title: FatBits
authors: 'John Ridges'
date: '2016-06-21'
description: 'Fatbits magnifies an area of the screen and paints the giant pixels into a new window, which may be useful if you have a visual impairment. To make the screen even more accessible, you can modify the colours it displays.'
license: Freeware (non-commercial)
images: items/fatbits.png
thumb: items/fatbits-thumb.png
project: Software
tags:
    - 'Other function'
    - 'Viewing the screen'
categories:
    - Software
project_url: "http://www.digitalmantra.com/fatbits/whatis.html"
download_url: 'http://www.digitalmantra.com/fatbits/download.html'
moderated: true
---
FatBits magnifies an area of the screen centered around the mouse pointer and paints the giant pixels into a small, tastefully decorated window. This can be indispensable when you want to see something right down to the last pixel. Once the text has been magnified (up to 20x), Fatbits can also smooth it, and change the colours used. The website contains an online User Manual.

FatBits was originally designed for graphic artists or people designing user interfaces, but it may be relevant to some people with visual impairments.  