW_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    )
     title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
     body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
     weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
@@ -572,7 +576,7 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
                 week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
                 weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
                 days: int = 7, layout: str = "horizontal",
-                start_offset: int = 0) -> Image.Image:
+                start_offset: int = 0, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """`days` (2-10, see routers/api_widgets.py's clamp) side-by-side
     columns (layout="horizontal", the original fixed-at-7 behavior
     generalized) or stacked bands (layout="vertical", reusing
@@ -597,9 +601,9 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
 
     if layout == "vertical":
         title_base, body_base, weather_base = _WEEK_VERTICAL_FONTS[tier]
-        title_font = panel_style.font_bold(max(14, title_base - days))
-        body_font = panel_style.font_regular(max(11, body_base - days))
-        weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(max(9, weather_base - days))
+        title_font = panel_style.font_bold(panel_style.scaled_size(max(14, title_base - days), font_scale))
+        body_font = panel_style.font_regular(panel_style.scaled_size(max(11, body_base - days), font_scale))
+        weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(panel_style.scaled_size(max(9, weather_base - days), font_scale))
         section_h = ch // days
         for i in range(days):
             section_y0 = cy0 + i * section_h
@@ -611,7 +615,9 @@ def _build_week(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h:
                              weather_cities, weather_font, weather_units)
         return img
 
-    header_size, chip_size, weather_size = _WEEK_HORIZONTAL_FONTS[tier]
+    header_size, chip_size, weather_size = (
+        panel_style.scaled_size(v, font_scale) for v in _WEEK_HORIZONTAL_FONTS[tier]
+    )
     header_font = panel_style.font_bold(header_size)
     chip_font = panel_style.font_regular(chip_size)
     weather_font = panel_style.font_regular(weather_size)
@@ -667,7 +673,7 @@ _MONTH_FONTS = {"large": (16, 18), "medium": (12, 13), "small": (12, 13)}
 
 
 def _build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h: int, tz: ZoneInfo,
-                 week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+                 week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """Density dots per day, not literal event text -- real text at
     typical month-cell size (~100x70px) is close to unreadable on a
     6-color dithered e-ink panel. Capped at 4 visible dots, "+N" beyond.
@@ -677,7 +683,9 @@ def _build_month(events: list[dict], browse_offset: int, target_w: int, target_h
     comment above MARGIN/BG/FG."""
     img, draw, (cx0, cy0, cw, ch) = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
 
-    header_size, day_size = _MONTH_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    header_size, day_size = (
+        panel_style.scaled_size(v, font_scale) for v in _MONTH_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    )
     header_font = panel_style.font_bold(header_size)
     day_font_in_month = panel_style.font_bold(day_size)
     day_font_out_of_month = panel_style.font_regular(day_size)
@@ -750,7 +758,7 @@ def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, tar
           fetch_summary: str, week_start: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
           weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
           week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
-          week_start_offset: int = 0) -> Image.Image:
+          week_start_offset: int = 0, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     tz = ZoneInfo(timezone) if timezone else ZoneInfo("UTC")
     effective_view = view
     if view == "month" and not _month_view_fits(target_w, target_h):
@@ -758,13 +766,13 @@ def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, tar
 
     if effective_view == "agenda":
         img = _build_agenda(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb,
-                            weather_cities, weather_units)
+                            weather_cities, weather_units, font_scale)
     elif effective_view == "today_tomorrow":
         img = _build_today_tomorrow(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb,
-                                    weather_cities, weather_units)
+                                    weather_cities, weather_units, font_scale)
     elif effective_view == "week":
         img = _build_week(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb,
-                          weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset)
+                          weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset, font_scale)
     elif effective_view == "month":
         # Never given weather -- no room for it at typical month-cell
         # size, same reasoning that already keeps this view to density
@@ -772,10 +780,10 @@ def _build(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: int, target_w: int, tar
         # docstring). Colors are still passed through, though -- that's
         # a different concern (legibility of individual events) than
         # needing a whole extra strip of content.
-        img = _build_month(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb)
+        img = _build_month(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, week_start, palette_rgb, font_scale)
     else:
         img = _build_agenda(events, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, palette_rgb,
-                            weather_cities, weather_units)
+                            weather_cities, weather_units, font_scale)
 
     if fetch_summary:
         # Drawn as a final overlay onto the already-composited img (not
@@ -814,13 +822,13 @@ def render_calendar_preview_png(events: list[dict], view: str, browse_offset: in
                                 fetch_summary: str = "", manage: dict | None = None, week_start: int = 0,
                                 weather_cities: list[dict] | None = None, weather_units: str = "fahrenheit",
                                 week_days: int = 7, week_layout: str = "horizontal",
-                                week_start_offset: int = 0) -> bytes:
+                                week_start_offset: int = 0, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> bytes:
     """Same pipeline as render_calendar, but a normal browser-viewable
     PNG in logical (upright) orientation -- mirrors
     image_pipeline.render_preview_png's relationship to render_frame."""
     target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
     img = _build(events, view, browse_offset, target_w, target_h, timezone, fetch_summary, week_start,
-                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset)
+                palette_rgb, weather_cities, weather_units, week_days, week_layout, week_start_offset, font_scale)
     img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
     quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
     buf = io.BytesIO()
@@ -835,12 +843,14 @@ _TASKS_FONTS = {"large": (24, 18), "medium": (20, 16), "small": (16, 13)}
 
 
 def _build_tasks(tasks: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
-                 title: str = "Tasks") -> Image.Image:
+                 title: str = "Tasks", font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """A tasks widget's entire region is the checklist -- unlike the old
     week-view slot, there's no day columns/header to share space with,
     so this is just _draw_tasks over the whole box."""
     img, draw, region = panel_style.card_canvas(target_w, target_h)
-    title_size, body_size = _TASKS_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    title_size, body_size = (
+        panel_style.scaled_size(v, font_scale) for v in _TASKS_FONTS[_size_tier(target_w, target_h)]
+    )
     title_font = panel_style.font_bold(title_size)
     body_font = panel_style.font_regular(body_size)
     _draw_tasks(img, draw, region, tasks, title_font, body_font, palette_rgb, title)
@@ -860,12 +870,12 @@ def render_tasks(tasks: list[dict], orientation: str, palette_rgb: list | None,
 
 
 def render_tasks_preview_png(tasks: list[dict], orientation: str, palette_rgb: list | None,
-                             manage: dict | None = None, title: str = "Tasks") -> bytes:
+                             manage: dict | None = None, title: str = "Tasks", font_scale: float = 1.0) -> bytes:
     """Same pipeline as render_tasks, but a normal browser-viewable PNG
     in logical (upright) orientation -- mirrors render_calendar_preview_
     png's relationship to render_calendar."""
     target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(orientation)
-    img = _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb, title)
+    img = _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb, title, font_scale=font_scale)
     img = _apply_manage_overlay(img, manage)
     quantized = _quantize(img, palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
     buf = io.BytesIO()
diff --git a/server/app/html_render.py b/server/app/html_render.py
index 4a13b86..644c206 100644
--- a/server/app/html_render.py
+++ b/server/app/html_render.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ def build_text(cfg, target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb: list | None = Non
 # --- Tasks "modern" style ---------------------------------------------------
 
 def build_tasks(tasks: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb: list | None = None,
-                title: str = "Tasks", theme_name: str | None = None) -> Image.Image:
+                title: str = "Tasks", theme_name: str | None = None, font_scale: float = 1.0) -> Image.Image:
     """HTML/CSS-rendered analogue of calendar_render._build_tasks --
     same header+checklist shape. Reuses calendar_render's own
     _event_colors/_fmt_task_due (the exact color-dedup/due-date-format
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ def build_tasks(tasks: list[dict], target_w: int, target_h: int, palette_rgb: li
     theme = theme_tokens.resolve_theme(theme_name, "tasks", palette_rgb)
     base = min(target_w, target_h)
     accent_h = round(_clamp(base * 0.025, 3, 6))
-    title_size = max(14, base // 12)
-    body_size = max(11, base // 20)
+    title_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(14, base // 12), font_scale)
+    body_size = panel_style.scaled_size(max(11, base // 20), font_scale)
     row_h = body_size + 14
     box_size = max(10, body_size - 4)
     header_h = accent_h + 6 + title_size
diff --git a/server/app/migration.py b/server/app/migration.py
index 225f67d..19bccfb 100644
--- a/server/app/migration.py
+++ b/server/app/migration.py
@@ -889,6 +889,19 @@ def _migration_39(conn) -> None:
         conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE frames ADD COLUMN theme TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'classic'"))
 
 
+def _migration_40(conn) -> None:
+    """Per-widget text-size multiplier (models.Widget.font_scale, see
+    panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES) -- a Widget-level column like
+    border_style/border_thickness/border_color_index, not a per-type
+    config field, since any widget type with body text can use it. Every
+    existing widget defaults to 1.0 (unchanged size) until its own
+    dialog's "Text size" picker sets it. Guarded per-column, same
+    reasoning as every prior migration's own comment."""
+    existing = {c["name"] for c in inspect(conn).get_columns("widgets")}
+    if "font_scale" not in existing:
+        conn.execute(text("ALTER TABLE widgets ADD COLUMN font_scale REAL NOT NULL DEFAULT 1.0"))
+
+
 MIGRATIONS = [
     (1, _migration_1),
     (2, _migration_2),
@@ -929,6 +942,7 @@ MIGRATIONS = [
     (37, _migration_37),
     (38, _migration_38),
     (39, _migration_39),
+    (40, _migration_40),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/models.py b/server/app/models.py
index 4f319b9..cf01e61 100644
--- a/server/app/models.py
+++ b/server/app/models.py
@@ -499,6 +499,12 @@ class Widget(Base):
     border_style: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, default="none")
     border_thickness: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, default=3)
     border_color_index: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, default=0)
+    # Text-size multiplier for this widget's own body/title text -- another
+    # Widget-level property regardless of widget_type, same reasoning as
+    # border_style above (any widget type with text can use it). One of
+    # panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES; 1.0 (unchanged size) for every
+    # existing widget until its dialog's "Text size" picker sets it.
+    font_scale: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(Float, default=1.0)
 
     __table_args__ = (Index("ix_widgets_frame", "frame_id"),)
 
diff --git a/server/app/panel_style.py b/server/app/panel_style.py
index c9198d5..9c1ad54 100644
--- a/server/app/panel_style.py
+++ b/server/app/panel_style.py
@@ -36,6 +36,28 @@ CONTENT_MARGIN = 20
 CARD_RADIUS = 12
 CHIP_RADIUS = 4
 
+# models.Widget.font_scale's allowed values -- a per-widget text-size
+# multiplier (the Layout dialog's "Text size" picker), same "reject
+# invalid, don't silently coerce" posture as border_style. Deliberately a
+# small fixed set (a <select>, not a raw slider) rather than an arbitrary
+# float: every _AGENDA_FONTS/_TASKS_FONTS-style tuple in calendar_render.py
+# and every proportional size in html_render.py/calendar_html_render.py
+# derives row heights/max_rows from the same scaled font size, so an
+# unbounded scale risks a layout that no longer fits its own box.
+FONT_SCALE_CHOICES = (1.0, 1.25, 1.5)
+
+
+def scaled_size(value: float, font_scale: float) -> int:
+    """Applies a widget's font_scale to a text-size value and rounds to
+    an int px, floored at 1 so an extreme scale can never zero out a
+    font. Shared by both the classic (PIL, calendar_render.py) and modern
+    (HTML/CSS, html_render.py/calendar_html_render.py) renderers so "make
+    this widget's text bigger" behaves identically regardless of
+    render_style -- every caller applies this immediately after its own
+    tier lookup/floor calc, so row heights/max_rows computed from the
+    result already account for the bigger text."""
+    return max(1, round(value * font_scale))
+
 # Index constants into DEFAULT_PALETTE_RGB/a frame's own Frame.
 # palette_rgb override -- same order as image_pipeline.PALETTE_LABELS.
 BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, BLUE, GREEN = range(6)
diff --git a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
index 723ed70..11f8e90 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/api_widgets.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy import func, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from .. import calendar_render, grid, photo_queue, quiet_hours, weather, weather_render, webdav_client
+from .. import calendar_render, grid, panel_style, photo_queue, quiet_hours, weather, weather_render, webdav_client
 from ..auth import require_frame_control, require_frame_view, require_user_api
 from ..db import frame_locked, get_db, widget_locked
 from ..image_pipeline import (
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _widget_dict(w: Widget, locked: bool = False) -> dict:
     return {"id": w.id, "widget_type": w.widget_type, "x": w.x, "y": w.y, "w": w.w, "h": w.h,
             "sort_order": w.sort_order, "border_style": w.border_style,
             "border_thickness": w.border_thickness, "border_color_index": w.border_color_index,
-            "locked": locked}
+            "font_scale": w.font_scale, "locked": locked}
 
 
 def require_widget_view(
@@ -280,6 +280,31 @@ def api_widget_border(
     return _widget_dict(widget)
 
 
+class WidgetFontScaleRequest(BaseModel):
+    font_scale: float
+
+
+@router.post("/api/frames/{frame_id}/widgets/{widget_id}/font-scale")
+def api_widget_font_scale(
+    body: WidgetFontScaleRequest, frame_widget: tuple[Frame, Widget] = Depends(require_widget_control),
+    db: Session = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Sets this widget's text-size multiplier (the Layout dialog's "Text
+    size" picker) -- a shared Widget-level property (see models.Widget.
+    font_scale), not a per-type config field, since any widget type with
+    body text can use it. Its own endpoint for the same reason
+    api_widget_border has one: api_widget_config_save's per-type dispatch
+    edits a config row via widget_locked, and font_scale lives on Widget
+    itself, not any per-type config table."""
+    frame, widget = frame_widget
+    if body.font_scale not in panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES:
+        raise HTTPException(400, f"font_scale must be one of {panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES}")
+    with frame_locked(db, frame.id):
+        widget.font_scale = body.font_scale
+        db.commit()
+    return _widget_dict(widget)
+
+
 @router.delete("/api/frames/{frame_id}/widgets/{widget_id}")
 def api_widget_delete(
     widget_id: int, frame: Frame = Depends(require_frame_control), db: Session = Depends(get_db)
@@ -876,7 +901,7 @@ def api_widget_preview_calendar(
         img = calendar_html_render.build(
             events, ccfg.view, ccfg.browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, ccfg.week_start, frame.palette_rgb,
             weather_cities, ccfg.weather_units, ccfg.week_days, ccfg.week_layout, ccfg.week_start_offset,
-            frame.theme,
+            frame.theme, widget.font_scale,
         )
         quantized = _quantize(img, frame.palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
         png = _png_bytes(quantized)
@@ -887,7 +912,7 @@ def api_widget_preview_calendar(
             week_start=ccfg.week_start,
             weather_cities=weather_cities, weather_units=ccfg.weather_units,
             week_days=ccfg.week_days, week_layout=ccfg.week_layout,
-            week_start_offset=ccfg.week_start_offset,
+            week_start_offset=ccfg.week_start_offset, font_scale=widget.font_scale,
         )
     return Response(content=png, media_type="image/png")
 
@@ -912,12 +937,14 @@ def api_widget_preview_tasks(
         from .. import html_render
 
         target_w, target_h = logical_render_size(frame.orientation)
-        img = html_render.build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title, frame.theme)
+        img = html_render.build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title, frame.theme,
+                                      widget.font_scale)
         quantized = _quantize(img, frame.palette_rgb, dither_strength=1.0)
         png = _png_bytes(quantized)
     else:
         png = calendar_render.render_tasks_preview_png(tasks, orientation=frame.orientation,
-                                                        palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb, title=title)
+                                                        palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb, title=title,
+                                                        font_scale=widget.font_scale)
     return Response(content=png, media_type="image/png")
 
 
diff --git a/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py b/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
index 14849cc..de03901 100644
--- a/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
+++ b/server/app/routers/frame_pages.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
-from .. import theme_tokens, weather
+from .. import panel_style, theme_tokens, weather
 from ..auth import can_view_frame, current_user
 from ..calendar_render import CALENDAR_VIEW_LABELS
 from ..db import get_db
@@ -258,6 +258,16 @@ def widget_dialog(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, request: Request, db: Session =
         "back_button_action": bindings.get("back", ""),
     }
 
+    # The shared "Text size" card (_widget_font_scale_fields.html,
+    # models.Widget.font_scale) -- only included on the dialogs whose
+    # on-panel content is mostly body text (calendar/tasks; the other
+    # types are either image-only or, for text, already have their own
+    # richer per-widget font_size control -- see TextWidgetConfig).
+    font_scale_labels = {1.0: "Normal", 1.25: "Large", 1.5: "X-Large"}
+    font_scale_ctx = {
+        "font_scale_choices": [(v, font_scale_labels[v]) for v in panel_style.FONT_SCALE_CHOICES],
+    }
+
     if widget.widget_type == "photos":
         photo_cfg = db.get(PhotoWidgetConfig, widget.id)
         return templates.TemplateResponse("_widget_dialog_photos.html", {
@@ -273,7 +283,7 @@ def widget_dialog(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, request: Request, db: Session =
             "calendar_users": _calendar_users_for_widget(db, frame.id, widget.id, user.id),
             "week_start_labels": WEEK_START_LABELS,
             "calendar_color_labels": PALETTE_LABELS,
-            **border_ctx, **button_ctx,
+            **border_ctx, **button_ctx, **font_scale_ctx,
         })
 
     if widget.widget_type == "tasks":
@@ -282,7 +292,7 @@ def widget_dialog(frame_id: int, widget_id: int, request: Request, db: Session =
             "request": request, "frame": frame, "widget": widget, "task_cfg": task_cfg, "user": user,
             "task_users": _task_users_for_widget(db, frame.id, widget.id, user.id),
             "task_color_labels": PALETTE_LABELS,
-            **border_ctx, **button_ctx,
+            **border_ctx, **button_ctx, **font_scale_ctx,
         })
 
     if widget.widget_type == "static":
diff --git a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
index 36b5ae4..e8a6bfa 100644
--- a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
+++ b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_calendar.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ function initCalendarDialog() {
   document.getElementById('calendar-preview-refresh').addEventListener('click', loadCalendarPreview);
   loadCalendarPreview();
   initBorderFields();
+  initFontScaleFields();
   initButtonActionFields();
 }
 
diff --git a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_font_scale.js b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_font_scale.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c922f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_font_scale.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Shared "Text size" card (models.Widget.font_scale,
+// _widget_font_scale_fields.html) -- only present on the calendar/tasks
+// dialogs (see frame_pages.py's widget_dialog), same "one shared init
+// function" shape as initBorderFields, just not included on every
+// dialog since it isn't relevant to every widget type.
+
+function initFontScaleFields() {
+  const select = document.getElementById('widget_font_scale');
+  if (!select) return; // dialog fragment didn't render the font-scale card -- shouldn't happen
+
+  document.getElementById('font-scale-config-form').addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch(`${window.FRAME_API}/font-scale`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ font_scale: Number(select.value) }),
+      });
+      if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(await apiError(resp));
+      showStatus(true, 'Text size saved.');
+      // Whichever dialog is actually open -- both loadCalendarPreview and
+      // loadTasksPreview are always defined (plain script tags, not
+      // module-scoped), so checking the function's existence isn't
+      // enough; check for the <img> it actually targets instead (calling
+      // the wrong one throws setting .src on a null element).
+      if (document.getElementById('calendar-preview')) loadCalendarPreview();
+      if (document.getElementById('tasks-preview')) loadTasksPreview();
+    } catch (err) {
+      showStatus(false, err.message);
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js
index dfa1934..9617cb3 100644
--- a/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js
+++ b/server/app/static/widget_dialog_tasks.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function initTasksDialog() {
   document.getElementById('tasks-preview-refresh').addEventListener('click', loadTasksPreview);
   loadTasksPreview();
   initBorderFields();
+  initFontScaleFields();
   initButtonActionFields();
 }
 
diff --git a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
index 433af60..60c7b60 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_calendar.html
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
 
 {% include "_widget_border_fields.html" %}
 
+{% include "_widget_font_scale_fields.html" %}
+
 {% include "_widget_button_fields.html" %}
 
 <section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
diff --git a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html
index eeadf2b..a525d02 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/_widget_dialog_tasks.html
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 
 {% include "_widget_border_fields.html" %}
 
+{% include "_widget_font_scale_fields.html" %}
+
 {% include "_widget_button_fields.html" %}
 
 <section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
diff --git a/server/app/templates/_widget_font_scale_fields.html b/server/app/templates/_widget_font_scale_fields.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7e6d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/templates/_widget_font_scale_fields.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<section class="card" style="margin-top: 20px;">
+  <h2 class="card-title">Text size</h2>
+  <p class="sub">Scales this widget's own text up for easier reading on
+    the panel -- rows/columns re-fit around the bigger text automatically.</p>
+  <form id="font-scale-config-form">
+    <label>Size
+      <select id="widget_font_scale">
+        {% for value, label in font_scale_choices %}
+          <option value="{{ value }}" {% if widget.font_scale == value %}selected{% endif %}>{{ label }}</option>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </select>
+    </label>
+    <button type="submit">Save</button>
+  </form>
+</section>
diff --git a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
index ef7ce4c..f464dde 100644
--- a/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
+++ b/server/app/templates/frame_layout.html
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_weather.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_battery.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_border.js"></script>
+  <script src="/static/widget_dialog_font_scale.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/widget_dialog_button_actions.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/frame_layout.js"></script>
   <script src="/static/saved_layouts.js"></script>
diff --git a/server/app/widgets/calendar.py b/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
index d0c32ca..966b9e6 100644
--- a/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
+++ b/server/app/widgets/calendar.py
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: i
         return calendar_html_render.build(
             events, cfg.view, cfg.browse_offset, target_w, target_h, tz, cfg.week_start, frame.palette_rgb,
             weather_cities, cfg.weather_units, cfg.week_days, cfg.week_layout, cfg.week_start_offset,
-            frame.theme,
+            frame.theme, widget.font_scale,
         )
 
     return _build(
         events, view=cfg.view, browse_offset=cfg.browse_offset, target_w=target_w, target_h=target_h,
         timezone=frame.timezone, fetch_summary=fetch_summary, week_start=cfg.week_start,
         palette_rgb=frame.palette_rgb, weather_cities=weather_cities, weather_units=cfg.weather_units,
-        week_days=cfg.week_days, week_layout=cfg.week_layout,
+        week_days=cfg.week_days, week_layout=cfg.week_layout, font_scale=widget.font_scale,
         week_start_offset=cfg.week_start_offset,
     )
 
diff --git a/server/app/widgets/tasks.py b/server/app/widgets/tasks.py
index 65c116d..89213d9 100644
--- a/server/app/widgets/tasks.py
+++ b/server/app/widgets/tasks.py
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ def render(db: Session, frame: Frame, widget: Widget, target_w: int, target_h: i
         # own classic path, should never pay for it.
         from .. import html_render
 
-        return html_render.build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title, frame.theme)
-    return _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title)
+        return html_render.build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title, frame.theme,
+                                       widget.font_scale)
+    return _build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, frame.palette_rgb, title, font_scale=widget.font_scale)
 
 
 ACTIONS: dict = {}
diff --git a/server/tests/test_migrations.py b/server/tests/test_migrations.py
index 4579bc3..e6917c1 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_migrations.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_migrations.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ def test_expected_columns_exist_on_current_schema():
     assert "render_style" in whiteboard_widget_columns  # migration 37
     calendar_widget_columns = {c["name"] for c in inspector.get_columns("calendar_widget_configs")}
     assert "render_style" in calendar_widget_columns  # migration 38
+    assert "theme" in frame_columns  # migration 39
+    assert "font_scale" in widget_columns  # migration 40
 
 
 # --- widget system backfill (migration 16 + _ensure_widgets_backfilled) ---
@@ -362,6 +364,24 @@ def test_migration_30_adds_now_displaying_columns_to_an_existing_database(db_ses
     assert frame.last_displayed_at == 0.0
 
 
+def test_migration_40_adds_font_scale_to_an_existing_database(db_session):
+    """Exercises _migration_40's real guarded ALTER path (widgets isn't
+    dropped/recreated by the pre-widget-system replay tests, so its
+    columns must be added defensively, same reasoning as migration
+    26/27/29/30's own comments)."""
+    with db_module.engine.begin() as conn:
+        conn.execute(text("UPDATE schema_version SET version = 39"))
+
+    run_migrations()
+
+    with db_module.engine.connect() as conn:
+        version = conn.execute(text("SELECT version FROM schema_version")).scalar()
+    assert version == MIGRATIONS[-1][0]
+
+    widget = db_session.query(Widget).filter(Widget.frame_id == 1).first()
+    assert widget.font_scale == 1.0
+
+
 def test_migration_17_and_18_extract_tasks_into_a_standalone_multi_list_widget(db_session):
     """Exercises _migration_17 and _migration_18's actual data-extraction
     SQL back to back (the real "existing widget-system database
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widget_border.py b/server/tests/test_widget_border.py
index 9d158de..22ba495 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_widget_border.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_widget_border.py
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ def test_set_border_persists(client, db_session):
     assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
     assert resp.json() == {
         "id": widget_id, "widget_type": "photos", "x": 0, "y": 0, "w": 8, "h": 5, "sort_order": 0,
-        "border_style": "dashed", "border_thickness": 5, "border_color_index": 3, "locked": False,
+        "border_style": "dashed", "border_thickness": 5, "border_color_index": 3, "font_scale": 1.0,
+        "locked": False,
     }
     widget = db_session.get(Widget, widget_id)
     assert (widget.border_style, widget.border_thickness, widget.border_color_index) == ("dashed", 5, 3)
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widget_font_scale.py b/server/tests/test_widget_font_scale.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1804628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/test_widget_font_scale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+"""routers/api_widgets.py's POST .../font-scale endpoint (models.Widget.
+font_scale) -- a Widget-level property, not a per-type config field, same
+reasoning/shape as test_widget_border.py's border coverage. The second
+half confirms the actual render threading (widgets/calendar.py and
+widgets/tasks.py pass widget.font_scale into both the classic and modern
+builders), the same "spy on the resolve call" approach test_widgets_tasks.
+py/test_widgets_calendar.py already use for frame.theme threading."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+
+from app.models import CalendarWidgetConfig, Frame, TaskWidgetConfig, Widget
+
+from .conftest import csrf_headers, link_user, login, make_user
+
+
+def _widget_id(db_session, widget_type="photos") -> int:
+    return db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1, widget_type=widget_type).one().id
+
+
+def test_new_widget_defaults_to_normal_font_scale(db_session):
+    widget = db_session.query(Widget).filter_by(frame_id=1).one()
+    assert widget.font_scale == 1.0
+
+
+def test_set_font_scale_persists(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    widget_id = _widget_id(db_session)
+    resp = client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget_id}/font-scale",
+                       json={"font_scale": 1.25}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    assert resp.json()["font_scale"] == 1.25
+    widget = db_session.get(Widget, widget_id)
+    assert widget.font_scale == 1.25
+
+
+def test_set_font_scale_rejects_a_value_outside_the_fixed_choices(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    widget_id = _widget_id(db_session)
+    resp = client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget_id}/font-scale",
+                       json={"font_scale": 3.0}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 400
+    assert "font_scale" in resp.json()["detail"]
+    assert db_session.get(Widget, widget_id).font_scale == 1.0
+
+
+def test_set_font_scale_404s_for_unknown_widget(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    resp = client.post("/api/frames/1/widgets/999999/font-scale",
+                       json={"font_scale": 1.25}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_set_font_scale_unrelated_user_404s(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    make_user(db_session, "mallory")
+    widget_id = _widget_id(db_session)
+
+    client.cookies.clear()
+    login(client, "mallory")
+    resp = client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget_id}/font-scale",
+                       json={"font_scale": 1.25}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 404
+    assert db_session.get(Widget, widget_id).font_scale == 1.0
+
+
+def test_set_font_scale_linked_but_not_controlling_user_409s(client, db_session):
+    client.post("/setup", data={"username": "alice", "password": "hunter22"})
+    bob = make_user(db_session, "bob")
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    link_user(db_session, bob, frame)
+    widget_id = _widget_id(db_session)
+
+    client.cookies.clear()
+    login(client, "bob")
+    resp = client.post(f"/api/frames/1/widgets/{widget_id}/font-scale",
+                       json={"font_scale": 1.25}, headers=csrf_headers(client))
+    assert resp.status_code == 409
+    assert resp.json()["detail"]["error"] == "not_controller"
+
+
+# --- actually threads through to the renderers -----------------------------
+
+def test_calendar_classic_render_threads_font_scale_through(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    """Confirms widgets/calendar.py's classic branch passes widget.
+    font_scale into calendar_render._build, by spying on panel_style.
+    scaled_size (every classic builder's one shared scale point -- see
+    its own docstring)."""
+    from app import panel_style, widgets
+
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="calendar", x=0, y=0, w=8, h=5,
+                    sort_order=0, created_at=time.time(), font_scale=1.5)
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(CalendarWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id, view="agenda"))
+    db_session.commit()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget",
+                        lambda db, frame, widget: ([], ""))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget",
+                        lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+
+    seen_scales = []
+    real_scaled_size = panel_style.scaled_size
+    monkeypatch.setattr(panel_style, "scaled_size", lambda v, s: (seen_scales.append(s), real_scaled_size(v, s))[1])
+
+    widgets.calendar.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert seen_scales and all(s == 1.5 for s in seen_scales)
+
+
+def test_calendar_modern_render_threads_font_scale_through(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    from app import html_render, widgets
+
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="calendar", x=0, y=0, w=8, h=5,
+                    sort_order=0, created_at=time.time(), font_scale=1.25)
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(CalendarWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id, view="agenda", render_style="modern"))
+    db_session.commit()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_calendar_events_for_widget",
+                        lambda db, frame, widget: ([], ""))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.calendar, "get_or_refresh_weather_for_widget",
+                        lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(html_render, "render_html_to_image",
+                        lambda html, target_w, target_h: Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), (255, 255, 255)))
+
+    from app import panel_style
+
+    seen_scales = []
+    real_scaled_size = panel_style.scaled_size
+    monkeypatch.setattr(panel_style, "scaled_size", lambda v, s: (seen_scales.append(s), real_scaled_size(v, s))[1])
+
+    widgets.calendar.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert seen_scales and all(s == 1.25 for s in seen_scales)
+
+
+def test_tasks_classic_render_threads_font_scale_through(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    from app import panel_style, widgets
+
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="tasks", x=0, y=0, w=2, h=2,
+                    sort_order=0, created_at=time.time(), font_scale=1.5)
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(TaskWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id))
+    db_session.commit()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget", lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+
+    seen_scales = []
+    real_scaled_size = panel_style.scaled_size
+    monkeypatch.setattr(panel_style, "scaled_size", lambda v, s: (seen_scales.append(s), real_scaled_size(v, s))[1])
+
+    widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert seen_scales and all(s == 1.5 for s in seen_scales)
+
+
+def test_tasks_modern_render_threads_font_scale_through(db_session, monkeypatch):
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    from app import html_render, panel_style, widgets
+
+    frame = db_session.get(Frame, 1)
+    widget = Widget(frame_id=frame.id, widget_type="tasks", x=0, y=0, w=2, h=2,
+                    sort_order=0, created_at=time.time(), font_scale=1.25)
+    db_session.add(widget)
+    db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(TaskWidgetConfig(widget_id=widget.id, render_style="modern"))
+    db_session.commit()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "get_or_refresh_tasks_for_widget", lambda db, frame, widget: [])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(html_render, "render_html_to_image",
+                        lambda html, target_w, target_h: Image.new("RGB", (target_w, target_h), (255, 255, 255)))
+
+    seen_scales = []
+    real_scaled_size = panel_style.scaled_size
+    monkeypatch.setattr(panel_style, "scaled_size", lambda v, s: (seen_scales.append(s), real_scaled_size(v, s))[1])
+
+    widgets.tasks.render(db_session, frame, widget, 300, 200)
+    assert seen_scales and all(s == 1.25 for s in seen_scales)
diff --git a/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py b/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py
index 0ae8774..3906b6b 100644
--- a/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py
+++ b/server/tests/test_widgets_tasks.py
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def _capture_build_tasks_title(monkeypatch):
     seen_titles = []
     real_build_tasks = widgets.tasks._build_tasks
 
-    def spy(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb=None, title="Tasks"):
+    def spy(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb=None, title="Tasks", font_scale=1.0):
         seen_titles.append(title)
-        return real_build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb, title)
+        return real_build_tasks(tasks, target_w, target_h, palette_rgb, title, font_scale=font_scale)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(widgets.tasks, "_build_tasks", spy)
     return seen_titles