Making iOS 7 Text Easier To Read

Don’t like the thin text under icons and in apps in iOS 7? You can change it if you like. You can make the text bold again. Here’s an animated GIF that will walk you through the steps.


Transcript:
Do you find the text in iOS 7 too hard to read?
For instance, the labels under the app icons on the Home screen?
Or in Mail?
Or other apps like Reminders, Notes, Settings, and so on?
You can change this.
Start by going into the Settings app.
Then go to General settings.
Then Accessibility.
Turn on Bold Text.
Your device will need to do a quick restart.
Then the text under your icons will be easier to read.
And in Mail.
As well as many other built-in Apple apps.


Bonus information:
You can also make the text larger. Look in Settings, General, Text Size.
Also, if you look in Settings, General, Accessibility, Larger Type, you can increase the upper limit you see in the Text Size setting.

Comments: 4 Responses to “Making iOS 7 Text Easier To Read”

    Linda Olson
    11 years ago

    Is there a way to make the font bigger on my text keyboard? They are so thin now that I can't text without my reading glasses.

      11 years ago

      This setting doesn't affect the keyboard, sorry. There's no way to change that I'm afraid.

    Murray A
    11 years ago

    Love the solution, thanks! Now, is there any way to turn off the illumination of the Security keyboard. I've had 2 people jokingly repeat my pass-code that they never could see before!

    GJGalik
    11 years ago

    A perfect example of hyper John Ivey pfoo pfoo design trumping functionality. The keyboard and phone buttons the worst to read. Maybe they'll fix this considering many of us baby boomers losing reading and focus slowly but surely.

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