Large Fonts Everywhere — A Plain-English Guide for Seniors
Last verified: August 2026
Every modern device — phone, tablet, computer, browser, e-reader, TV — has a setting for bigger text. Most folks live with too-small fonts for years because nobody ever showed them the menu. This is that menu, for every device.
What's inside the printable PDF
- How vision changes after 60 (no shame in it)
- Your one-hour reading-comfort plan
- iPhone — Dynamic Type and Display & Brightness
- iPhone — Larger Accessibility Sizes
- Android — Display Size and Font Size
- Windows — Display scaling 150% / 175% / 200%
- Windows Magnifier and high-contrast text
- Mac — System Settings text and display size
- Mac — Zoom and the menu-bar trick
- Browser zoom — the keyboard shortcuts to memorize
- Setting a default zoom for every site
- Apple Mail, Outlook, Gmail — bigger fonts
- Kindle reader — text size, font, spacing
- Libby (library e-books) and Apple Books
- Smart TV captions — Samsung, LG, Roku, Apple TV
- TV caption SIZE and color — the second menu
- Bold text, contrast, and the dark-mode question
- Quick-reference card and "magnifier app" scam alerts
The full guide is a printable PDF — no email, no signup, no ads. Read it at the kitchen table or hand a copy to a family member who could use it.
Why I made this guide
Roughly half my house calls involve somebody leaning two feet from a screen with their head tilted back, trying to read. They've been doing it that way for years. Nobody ever told them the screen could be a different size.
Every modern device has a bigger-text setting. The names are all different — Dynamic Type, Display Size, Display Scaling, Text Size — but the result is the same. This guide walks you through the menu on every device a senior touches.
No ads. No affiliate links. No fluff. Just what I'd want my own mother to know.
— Bill Davis
Need help with this?
Reading is one thing. Doing it is another. If you'd rather have me handle the form, the order, the unboxing, the network setup, and the training — first in-home visit is $99 flat. Most CapTel setups done in one trip.
This guide is yours, free.
No sign-up, no email, no catch — it's free the way it looks free. Print it, save it, or share it with family. And if you'd rather hand the job off, Bill's two choices are right above: a $99 flat in-home visit or $49 remote help, often same day.