# Set ion-back-button text font size

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/set-ion-back-button-text-font-size/191673>\
**Category:** Ionic Angular\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/set-ion-back-button-text-font-size/191673 "2020-06-23T13:38:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Oldstadt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oldstadt](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Oldstadt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/set-ion-back-button-text-font-size/191673/1 "2020-06-23T13:38:27Z")

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Is there any way to set the ion-back-button text font size?

I am able to set the icon size with CSS variables, but can’t find a way to set the text size.

I am using ionic v5.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Oldstadt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oldstadt](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Oldstadt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/set-ion-back-button-text-font-size/191673/2 "2020-06-23T14:12:57Z")

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Ok, it seems like you can just set the font-size for the ion-back-button itself, and that works.