There are various reasons why a person may wish to adjust the display and text size on an iPad. Sometimes, the text on the screen is too small or in a font that is too difficult to read. I'll walk you through how to do just that in a few simple steps below.

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Make your iPad easier to use by increasing the size of the text on the screen.
Or, learn how to decrease the size of the font on your iPad to display more of the text on screen.

How to Make Font Bigger or Smaller on iPad

There are many reasons why you may want to increase or decrease your text size on your iPad. Luckily, you can access both options via the same steps. If you like tips like this about using Apple devices, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day! Here's how to change font size:

On your iPad, go to Settings.
Tap Accessibility.
Tap Display & Text Size.
Tap Larger Text.
From here, you can slide the scale to the right to increase text size or left to decrease the text size.
This is an example of what increasing the font size by two notches will look like:
This is an example of what decreased the font size by two notches will look like:
For even more size options, tap Larger Accessibility Sizes. It will be green when enabled.
This will give you more options for even larger text size so you can read your iPad from a mile away!

And that's how you change the size of the font on your iPad. Do note, however, that there may be some apps that don't support these changes and the text size will remain standard. But the good news is that a lot of apps do support this change seamlessly and is a really great way to increase the user-friendliness of your iPad.