[Q] Improving readability for middle-agers! - Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4. When I looked at it in a store it just had the right size feel for a tablet - not too big, not too small. Well, I am finding there are significant challenges to readability when I use a tablet (I believe a 10" would have the same issue). My social connectivity apps all present me with eye strain (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). I find the font sizes to be really tiny, and hard to read for any extended period of time :crying:.
In KitKat, I have gone to Settings > Display > Font > Font Size, and picked Extra Large. And, I have also looked in Accessibility > Vision > Font Size (this is the same setting, so also Extra Large).
But, there doesn't seem to be any real integration with Gmail or Facebook for these font changes. And, not to help things, neither Gmail or Facebook have Text Size or Font Size settings in their Android Apps!! Uugh! The change in the Android system font size does have *some* benefit for using the Web browser. But, it has mixed results. Many headlines, or sidebar items, or other specific screen elements, do not display any difference due to the system font change, and are still tiny, tiny, tiny!
Anybody know of better solutions for this 58 year old who want to enjoy reading on this thing? Is an iPad Mini any better for scalability?

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dbe4876 said:
IAnybody know of better solutions for this 58 year old who want to enjoy reading on this thing? Is an iPad Mini any better for scalability?
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Once rooted, you can install Xposed Framework and App Settings. This module permit you to set a custom DPI value for a specific application. This might help you with readeability.
Note that my device is still not rooted and I didn't try the App Settings module on this tablet.

dcoulombe said:
Once rooted, you can install Xposed Framework and App Settings. This module permit you to set a custom DPI value for a specific application. This might help you with readeability.
Note that my device is still not rooted and I didn't try the App Settings module on this tablet.
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What he means by this (as you may not know what a custom dpi does) is that you can on an app by app basis blow up or shrink the entire interface of the app by making it think it is on a larger or smaller display through changing its dpi.

Take a look at an app called Big Font on the play store, I've found it to be useful
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How to increase SMS font size in Manila?

Hi all,
The Manila interface is great, I like it very much but I have a small problem; the font size is too small and thin which makes it hard to read messages in SMS tab especially under sun light or day light, bright conditions.
Is there a way to change the font size or perhaps make the font italic, underlined or bold option for SMS tab?
Thanks in advance.
Try:
Settings -> System -> Screen -> Text size
That only changes the text size in native Windows Mobile dialogs; like sms inbox etc. not in Manila interface. So I am still trying a solution.
Regards,
Philio25 said:
Try:
Settings -> System -> Screen -> Text size
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aegeuss,
just wondering if you ever figured out how to change the font size per your request? I'm still looking for the answer.
-j
i have seen a mod in which ther's a button to increase or decrease font size in message tab..
i haven't found it in the net anyway...
No unfortunately not; there are two similar threads as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539091 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471604 but the method in these threads change the system fonts completely. There's not an easy way to play with the manila interface fonts (size, color etc.) as afar as I know.
It's good one way that the new manila interface develops with each version but it reduces chances to tweak it for power users. May be that's the way HTC wants it, who knows.
Regards.
thanks for that info.
Personally, i think that it sucks that so much work has gone into making such a nice interface (i.e. the manilla interface) and yet no provisions were make to allow for the (seemingly simple) capability to alter the system font size. I understand that changing the font-face might not be so easy (who knows what fonts each of us might have installed) but the font size... really?
-j
p.s. sorry for ranting.

Opera Mobile Font Size

So I changed the "adaptive zoom" to 100 because I didn't like how images were stretched out on mobile sites and the like to compensate for the much higher resolution on the TP2. However, the font size also changed so the font in general for a lot of sites is very small. I've tried manually changing the value in User Prefs (Minimum Font Size) and such, but the changes don't stick if I change the text level under Display Settings to something else and go back.
What have you guys been doing about the font size? I prefer mobile sites for a lot of websites liek Google Reader and such because they load faster and such. Thanks for the help in advance.

rooted apps, or change font size

if you put android on the kaiser.
does that mean you can use apps for rooted devices.
than i could use font size app.
or is there another app to have extremely large text especially in the messaging app.
As far as I'm aware, all android builds for kaiser are rooted, so we should be able to use rooted apps, although I have seen a few issues with rooted apps so your experience may vary.....
erikvario said:
if you put android on the kaiser.
does that mean you can use apps for rooted devices.
than i could use font size app.
or is there another app to have extremely large text especially in the messaging app.
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Hi there
I am 90% blind and have trouble using the phone, I long for an app that would allow me to change the font size, I found a program for WM to hack the font size, but not found this for Android yet. But if you want big font sizes in Text, get ChompSMS, its great, you can set incoming and outgoing font size and colour (which is great, cos I like black on yellow), I have font size set to 30pt (which should show just how bad my sight is!) but it means I can read texts now, I couldn't do that in WM! I am testing the 'eye's free' applications, which is text to speech, but its a bit hit and miss.
Hope that helps
Leona.
In 2.2 Froyo, I noticed that there is a 'Font size' in Spare Parts, which does make the menus readable (to me), but sadly once you come out of the menus the option is lost and you are back to small fonts, doesn't seem to save, shame

Froyo contacts

Hi,
Was wondering is the standard froyo contacts doesn't list all the alphabetical letters on the right hand side? From all the froyo release so far I see the right side list missing letters : B, E,H, K, N, Q,T,W
Can we someone enable these characters again? I can live without these characters but it's just annoying...
Having the same issue here too...
And pressing the back softkey after playing a song in Music Player also causes some letters to disappear.
same issue in my sgs...strange
Yes, mine too (JPO).
The letters missing: G, H, O P
Wow, I got JPO as well..... hmmm seems the letters appears based on something. I did remember awhile ago, some letters start appearing.
It can't be by contacts, cos I got google contacts that have "b" in it but it still doesn't show the letter.
i flashed from jm1 to jpa. maybe this is the problem?
lost: GHOPX
for me it seems that if a letter has little contacts it doesnt show, and the next letter after it also dissapears..
any1 can confirm?
It's a feature. It's meant to enable users to quickly browse through their contacts. Yes, it sounds rather strange but what they intended was that you don't waste your time trying to get the the correct letter (particularly those with larger fingers) but rather in an approximate area in which you can therefore thumb up or down to the right contact.
In some ways it works, in other ways it can be annoying.
It's because of size of the fonts and the size of the top search box. There is no space for all the letters to be shown. Set lcd density to 200 and you'll see the magic.
For set lcd density to 200 have you used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762070
mobilx said:
It's because of size of the fonts and the size of the top search box. There is no space for all the letters to be shown. Set lcd density to 200 and you'll see the magic.
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where i can change this value?
You can use that app or you can change it manually by changing build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density setting to 200. Be careful with this because TW doesn't work with setting below 200. Make backup first an enable debugging so you can revert through the adb. Read all about it first in the forums!!!
yikes lcd density at 200 makes everything looks aweful......is there any other way to get it to show all the alphabet just like in eclair?
thats really strange, didnt notice though.
although it can be shown by changing the lcd density to 200, but all other application becomes not full screen, it is not the perfect solution, someone please kindly make a study on this issue, it seems caused by the inproper layout parameter of contacts resource.
I guess eclair didnt have the edit box for "search" taking up space....now in froyo with the new search box, theres lesser room!
very annoying really though Don't want to change the LCD density as it screws up other apps.
haoning said:
although it can be shown by changing the lcd density to 200, but all other application becomes not full screen, it is not the perfect solution, someone please kindly make a study on this issue, it seems caused by the inproper layout parameter of contacts resource.
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You can fix the other apps with spareparts app from the market. Compatibility mode option should be unchecked.
Tw can be replaced with the adw or launcher pro. The dialer and calculator are not in full screen view only.
Like I said , read all about it in the forums.
I personaly like the lcd tweak very much because of a larger resolution effect. You get more space on the display for icons and widgets and you can see more stuff in apps without scrolling.
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[Q] change font size?

Does anyone know how to change font size? I can't seem to figure it out or find an answer.
Not Sure If It's The Same With Windows But Try A App Called Spare Parts!!
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jasonrtay said:
Does anyone know how to change font size? I can't seem to figure it out or find an answer.
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in the 7 weeks i've used my Mozart, i have not found a way to change the font size, except for zoom-in and -out with email, web pages, etc. i would really like to increase the font size of the text message app. its one of the few frustrating things i don't like with WP7.
aslo here very frustrating that you can't change the font size
I would presume, currently, it is not possible. The UI has been locked down a lot to provide the same polished user experience to all users, allowing users to change the font size could result in a few quirks with the UI, i.e. text not fitting correctly.

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