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enlarged font on iPad , iPhone, goes off screen

Jun 12, 2010 2:32PM PDT

When the font size on the iPhone and iPad is enlarged the text disappears
off the screen on both margin sides. I have tried this with the Droid Incredible and the text wraps around to the next line. In order to read enlarged text one has to constantly move the screen back and forth from right to left and then scroll down. This seems like a major faux-paus. Does this bother anyone else besides me? It's ridiculous!

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Yep
Jun 12, 2010 4:26PM PDT

iPhone OS only let's you zoom. Doesn't change font sizes.

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To understand this.
Jun 12, 2010 11:07PM PDT

You would have to have lived through the DTP hey days. Apple was king of DTP and it would be improper for text to move around as you zoomed in.

Remember each machine and company's heritage and you see why things work the way they do.
Bob

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I prefer it the other way
Jun 13, 2010 12:20AM PDT

Too much action on a screen is really annoying.