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TL;DR
- Code inside the latest model of the Reddit app for Android suggests growing the app’s font measurement is on the best way.
- Growing font measurement is an important accessibility function third-party apps provided earlier than Reddit pushed them to close down.
- A Reddit spokesperson confirmed the corporate could have extra to say on this within the coming months.
Replace, November 29, 2023 (07:56 PM ET): A Reddit spokesperson responded to our request for a remark. Right here is the assertion:
We’re at all times exploring methods to offer worth for customers and communities on Reddit and could have extra to share on this within the coming months.
Whereas this isn’t a direct affirmation {that a} font-size management function is coming, it does closely counsel that we will count on to see it quickly.
Unique article, November 29, 2023 (05:48 PM ET): With Reddit’s API modifications this 12 months successfully pushing most third-party apps to close down, the official app is now one of many few choices to entry the service. Nevertheless, a function these third-party apps provided is lacking from the official app: the flexibility to extend the font measurement. Fortunately, new strings showing within the newest model of the Reddit Android app (v.2023.47.0.1303604) counsel the flexibility to customise in-app fonts is on the best way.
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later based mostly on work-in-progress code. Nevertheless, it’s potential that such predicted options could not make it to a public launch.
Reddit has allowed some extent of font customization within the iOS model of its app. Nevertheless, the Android model has no font controls in any respect. To vary the app’s font, it’s worthwhile to change your system’s font by going to Settings > Show > Show measurement and textual content. Sadly, this isn’t as useful as you’ll suppose. As a result of the font used for the Reddit app is so small, it’s worthwhile to make your system font comically giant to compensate. This inevitably ends in individuals having issue studying Reddit, particularly these with visible impairments.
The brand new strings we see as we speak give a reasonably clear concept of what might be within the works:
<string identify="font_scale_override_slider_content_description">Massive textual content sizes</string>
<string identify="font_scale_override_switch_description">Modify the textual content measurement within the Reddit app with out affecting the remainder of your system</string>
<string identify="font_scale_override_switch_label">Override system settings</string>
<string identify="font_size_setting_title">Improve textual content measurement</string>
<string identify="font_size_settings_screen_title">Improve textual content measurement</string>
The second string there even provides a full clarification of what to anticipate, which is adjusting the textual content measurement of the Reddit app independently of your telephone’s system settings. The “override system settings” part is extra mysterious, although. It’s potential this might be an optionally available toggle that you should utilize if altering the Reddit app’s font doesn’t work as a result of one thing in your system settings is messing with it. Time will inform on that one.
We contacted Reddit for an announcement on this however didn’t instantly hear again. We’ll replace this text if and after we get a response. Notably, one in every of Reddit’s guarantees when it modified its API entry guidelines was to enhance the official app’s accessibility. That promise would make it possible we’ll see font measurement management sooner or later, even when it differs from the strings we see on this newest app model. Nonetheless, one can hope this can launch sooner somewhat than later.
