This wikiHow teaches you how to increase or decrease the text size in Apple menus and supported apps via the “Display & Brightness” menu.
Step
Part 1 of 3: Using Display Settings
Step 1. Open the iPhone settings menu
The settings menu icon (“Settings”) can be found on either the homescreen, or in the “Utilities” folder.
Step 2. Select Display & Brightness
It's in the third group of options on the settings page.
Step 3. Select Text Size
This option is in the fourth option section of this page “Display & Brightness”.
In this menu, you can also add entire text on your iPhone to make the text easier to read
Step 4. Touch and drag the switch
Drag the switch to the right to enlarge the menu text, and drag the switch to the left to reduce the menu text. This change will apply to all built-in Apple apps and third-party apps that support Dynamic Type fonts.
Text changes will not affect the icon size
Step 5. Select < Display & Brightness
It's in the upper-left corner of the screen. After that, the text size changes will be saved. The new text size applied can be immediately displayed on the menu text on the menu page “Display & Brightness”.
Part 2 of 3: Using Accessibility Settings
Step 1. Open the iPhone settings menu
The settings menu is marked with a gray application icon on the homescreen or a folder called “Utilities”.
Step 2. Select General
It's in the third group of options on the settings page.
Step 3. Select Accessibility
The “Accessibility” option is the seventh option in the “General” menu.
Step 4. Select Larger Text
It's at the top of the second group of options on the “Accessibility” page.
Step 5. Slide the Larger Accessibility Sizes switch to the right ("On" position)
After that, the maximum menu text size option that can be selected will be added.
Step 6. Touch and drag the switch that is at the bottom of the screen
Slide the switch to the right to increase the size of the text, or slide the switch to the left to decrease the size. As with the “Text Size” switch in the “Display & Brightness” menu, the text size changes made will only be applied to the iOS menu and apps that support accessibility text sizes (e.g. Apple's built-in apps and third-party apps that support them).
Part 3 of 3: Using the View Zoom (Zoom)
Step 1. Open the iPhone settings menu
To open it, tap the gray gear icon that appears on one of the homescreens (or in a folder called “Utilities”).
This feature is only available for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
Step 2. Select Display & Brightness
It's in the third group of options on the settings page.
Step 3. Select View
It's in the fifth group of options on the “Display & Brightness” page.
Step 4. Select the Zoomed tab
It's in the top-right corner of the screen. After that, a preview of the homescreen will be displayed so you can see how it looks when zoomed in.
Step 5. Tap on the Set option which is on the top right corner of the screen
After that, the settings will be saved. The entire screen will be slightly enlarged so that everything looks bigger.
Tips
- On newer versions of iPhone, you cannot change the size of icon labels other than using the “Display Zoom” feature.
- You can't change the iPhone's font without jailbreaking it.
