[Spain]

Thanks for that info Briant & yes it has cured this issue at a stroke !

Looking at the reviews it would seem that a lot of other users were also having a problem so you have to wonder why Nokia were not aware and if they were ? why they never resolved this in the new update.

[Briant566]

Glad it helps give Thanks to Jonnyp2 he found it
That what this forum should be about not
"Answers like that's How it is "
Once people have issues these need solving and help passed on
Nokia take Note one customer not lost !!

[Spain]

Thanks to Jonny as well then !

Yes I make you right about trying to be helpful & to my mind if someone asks a civil question .................. ?

[whateh]

The only thing i want is to be able to read my texts without having to take a snapshot then veiw with a magnifying ap. there must be a hack or something out there to upgrade the phones OS to the windows phone 8 OS?

[Briant566]

When you find one !!!

Post  it for everybody

I have found one that lets you compose in larger text but you can only view in smat text

[laurie100]

that's just dam rude

[troph]

I have just received an update to 7.10.8862.144... I was hoping it is the long long awaited update which will allow me to read text at a reasonable size on my Nokia 800.
NOKIA and MICROSOFT you need to address this issue as a matter of PRIORITY NOW, you are losing credibility with the user community that believed you could produce a usable Mobile OS. Our faith in your ability to address this for the Mango community is dwindling and I am starting to look towards the Apple OS which has always allowed you to scale text screens.

[paulheu]

Font scaling is not going to happen for WP 7.x

Maybe try a pair of glasses? I know I never had an issue reading text on my L800 and do not feel I need larger fonts on my L620 either..

[sanuuart]

I am using windows phone 7.5 lumia 800. How to read too tiny and small font in messaging and contact application. fonts are too small to read without reading glasses and magnifying glass.

it is very very basic need of any phone for day to day use.

but microsoft didn't give solution for this basic feature in any update provided in last 12 months. not even in latest 7.8 update. What is running in microsoft mind. Why he is so partial to wp7 customer.

microsoft doesn't care about their customers. after spending US$ 500 on phone. i can't used properly. i am damaging and straining my eyes.

If Microsoft require money. then If Microsoft provide application in market to resize system fonts of phone, We are ready to pay for it.

after all, it is product bug or faulty features. we want only basic feature to update. we don't want any luxurious features.

Microsoft-- Do something positively and provide solution to this serious issue in next update OR provide Application in market store to resize system fonts of windows phone 7.8.. we are very frustrated

by doing unhappy wp7 customer. microsoft going to break trust, what customers have in microsoft. they never trust microsoft product in future.

if we can't read text and phone no. in application. how can we used phone effectively. it is serious issue. if microsoft should provide any application to change system fonts of phone. we are ready to pay for it. because it is basic need.

before wp8 phone, their childs are wp7 customer. Now after wp8 launch. wp7 customer are become their step childs. am i Right ?
RESIZING OF FONTS FEATURE IS MUCH MUCH IMPORTANT AND BASIC NEED THEN RESIZING OF TILES UPDATE. WE DON'T WANT RESIZING OF TILES. WE WANT BASIC FEATURE RESIZING OF FONTS.

[caitlin1759]

If you haven't already done so you should submit this as request to Microsoft as a feature you want included. Other than the app which one poster suggested this forum can't help. It did seem odd that a feature which exists on every other phone I've ever seen from the most basic of dumb phone to a state of the art non windows phone is not included.

[billz]

i have raed all of the posts to find there is no solution to the question on how to increase the font. i have wasted hours trying to find an answer. it is obvious that there are some extremely rude people make some extremely arrogant and sarcastic remarks such as

For those who do not have 20/20 vision someone invented glasses..

i wanted if they would be so dismissive of other's genuine inquiries if they didn't have an alias to hide behind. this is merely a form of cyber bullying. each and every one of the smarty pants making these comments should be ashamed of them selves and their total lack of compassion and their smug sense of superiority.

the fact is those of us who have used nokia in the past have become accustomed to having changeable fonts. we don't always have our glasses with us and why should we have to justify ourselves to the visually gifted cowards out there? for the first time in my life i have had to pass the phone to someone to ask them to read my messaages.  is there a solution on the way? i've just downloaded the latest update to find the chinese fonts have been enhanced and a choice of 20 colours now. how about a usable practicle feature such as the one we are asking for,

Bill Zammit

[Briant566]

 Well said Bill you echo all are thoughts on this Issue 

 It needs Nokia to  put preasure on Microsoft 

After all it Nokia thats Losing all its customer base There are Millons out rthere  whoes N8s are ready for replacing 

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billz wrote:

i have raed all of the posts to find there is no solution to the question on how to increase the font. i have wasted hours trying to find an answer. it is obvious that there are some extremely rude people make some extremely arrogant and sarcastic remarks such as

For those who do not have 20/20 vision someone invented glasses..

i wanted if they would be so dismissive of other's genuine inquiries if they didn't have an alias to hide behind. this is merely a form of cyber bullying. each and every one of the smarty pants making these comments should be ashamed of them selves and their total lack of compassion and their smug sense of superiority.

the fact is those of us who have used nokia in the past have become accustomed to having changeable fonts. we don't always have our glasses with us and why should we have to justify ourselves to the visually gifted cowards out there? for the first time in my life i have had to pass the phone to someone to ask them to read my messaages.  is there a solution on the way? i've just downloaded the latest update to find the chinese fonts have been enhanced and a choice of 20 colours now. how about a usable practicle feature such as the one we are asking for,

Bill Zammit

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[MrOddJob]

For me this has been the most disappointing phone I have ever owned and due to its many faults I am now looking more closely at the competition, I’ve had Nokia phones for around 25+ years and each phone as been a real update and performance as always improve with each phone, but my Lumia 800 has lots of impressive big apps but is just one big let down in lots of the little things that you expect with a so called smart phone. I still have my old N85 8GB and N900 and both these phones can out perform my Lumia 800 on just the basic things so was very very disappointed when I found that my Lumia could not do what these older phone could do with ease.

Seems that Nokia is also just not listening to there costumers, was expecting that with the last update to 7.8 we would get customizable alert tones, resizable fonts and improvements to calendar but no we get a third size of tile wow, just another big let down.

And before people start saying its not Nokias fault you should complain to MS, I did not buy an MS phone I’ve brought a Nokia phone, Nokia have made the decision to us MS windows on the phone so they are completely responsible with all its faults and failings, if you have an electrical fault with your Ford car do you take it back to bosch or who ever it is who surply the electrical system, no you take it back to Ford,

I believe the phones are selling well from what I’ve heard but I myself only know of one other person in my own circle of friends and family that purchase a Lumia at the same time as I did and they have already abandoned the phone and said its unlikely they will ever buy Nokia again and sorry to say it is very unlikely my next phone will be a Nokia.

My own contract runs out in a couple of months and if nothing changes in that time, which I guess is unlikely then this will be my last Nokia phone very said.

[whateh]

my last Nokia too,, i have had Nokia phones since they first came out, thanks to this issue and the lack of support im switching to another brand., shame

[Charlyngton]

I wrote a post on Windows Phone Phorum and there were more than 5,600 users with the same complaint. The font  is too small.

Increasing Font size must be considered as a correction (not an improvement) and consequently the update must be considered as urgent.

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions/suggestions/2280232-enlarge-the-...

[Charlyngton]

Increasing Font size must be considered as a correction (not an improvement) and consequently the update must be considered as urgent.