How do I increase the font of the Safari browser in an iPhone X?
The safari browser app is one of the most loved and highly useful applications preinstalled on all iPhones. The safari app is known for its auto adblocking feature and its ability to provide a streamlined browsing experience. Due to these qualities, many iOS users love to prefer Safari over Google Chrome.
The customization options are always very convenient to make the content look as you want on your device. It adds both convenience and style. Personalization options available in many apps are sometimes hidden or concealed, to make room for other useful options. Font Color, font size, color schematics, and font styles are some commonly customizable features.
What is Safari?
According to Wikipedia, Safari is described as “a graphical web browser developed by Apple, based on the WebKit engine.” The browser was first introduced for the Mac OS in the early 2000s, and then the scope of application was increased to cater to the iPhone users, and the iOS version was first introduced in 2007. Later Safari was further developed for windows as well but was discontinued in 2012.
How to change the font size in iPhone X?
There are two methods of changing the font size or increasing the font size in the Safari web browser for iPhone X. it depends on if you want to temporarily change the font size in Safari on iPhone or change the font size for all sites for iPhone X or iPhone XR. So, the two methods are
- Changing font size for a single website
- Setting a permanent font size for all the websites.
Changing font size for a single website on Safari for iPhone
If you visit a website and feel like the font size is small, and reading is inconvenient, you can change or increase the font size in Safari as follows.
- Open the Safari browser.
- Add URL in the address bar and wait for the loading to complete
- When the loading is complete, Safari will show a button with Capital and small "A" alongside the address bar. It looks like "AA."
- Click on the button, and a window will open with options to increase or decrease the font size on the page.
- Tap small A to reduce and large A to increase the size of the font.
- Adjust the size with which you are comfortable.
Once the size is set, you can close the prompt window by clicking anywhere on the page except the dialogue box. iPhone X will remember your font size preference for your next visit to the site and automatically display the font size's previous setting. This feature is convenient, as you won't have to reset every time you visit the domain.
Setting a permanent font size for all the websites.
If you are using a Plus or Pro model iPhones, you might not need to adjust the font sizes as the gigantic screen size accommodate the text size very efficiently. But on smaller variants of iPhone line up, you can easily change the font size to a setting of your desire for all the domains in Safari; significantly increasing the font size of Safari in iPhone X is essential because of its relatively smaller screen size. Follow the steps below to increase the text size.
- Open Safari browser
- Go to “Settings”
- Find and open the "Page Zoom" setting.
- Adjust the zoom at your convenient text size.
- Close the setting, and you are good to go at your new text size settings.
These tricks can help you change the font size in your iPhone; if you need further help in exploring the iOS 14, click here.
