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Well I could not use Ubuntu Touch without glasses until I had been given a tip which looks fiddly but is in fact not so fiddly and works for all the devices
It involves using the terminal (dont worry as it is easier than you think) and you can use copy and paste to prevent mistakes
My eyesight means I have to wear reading glasses of about 1.5 so this is how mine is set up
It makes fonts/icons everything bigger so you may want to play around with it til it works
Ok
First start up the terminal
Then paste this command in as it is exactly without the quotes
"sudo nano .config/upstart/gu.conf"
Using the keyboard then press return/enter
This then makes a file in your phone/tablet called gu.conf and it is displayed for you to edit using nano (a programme)
Then paste this in and note in two lines without the quotes
"start on starting dbus
exec initctl set-env --global GRID_UNIT_PX=28"in the terminal then press the bottom left button to change the keyboard and select Nano then you press CTRL+O which then asks to save the file. Here hit the enter /return key
Then press CTRL+X to exit nano
Then type sudo reboot
Phone shuts down
Phone boots back up..Things look a lot bigger and better
In that file you can play around with the numbers which I think are a little on the small side until you are happy. Mine works with it set at 28...much bigger and some of the buttons start disappearing. However for me it meant I could actually read the writing...and use the phone.
Will grab some screenies if that helps
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Here is what I mean!
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I have decided to do a blog post about it to help others as a few people have said that they have struggled with this.
[Ubuntu Touch sorting the Font size]
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This sounds like it could be a nice work around until the Touch guys get something sorted. Which after reading the posts on the related GitHub I logged, it will not be actioned any time soon.
Would you be able to add your comments above to the issue logged, the link is above. This could help things along nice and we may be able to get a resolution sooner.
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@andybleaden Thanks for your tutorial. it makes UBPorts better readable. I would appreciate the text size in the system settings.
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@marc_aurel just in case you don't know it https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/
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@advocatux Thanks for the link. I have indeed fogotten to search for this topic in the documentation. So I search for "text size" in the english documentation without any match. Did I missed something?
By the way: Does the UBPorts on my phone also updates the operation system and not only apps? I only did find app updates, yet.
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@marc_aurel yes UT should have more accessibility options, like text size.
I linked the documentation for your general knowledge (another tutorial) but I should have pointed out there isn't any info about text size customization for users.
OS upgrades are made via OTA. Assuming you're running the latest version in stable, there isn't anything new for now.
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I was just thinking the other day that there has not been any releases recently.
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@ukphil I think everyone is working flat out to get 16.04 ready for release. So I wouldn't expect much till its ready really.
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I'm another person who would like to have options to increase the contrast and font size. Ten years ago I wouldn't have had a problem with the existing setup, but I'm pushing 50 now and my close-up eyesight is not what it used to be. Much of the time I can get by without reading glasses, but the combination of low contrast and small font makes it difficult when reading texts and calendar entries on my UBports Nexus 5.
@andybleaden Thank you for the font size hack, I will try that out soon.
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Ihave used a size hack for a bit now on my tablet. However, the seems to be an issue when you are trying to use the browser. For some reason where you tap on the screen is not where the system recognises. For this reason it becomes very hard to use the browser. All other apps seem ok, it is just the browser.
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@ukphil, Increase text size or change colour
Ihave used a size hack for a bit now on my tablet. However, the seems to be an issue when you are trying to use the browser. For some reason where you tap on the screen is not where the system recognises. For this reason it becomes very hard to use the browser. All other apps seem ok, it is just the browser.
that sounds very odd. I had used that hack for a long time in the past (not currently) I do not recall this problem.
Do you know whether this was always the case for you? Can you reliably correct&reproduce the problem when you remove the
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@doniks said in Increase text size or change colour:
Currently on the xenial build, but i will be changong soon.I have not noticed it on any other apps, just the browser.
How can i remove the edits?
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How can i remove the edits?
remove the gu.conf file and reboot
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Cheers will do as hopefully the system size increaser will be here soon
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Replying to this old topic to say this is still an issue. As for the trick using the terminal, it is no longer necessary, the grid unit size can be changed with UT Tweak Tool, available in the OpenStore.
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Thanks.
Increasing the font size with the UT tweak tool, even increasing just 3 or 4 units makes the checkboxes in many settings screens go partially offscreen so not clickable anymore.
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@jumpifzero screenshot?
