for some reason the font is somwehere around 4 and the map is also tiny. new computer. any ideas as to the issue?

Nothing in the vassal settings?

Start Menu-->Control Panel-->Add/Remove Programs-->Uninstall Vassal-->J/K

Nothing in the vassal settings?

not that I've found. it may be connected to an issue where in some of the games I have on steam the mouse is smaller than on my old computer but it could also be unrelated. IDK

I've seen this topic crop up on reddit, XWTMG sub.

It's related to your Mac screen resolution (or in particular, font resolution) which is set as higher than Java knows to do with, per chance? I don't own a modern Mac so I don't know how to help further.

it's concievable. I have a mac that can switch to windows and I've been using the windows side for this so idk.

I have to change the size of my desktop or desktop icons to fill my screen on my new computer.