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In iOS 15, you can have a different text size for each app

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Sometimes you want the text in your app to be smaller, so you can fit more content on a single screen. Sometimes you want it to be bigger, especially if you’ve been putting off buying those reading glasses. But until recently, if you had an iPhone, you had to pick a single text size as a standard for all your apps.

Not anymore. In iOS 15, you can adjust the text size separately for each of your apps. So you can, for example, keep the text small for your email, but make it a bit larger in Twitter — or vice versa. (Thanks to @OmarShahine for the info.)

If you’ve got iOS 15, here’s how you can adjust the text size for each app.

First, you need to make sure the “Text Size” option is in your iOS Control Center:

• Swipe from the upper-right corner to get to your Control Center. Check to see if “Text Size” is there.
• If it isn’t, then quit Control Center and go to “Settings” > “Control Center.”
• Under the “More Controls” subhead, find “Text Size” and tap the plus sign on the left to add it to your included controls. This will add it to your Control Center.

Once that’s done, it’s simple to tweak the text size for each app:

• Open the app that you want to configure.
• Swipe from the upper-right corner to get to Control Center.

• Tap the “Text Size” icon (the one with the small and large A’s).
• At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a toggle on the left for that specific app (for example, the left side of the toggle will say “Twitter Only,” and the right side will say “All Apps.”) Move the toggle to the left.
• Once that’s done, use the main control in the center of the screen to set the text size for that app, and then tap anywhere on the screen to get back to the Control Center.

• Swipe up to get rid of the Control Center and you’ll return to your app. You should see the difference in the text size immediately — but that difference will not be reflected in other apps.

And, of course, if you want to switch back to a standard text size, just go back to the Control Center, select “Text Size,” and move the bottom toggle to “All Apps.” But be aware that you’ll be resetting all your apps to that text size.

Update March 16th, 2022, 2:20PM ET: Updated to acknowledge that iOS 15 is out of beta.

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This article introduces you to the Website View menu's text size controls, which allow you to adjust the font size of a web page. In many cases, these controls work even if the website doesn't natively support zooming.

You can find the Website View menu in what's called the Smart Search field at the top of the Safari interface. Launch the app and navigate to a website, then tap the "aA" icon in the upper left corner of the screen.

The great thing about the Website View menu is that Safari will remember your preferences for that specific website and apply it automatically the next time content is loaded from the same parent URL.

Helpfully, all the zoom settings you've chosen for specific websites appear in the Settings app: simply tap Page Zoom , which you can find under "Settings for Websites".

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Viewing and reading content on websites is inherently harder to do on an iPhone due to the relatively small display. Even if you have an iPhone X S Max or 11 Pro Max , you'll probably struggle sometimes to read through tiny text while browsing online. Thanks to a feature found within Safari's view menu in iOS 13 , your eyes can rest a little easier.

Of course, you always could instantly zoom in and out of webpages in Safari thanks to the good old pinch-to-zoom gesture. But while the functionality is excellent at enlarging pages for more comfortable viewing, it also requires you to reorient the page and retrace your position before zooming in. Also, you'll have to scroll sideways to read through the content thoroughly.

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With iOS 13, Safari has dedicated zoom controls to complement its pinch-to-zoom feature, making web browsing even more convenient. Once set, the function automatically centers and fits the resized contents into your iPhone's screen to minimize the need to scroll sideways, and it even works on Reader and Desktop views for a truly personalized experience.

How to Use Safari's Page Zoom Feature in iOS 13

Zooming in and out while browsing on Safari is pretty straightforward and can be done by first tapping on the "AA" icon to the left of the address bar. A website preferences menu appears, and you can hit the large "A" icon on the right to increase a page's font up to 300% or the smaller "A" to the left to shrink the text down to 50 percent.

When zooming in, the target page will go off-center as the texts get larger, so tap on anywhere on the page to exit the zoom function, and swipe sideways to the right to re-center the site. To go back to a site's default text size, tap the "AA" icon again, then hit the button showing its current size (in between the buttons for zooming in and out).

You can also access the zoom functions for websites while on Reader View, which works the same way. That said, the button showing the page's current size is missing while in this mode, so you'll have to revert to the site's original layout to access the feature and go back to its default font size.

How to Manage Websites You've Used Page Zoom In

Beyond having the ability to zoom in and out on webpages directly in Safari, you also have the added ability to manage the feature for multiple sites from the Settings app. Open that app, tap on "Safari," then select "Page Zoom" located under the Settings for Websites section.

Here, you'll see a list of all the domains and subdomains you've used the zoom function for at least once. If you've closed a page you had set at 150% zoom, for example, you can resize it here just by tapping on the target site and setting it to your desired size. Just note that the size you choose will become the default for the webpage moving forward.

You can also remove saved websites within the "Page Zoom" menu by tapping on "Edit" in the top-right corner. From there, select the sites you want to erase and tap "Delete." To get rid of all your saved sites in one fell swoop, hit "Clear All Settings" and confirm your selection when prompted.

It's important to note that any sites you've used Safari's built-in zoom functionality for will automatically be added to the "Page Zoom" menu in Safari's settings — even if you've used them while browsing in Private mode. Clearing your website data and history won't remove these saved sites from the menu, so be sure to follow the steps above if you want to delete them to maximize privacy.

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To make reading the on-screen content easier, you can increase or decrease the font size on your iPhone. You have multiple ways to do this, including system-wide as well as on a per-app basis. We'll show you your options.

Your iPhone can change the font size only in Dynamic Type -supported apps. These apps include Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Phone, Notes, and more. If you aren't sure about an app, change the font size and see if it's reflected in your app.

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To start changing your font size, launch the Settings app on your iPhone. In Settings, scroll a bit down and select "Display & Brightness."

On the "Display & Brightness" page, choose "Text Size."

At the bottom of the "Text Size" page, you'll see a slider. To reduce your font size, drag this slider to the left. To increase the font size, drag the slider to the right.

Later, you can come back to this page to readjust your font size.

Your iPhone will now display larger or smaller font, depending on what option you chose above. Enjoy!

If you'd like to make your font even bigger, then use the "Larger Text" iPhone accessibility feature as follows.

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone and select General > Accessibility.

In "Accessibility," choose "Larger Text."

To make your font bold , then on the "Accessibility" page, turn on the "Bold Text" toggle.

At the top of the "Larger Text" page, enable the "Larger Accessibility Sizes" option.

On the same page, at the bottom, drag the slider to the right to increase your font size even further. Drag the slider all the way to the right to make your font the biggest size possible.

And that's how you make reading the on-screen text easier on your iPhone.

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If you're looking to increase or decrease the font size but in a specific app and not system-wide, you can do so using an option in iOS 15 or later.

To start, open Settings on your iPhone and tap "Control Center."

Select "Customize Controls."

In the "More Controls" section, beside "Text Size," tap the green "+" icon. This will add the "Text Size" control to your Control Center.

If that item is already listed in the "Include" section, then you don't have to follow this step.

Now that the item is added to your Control Center, exit out of the Settings app and launch the app in which you want to change the font size.

While that app is open, access Control Center and tap the "Text Size" option. It's an icon with two "A" in it.

At the bottom-left corner, tap the app-only option. Then, use the size adjuster to increase or decrease the font size.

In your app, you'll find that your font size has changed. And you're all set.

While you're at it, consider installing custom fonts and changing the website text size in browsers like Safari and Chrome on your iPhone.

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Troubleshooting, how to increase font size in safari for iphone & ipad on ios 13 / ipados 13.

Ever wished you could increase the font size of text on any webpage in Safari on iPhone or iPad? Now you can easily adjust web text size with any iPhone or iPad running iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 or later.

When Apple announced iOS 13 earlier this year there was a lot for iPhone and iPad users to look forward to. The ability to increase the size of fonts when browsing the web is one feature that didn’t get all that much love, yet it’s one that could make a big difference to those who struggle to read their favorite websites, or if you’d just like a little more customization for how big (or small) text appears on webpages in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.

Just like on a Mac , changing the text size makes websites much easier to read. It’s a great little feature and one that certainly could have been used before iOS 13 as well. But now that it’s here, you’ll need to know how to use it.

How to Increase the Font Size in Safari on iPhone & iPad

• Open Safari and navigate to a website of your choice. We’d suggest osxdaily.com for obvious reasons
• Tap the button to the left of the address bar, it looks like two capital “AA” characters side-by-side, this will reveal a drop-down menu with display options for that webpage

• Now tap the larger “A” button to increase the size of the font. If you’d like to reduce text size, tap the smaller “A” button

• The page will immediately reflect your changes. Once you have your desired font size, tap anywhere on the page to close the menu and browse the web as usual

This text size setting is persistent, too. That means that the next time you visit the same website your font size settings will automatically be restored and you won’t need to change them again.

You can adjust font sizes for as many webpages or websites as you visit, so if you want one site to have larger text, and another to have smaller text, just customize it as shown above on a per-site basis.

Other Handy Options in the Same Safari Menu

There are some other handy options in the same menu, too. They include:

• Show Reader View:  This opens the webpage in Safari’s Reader view, removing all formatting and ads and allowing you to customize the appearance of Safari reader view to your liking (this also worked as a way to increase Safari text size in older iOS versions )
• Hide Toolbar: This button removes all of the Safari interface, making it easier to see more of the website. Tap the top of the screen to restore it.
• Request Desktop Website: Tap this if Safari automatically displayed a mobile version of the website but you’d rather see the desktop version.
• Website Settings:  This houses other settings specific to the current website including whether you want to use Reader mode or the desktop website every time you visit it.

You’ll obviously need iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 or later to have access to these new features in Safari, as earlier versions of iPhone and iPad system software do not include the same functionality.

Safari has received plenty of attention from Apple as part of the latest iOS 13 updates and it’s a more capable browser than ever. It’s arguably been the best mobile browser since the iPhone launched in 2007 and now it’s even better.

If you’re running the latest versions of iOS 13 or iPadOS on your device, give this great Safari text size trick a try yourself.

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How to Increase / Decrease Font Size in Safari for iPhone, iPad

Here's how you can increase or decrease the font size in Safari for iPhone and iPad. Do this to improve readability or fit websites on the screen.

Webpages Look Crammed in Safari? Increase or Decrease Font Size in Safari to Make Everything Fit Better

Mobile Safari might not be the perfect browser out there but it gets the job done for millions of iPhone and iPad users on a daily basis. Things start to really get on the edge if you are using Safari on a device that has a very small display as UI elements look more crammed. But don't worry, you can fix all that by simply increasing or decreasing the font size in Safari with a few simple taps. Whether you want to squeeze everything in the display or crave better legibility, this solves a lot of problems.

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Step 1. Launch Safari from your home page.

Step 2. Load up any website.

Step 3. Once the site is done loading up, tap on the little 'aA' button in the address bar.

Step 4. Tap on the smaller 'A' to decrease font size, or the larger 'A' to increase it. Tap on the percentage in the middle to go back to 100%, which is the default scaling for the website being viewed.

It's really that simple.

This is one Safari feature which I end up using a lot. Especially on websites which refuse to scale properly across the board, forcing you to make manual adjustments in order to make everything fit better. This feature is particularly useful when you are using an iPhone in landscape mode and need the page to look just right so you don't have to do too much scrolling just to find the bit you are looking for.

Keep one thing in mind, if you make changes to the page size and return to the website at some later date, then you will notice that your preferences are remembered. Of course, in order to reset it to 100%, tap on the 'aA' button in the address bar and tap on the percentage, which will take the scale back to default size of 100%.

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The ios font size guidelines (updated for ios 15).

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Designing an iPhone or iPad app and not sure what font sizes to use? Here’s the quick and dirty summary of font sizes assuming (a) you’re using Apple’s default font, SF Pro (or similar) and (b) you want to match iOS conventions .

iPhone Typography Guidelines

Here’s a quick summary of styles. See below for visual reference and more in-depth guidelines.

Let’s break this down element-by-element and look at illustrated examples. We’ll cover not just the actual font sizes , but also how Apple thinks about text styles.

iOS has some big chunky titles, like “Inbox” below – at 34pt, it’s about the biggest text you’ll see on an iPhone.

But once you scroll, titles morph to 17pt, the default size for text-based actions as well.

Note that the title shrinks to the same size as default text – but they use a heavier weight and top-and-center placement to distinguish it as a title. This was a bit of a revelation to beginning-designer-Erik, as I always expected that titles would be bigger than normal text (not simply bolder ).

Lists are the bread and butter of phone apps. You never knew how many things were actually lists until you started displaying them on a tall, thin screen. Let’s look at those next.

In a list view – in this particular example, emails – iOS treats the sender’s name as normal-sized text (17pt), and the subject and preview as secondary, smaller text (15pt). I think this is worth noting, because again, starting out as a designer, my instinct was to do the opposite: make the body the default size and make the sender’s name even bigger. Notice a trend here? iOS doesn’t style font sizes the way you might naively expect .

On the settings page, the options themselves are written out in the default text style, even though the section titles (e.g. “AirDrop”) are smaller (whoa!). But notice that even though the title is smaller, it’s a thicker font weight, meaning you can still recognize it as a title. This balance of emphasizing and deemphasizing styles is crucial.

The notes below the settings (“AirDrop lets you share instantly…”) are written in 13pt font, which is the smallest we’ve seen in any of these UI examples.

Form Controls

Let’s look at a few controls real quick.

This should be starting to feel pretty straightforward now. The only surprise is the segmented button at 15pt size (doesn’t match the other 17pt controls). My hunch is that, since Apple knew some of these buttons would have many options, they just defaulted to a smaller text size for the control, even if there are only two options.

Search uses the default size and weight, though the color is a bit lighter before you start typing in.

This little popup is a super illustrative example of how Apple styles text.

• The title is the default size . Which you would think would not be enough, but what have we seen before? A thicker font weight to make up for it not being any bigger.
• The explanatory text is 13pt. I would’ve guessed it would be 15pt, like the email body text, but perhaps they just wanted it to fit on one line?
• The password input is 13pt, which would be too small for a normal text input, though my hunch is because you’re only going to see a bunch of black circles, it doesn’t need to be the default size.
• “OK” and “Cancel” are the default size , but since “OK” is hopefully what you will press, Apple draws a little more attention to it by making it a thicker weight.

These font sizes follow a clear pattern, and they illustrate some nice text-styling tricks, but there are some odd inconsistencies for sure.

Finally we’ve got the action bar at the bottom of the screen. This is the smallest text I could find in the whole UI – 10pt. I would stay away from such a small size as much as possible.

iPad Typography Guidelines

As of last update (Aug 2021), iPads generally have lower pixel densities than iPhones (though this has been true for years). Since iPads have fewer pixels per inch , anything that’s sized in “pixels” or “points” will be slightly larger on an iPad. Because we hold iPads slightly farther away from our eyes than iPhones, this balances out nicely – you can keep most of the same font sizes on iPad and iPhone . So start any iPad typography work by reading the iPhone section above.

That being said, the biggest difference is with titles . As you have a larger canvas to work with, an ideal body font size remains ideal – but you have much more space for larger titles.

So while some applications still use the iPhone-style 17pt titles…

Others are bigger.

So overall, for iPad, you’re going to be following a lot of iPhone styles, but with a little more room to get creative in your headers.

SF Typography Guidelines

The default iOS font is SF, or San Francisco. You can download SF Pro for free. It’s not necessary to use SF when creating an iOS app, but if you want it to have that default iOS look, then SF is your new best friend.

Apple would like you to be a doll and follow a few extra rules when using San Francisco.

First, use SF Pro Display at font sizes 20 or higher . Only use SF Pro Text for body text and smaller.

Second, San Francisco is designed to have different character spacing at different sizes . So if you want to perfectly mimic the “default iOS” look, have a few options:

• Hand-adjust the character spacing depending on your font size according to the table below
• Use text styles directly from the Figma iOS library or Apple’s iOS UI Design library (for Sketch, Photoshop, or XD)
• Use this handy Figma plugin or Sketch plugin to automatically have SF’s character spacing set correctly, depending on its font size

Or just ignore the fact that Apple tells you to change character spacing down to the hundredth of a pixel. Live free or die, man.

San Francisco is the default font for iPhone and iPad . So if you’re using it, best to know about these restrictions. However, you can, of course, design iOS apps in any font you want. Be careful that others might appear bigger or smaller, or less legible, even at the same size.

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If you have difficulty seeing small fonts, iPhone lets you easily increase the overall font size. Besides, you can even change the font size just for individual apps like email, messages, Home screen, WhatsApp, etc. Once you enlarge the font on your iPhone, it becomes easier to use your device. So let us get straight in and see how to do that.

How to make font size larger on iPhone using Display & Brightness

• Open Settings and tap Display & Brightness .
• Tap Text Size .
• Drag the slider to the right to increase the text size.

Adjust the text size on iPhone with Accessibility settings

If you want to make the text even larger and easier to read, you can use Accessibility settings . However, please keep in mind that it may cause problems with the navigation buttons when you increase the text substantially.

• Open Settings and tap Accessibility .
• Tap Display & Text Size .
• Tap Larger Text .
• Toggle on Larger Accessibility Sizes .

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If making the text size is not enough, you can make the font bold to make it appear easy on the eyes.

Tip : Tap View and choose Zoomed . It will further help.

Also, there is a handy option that lets you set the text size for desired apps.

How to change the font size of individual apps on iPhone

• Open iPhone Settings and tap Control Center .

• Now, open the app whose text size you want to change.
• Swipe down from the top right of the screen where the battery icon is.
• Long-press AA .
• Tap App Name Only .

This is how you can increase the font size for all apps or certain apps on iPhone and iPad. The process to revert this change is the same as well. Hope it was helpful. If you need further assistance, please ask via the comments section below.

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Change the font size or zoom level of web pages in Safari

In Safari 10 on macOS Sierra, you can adjust the font size or zoom level to see web pages better.

Change the font size

You can increase or decrease just the font size of pages that you view in Safari on macOS Sierra. Safari will remember your settings until you clear your History. 

• To increase the font size, press Option-Command-Plus sign (+)
• To decrease the font size, press Option-Command-Minus sign (-)

Or you can go to the View menu and hold down the Option key while you select Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.

Change the zoom level

You can increase or decrease the zoom level – both text and images – of pages that you view in Safari on macOS Sierra. Safari will remember your settings until you clear your History. 

• To increase the zoom level, press Command-Plus sign (+)
• To decrease the zoom level, press Command-Minus sign (-)

Or go to the View menu and select Zoom in or Zoom out.

Clear history to reset the font size and zoom level

If you clear your Safari history, websites will go back to their default font size or zoom level.

In the History menu, select Clear History. Then click Clear History again.

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Change font size on safari

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Posted on Jun 24, 2021 5:54 AM

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Jun 25, 2021 12:47 PM in response to elva210

As an alternative, you could also change the minimum font size:

• Click Safari in the menu bar and click Preferences
• Click the Advanced tab (to the right)
• Under Accessibility, check "Never use font sizes smaller than"
• Select a font size. The bigger the number, the larger the font size will be.

Jun 25, 2021 10:33 AM in response to elva210

Hi elva210,

We see you're wanting to change the font size of Safari on your iPhone. In Settings > Safari > Page Zoom, you can select a percentage for all websites. You can test each one until you're satisfied with the size. Hope this helps.

Jun 25, 2021 11:58 AM in response to Chris_C1

Jun 25, 2021 12:53 PM in response to elva210

Hey elva210,

Glad it helped!

Have a great day.

How to make text bigger in Safari for all webpages

While there’s sort of an unofficial standard when it comes to text size for a webpage, you’ll come across one or two along the way that use a very small font. And even if you don’t, you might simply have a little trouble viewing the text on pages clearly.

What you might not realize is that with one simple setting, you can always see the text on pages in Safari in a larger size. Here’s how to do that on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Change Safari’s font size on Mac

Open Safari on your Mac and then follow these steps to change the text size:

• Click Safari > Preferences from the top menu bar.
• Choose the Advanced tab.
• Check the box next to Accessibility for Never use font sizes smaller than and pick a size from the drop-down box. You can try out different sizes and see the changes immediately within Safari. This lets you pick the right one for you.

Close the Safari Preferences and then enjoy browsing the web without squinting.

Change Safari’s font size on iPhone or iPad

The simplest way to change the font size in Safari on your iPhone or iPad is to use the View Menu button at the top. While this change will only apply to the site you’re visiting, the setting will be remembered each time you visit that domain, even if you close the tab and reopen it.

Follow these steps to permanently change the font size of a webpage in Safari on iPhone or iPad:

• With a webpage open in Safari on your iOS device, tap the View Menu button in the address bar. This is labeled as two A’s ( AA ).
• Tap the large A on the right to increase the size or the small A on the left to decrease it.

And remember, you can also use the Reader View and adjust the per-site settings for Safari on iOS.

Many people don’t take the time to explore the accessibility options on their devices unless they really need to. But some terrific features can make your device experiences so much better. And this is one of them.

Are you going to change the size of the font for Safari? Let us know if this is a setting you’ll change on your Mac or if you only plan to do it on your iPhone or iPad.

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