How To Change Font Style In Iphone 8 Plus

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This wikiHow teaches you how to alter your iPhone's font by enlarging and/or bolding it. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the iPhone's system font from within settings or by downloading an app; if you want to be able to change the font used throughout your iPhone to a different font altogether, you'll need to jailbreak your iPhone.

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Understand how this method works. As per your iPhone's built-in settings, you can decrease or increase text size and bold (or un-bold) text. This is the only legitimate way to change your iPhone's font.
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Open your iPhone's Settings. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a set of gears on a grey box.

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Scroll down and tap Display & Brightness . It's near the top of the Settings page. This will show your display settings, including text size.
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Tap Text Size . It's near the middle of the screen. This will open a new page with a slider.
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Drag the slider to adjust the text size. You can drag it left or right to make the text smaller or bigger than the default size. The text on the screen will change size as a preview. This will apply to most Apple apps and other popular apps.
- If the app does not support Dynamic Type, the font size in it will not change.
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Tap the "Back" button. It's in the top-left corner of the screen. Doing so will save your changes; you'll see your chosen text size applied to the Settings app immediately.
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Enable bold text if you like. Tap the white "Bold Text" switch

and tap Continue when prompted. Doing so will reboot your iPhone, at which point your iPhone's text will all be bold.
- If your iPhone's text is already bold, this switch will be green. Tapping it will remove the bold effect from your iPhone.
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Open your iPhone's Settings. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a set of gears on a grey box.
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Scroll down and tap General. It's near the top of the Settings page.
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Tap Accessibility . You'll find it near the bottom of the screen.
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Tap Larger Text . It's near the bottom of the page. Doing so will open a screen similar to the Text Size menu found in the previous method.
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Tap the white "Larger Accessibility Sizes" switch . The switch will turn green

, and the slider below it will expand to show additional size options.
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Enlarge your iPhone's text. Drag the slider to the right to see the largest text sizes possible. This will only apply to apps that enable Dynamic Type as well as allow the larger Accessibility sizes.

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Jailbreak your iPhone . You cannot change the font that your iPhone uses unless you jailbreak it.
- Jailbreaking is not possible on some versions of iOS. If you can't jailbreak your iPhone, you can't change the font.
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Open Cydia on your jailbroken iPhone. You'll find Cydia on one of your Home screens. Cydia is essentially the jailbroken iPhone's App Store.
- If this is your first time launching Cydia after jailbreaking, it will likely automatically update and restart your iPhone.
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Search for "BytaFont" in Cydia. This app for your jailbroken iPhone is available for free from the ModMyi section, which is a standard section in Cydia.
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Install the BytaFont app. Open the BytaFont details page, tap Install, and tap Confirm to begin the installation process. Your iPhone will automatically restart after the installation is complete.
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Launch BytaFont. This app will allow you to download and install new fonts for your iPhone. You'll find it on one of your Home screens after installing it in Cydia.
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Add fonts to BytaFont. Once you've loaded BytaFont, you can start adding fonts to it:^[1]
- Tap the BytaFont tab.
- Tap Browse Fonts
- Find the font you want to install and tap Download
- Use Cydia to finish installing the font.
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Switch the fonts your iPhone uses. After you've installed some fonts, you can switch between them to replace your iPhone's system font:^[2]
- Open BytaFont and select the Swap Mode tab.
- Tap the Basic option.
- Tap the font you want to use.
- Tap Yes to confirm. Your iPhone will restart and the font will be applied.
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How do I change the font style on my iPhone 6?

Apple doesn't allow you to change the font on your iPhone currently. The only way to get a different system font would be by jailbreaking your phone and installing an app like BytaFont 3. Keep in mind, though, that even though there are many perks with jailbreaking your phone (like more possibilities to customize), it does void your warranty.
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What does it mean to jailbreak an iPhone?

According to Wikipedia, iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing software restrictions imposed by iOS, Apple Inc.'s operating system, on its devices, including the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and second-generation Apple TV.
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How do I hotspot my iPhone?

Go to settings. Under Personal Hotspot you can swipe to activate the hotspot. But just know that using your phone as a hotspot uses your data a lot quicker.

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wikiHow Video: How to Change the Font on iPhone

Some iPhone keyboard apps, such as Better Fonts, allow you to type in different fonts while messaging people.
If you want to change text font when typing in a text app like Notes or Pages, you can tap and hold the text, tap Select All when prompted, and then tap B, I , or U to bold, italicize, or underline the text.

Jailbreaking your iPhone is against the Apple terms of use, and may even be illegal in your area.

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1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Display & Brightness.
3. Tap Text Size.
4. Use the slider to change the size.
5. Tap the back button.
6. Enable Bold Text if desired.

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