How to increase text size on iPhone and iPad

Getting problem with small text size on iPhone? Is there’s an option to increase or decrease the text size on iPhone or iPad running iOS 11 or higher? Well, Apple lets you change text size within the iOS by default. You don’t need any third-party applications to increase or decrease font size.

With the iOS Dynamic Type feature, you can choose preferred font size once as needed. It automatically adjusts the font size and text style of your Email, Web, Notes or any content to match on your iPhone screen that makes you easy in reading and helps you to reduce your eye strain as well. So let’s begin how you can maintain the text size right from your iPhone running iOS 11 or higher;

How to increase the font size on iPhone and iPad

With this simple steps, you can easily change the system font or text size in Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Notes, Phone and also on the overall iPhone system as well as in any third-party apps.

Step 1:  Open the Settings app from your device Homescreen.

Step 2:  Tap Display & Brightness and then Tap Text Size.

Step 3. Drag the slider to the left or right to make the text size smaller or bigger. For default text size, drag the slider to the center.

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If you want even bigger font than the normal slider allows, then you need to enable  Larger Accessibility Sizes that supports Dynamic Type that adjusts to your preferred reading size.

How to Make the Font size bigger in iOS 11 or later

Step 1:  Open the Settings app on iPhone or iPad

Step 2: Tap General and then Tap Accessibility.

Step 3:  Next Tap Larger Text.

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Step 4: Toggle On the switch Larger Accessibility Sizes 

Step 5:  Now drag the slider to the left or right to adjust the font size you want.

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You can even increase the text size with the Zoom feature using Accessibility shortcut. By triple tapping, on iPhone screen, you can zoom in the text to see it’s clarity. To enable Zoom feature, go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility >>  Accessibility shortcut and then select Zoom.

How to increase text size in Safari on iPhone/iPad

Increasing font size is little different in Safari, you may need some tip. While browsing in Safari, text size in URL may be bigger but the content remains small, so in this case, you need to tap line from the top left corner of the URL box.

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This lets you see the contents of bigger text size with a theme and color option.

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