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Accessibility: missing font size settings
Hey, I have a low vision and the font size in your Android and iOS app is just too small. So please add an option to customise the font size e.g. from 10-40. So everyone could choose the right size. Thank you!
Hello, @Akeel1994
The app supports system Dynamic Type feature. The font size should get right size from your preferred system font size. If that size still too small. Please try to set the font size for specific app. There is a guide describes how to do it.
Yeah but everything is just too small. The guide won't help for the Android version. So an extra font size setting in the app would be great. The dynamic font size in the current state is just not good enough for people with a low vision like me
Yeah but everything is just too small. The guide won't help for the Android version. So an extra font size setting in the app would be great. The dynamic font size in the current state is just not good enough for people with a low vision like me
Oh, I see.
If your turn on the large text on iOS. There are five extra accessibility scales avaiable. No too many avaiable ranges to control the font. So I needs to figure out which font size meets your needs.
Here are some example. Please open the image on your phone then check the post body font size.
| Dynamic Type (max scale) |
60pt | 80pt | 100pt |
|---|---|---|---|
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I don't have an iPhone so I can't tell you with the screenshot you posted. I installed the app on the iPad Pro 11 and the Pixel 6 Pro.
Here is an example from the Pixel. You can see my twitter app in comparison. On the twitter app which I'm using I can read the text. The app allows me to set up the font size. But on the Mastodon App it's really hard to read and there is no option to customize the size. 
Hello, @Akeel1994
The app supports system Dynamic Type feature. The font size should get right size from your preferred system font size. If that size still too small. Please try to set the font size for specific app. There is a guide describes how to do it.
Okay I tried this on the iPad and now it's fine. So only the Android app has the problem now.
I'm trying compare it side by side. The iOS Dynamic Type font size should meets your needs. That's looks larger than the Twitter client. To using the max scale Dynamic Type. Please follow the guide and there is maximum 310% scale radio avaiable.
For Android device. There is a related issue about it. Also, you can create a new one here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues
Hello, @Akeel1994 The app supports system Dynamic Type feature. The font size should get right size from your preferred system font size. If that size still too small. Please try to set the font size for specific app. There is a guide describes how to do it.
Okay I tried this on the iPad and now it's fine. So only the Android app has the problem now.
Glad to see it.
There is a plan to make an in-app control. But the poor systesm API break something. I needs some research in future.
Personally I'd really like to be able to set the font size a lot smaller, and if possible select a font that I find the most legible.
I just installed the app on a mac with ARM CPU and the app is running smooth. But there is no possibility to change the font size anywhere. It would be very helpful to be able to manually increase the font size.
+1 adjusting text size in macOS doesn't seem possible on a per-app basis.
Hello, @Akeel1994
The app supports system Dynamic Type feature. The font size should get right size from your preferred system font size. If that size still too small. Please try to set the font size for specific app. There is a guide describes how to do it.
This Dynamic Type feature is not changing type size for me on iPhone 12 mini, latest iOS.
What text isn’t changing size? Posts should change instantly, but some other text may require a restart of the app to show up.
I'm also using the iOS app on a m1 MacBook Air. I don't see any way to adjust the font, and the iPhone guides do not help. Not even sure why the default size is so small. I don't see an option to even set that. But it would be great to be able to adjust it 👍
