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    Smaller font in an Android phone?

    I made the dialer font much bigger one day, and now I'm regretting it. Forgot how I did it, anyone?

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    Try going into the settings menu, select accessibility and uncheck "large fonts". Hope that solves the problem for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veriztd View Post
    Try going into the settings menu, select accessibility and uncheck "large fonts". Hope that solves the problem for you.
    Been there, done that! I ain't got no stinkin "Large fonts" to uncheck. This must be a Samsung note or an ICS thing.

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    I am using ICS on my Droid, probably has to do with a specific setting in your Samsung. Maybe someone will know how to fix.

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    Settings > Display > Font Size
    Maybe?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanVS View Post
    Settings > Display > Font Size
    Maybe?
    Nope, not there!
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    Quote Originally Posted by veriztd View Post
    I am using ICS on my Droid, probably has to do with a specific setting in your Samsung. Maybe someone will know how to fix.

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    I have a Verizon tablet XOOM with ICS and I can select large font size there! Not so much for the Note, must be a Samsung thing.

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    CA,

    Try this site: https://www.fixya.com/ssl/askdetails.aspx

    Hopefully you can find a solution there.

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    I think I figured it out! When I made them big, the phone hadn't gotten ICS yet. Samsung may have forgotten to put it back in!

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    Settings -> Display -> Font Size -> Select "Tiny"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratnakar View Post
    Settings -> Display -> Font Size -> Select "Tiny"
    Been there, done that. ICS on a Samsung Note only has Font type, and no size like it did before ICS.

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    I think com.android.providers.settings has this in settings.db under system, font_scale. At least it's there on my GNex. If you're rooted you can change that.

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    Thanks cmstlist for this tips !

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    On my GNex which is set to regular font size, font_scale is 1.0. On my MediaPad which is set to a larger size, it's at 1.3.

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