Override system font size in phone client

[millerthegorilla (James Stewart Miller)]

Feature name

Override system font size in phone client

Feature function

In settings - options - a checkbox to override system font size, with an adjustable control to alter font size and perhaps font as well, if possible.

• What benefits will this feature bring?

My sight is not good, and on my Xiaomi phone, the font size changes randomly. Sometimes it is readable, and at others it is absolutely tiny, and I strain my already poor eyesight attempting to read passwords, even with glasses.

Related topics + references

Font size

Often linux apps have the ability to override the system font, the bash terminal profile contains such a thing.

[rokejulianlockhart (Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB))]

@millerthegorilla

My sight is not good, and on my Xiaomi phone, the font size changes randomly. Sometimes it is readable, and at others it is absolutely tiny, and I strain my already poor eyesight attempting to read passwords, even with glasses.

This is the purview of AOSP’s system-wide configuration options:

#!/usr/bin/env sh
adb shell cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n com.android.settings/com.android.settings.FontSizeSettingsForSetupWizardActivity -f 0 com.android.settings 

…which others corroborate:

@MetBril

I personally like Bitwarden to blend into my OS of use. That implies using system fonts where possible.

I suggest that you, instead, request a superset of issuetracker.google.com/issues/240247467#comment3; request that AOSP expose modifying the typeface OS-wide.

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@millerthegorilla

Often, Linux apps have the ability to override the system font.

I’ve yet to observe this feature in any, and I’ve utilised > 40 by now. Why would they, when FontConfig already exists?