Increase global font size #3886
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Posted at 2021-12-06 by @gfwilliams The problem is the majority of apps expect text to be a certain size so you can't just increase it globally. However we are slowly adding functionality to different apps. For example I just merged some new Launcher changes that allow you to scale up text there, and you can now install a new app that changes the built-in menus to a different style with much larger text too Posted at 2021-12-08 by user137198 I am really excited about this watch. I received mine last week and made some good progress getting it configured. My biggest challenge now is the size of the text. I don't need a lot of fancy functionality in a smartwatch. But usable notifications are one thing that is important for me. When I get notifications from my iPhone, the text is too small for me to read it. Part of that is my old eyes, I am sure. For me, it is a fun project watch for now, until the notifications are readible enough for me to put it into daily service. Thanks for your hard work on it, Gordon. Posted at 2021-12-08 by Serj The ability to scale the font for each individual application would be great! Posted at 2021-12-08 by andrewg_oz My eyes are also not as young as they used to be, and I've also found the notification text a bit small. I also think the dithering on the dark green title block hinders readability too - I have been meaning to tinker with the Messages app code to change it to a solid green to see if it looked better, but I have not been able to try that yet. Posted at 2021-12-08 by @gfwilliams
It would just result in pretty much no applications being usable I'm afraid :( But yes, messages could definitely be bigger (in fact for the title at least it does use a big font unless it thinks there is too much text, then it moves to a smaller font). I think it's one of these things that is personal taste, so maybe a global 'font size' setting that apps can choose to honour or ignore. Posted at 2021-12-08 by Ramzavail For me, its more of an issue that the fonts on notifications are different. I get push notifications from discord or when Android recognizes a song, the font is HUGE and then I get other notifications from app like mlb.com/twitch/gmail and the font is tiny. Posted at 2021-12-08 by HughB @gfwilliams - I like what you have done with the default launcher. Having a Menu Font setting for things like Messages, Settings and the default Launcher definitely the way to go. Desktop is my Posted at 2021-12-09 by t0m1o1 Good point. Will test and pull request changes. I mainly thought of people scaling down to fit more on the screen. I'll see how far I can push it without breaking anything. Edit: just tested anything over 24/25 and everything is getting pushed off the screen to right due to the scaled up image. Perhaps a cap on how big the image can get or even a toggle to display them or not? Posted at 2021-12-09 by HughB Maybe go up to 23 then. Posted at 2022-01-19 by user137198 I assume the notification text could be made larger, AND that it would be possible to scroll or page-down, to see what doesn't fit onto one screen? Posted at 2022-01-20 by @gfwilliams yes - there are already some requests open for that. |
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Posted at 2021-12-05 by Akisame
Is there a way to increase the font size globally on my bangle2?
The text of the notifications is way way too small for me to read.
I saw some posts from 2-3 years ago about work being done on this. I wonder is anything else has been done since?
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