when typing a text the letters are very large no matter what font I pick, but when it is printed it is normal 12 size???

What is causing the large fonts but normal printing

You tagged common. I understand this happens in all components Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math.

Without much description from your part, I assume you inadvertently zoomed in the screen view. Take a look at the bottom right in the status bar:

zoom slider

If it reads a figure like 200% (or more), either click on the number to select predefined zoom factors or use the slider (or the - button) to zoom out.

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Hello,

probably you have - inadvertently - set a zoom factor greater than 100%.

Hope that helps.