# Font Size Considerations for Accessibility

DevFeed: [Font Size Considerations for Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/font-size-considerations-for-accessibility-38473.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eevis.codes/blog/2024-02-02/font-size-considerations-for-accessibility/>)

Author: Eevis Panula

Published: 2024-02-02T03:45:42.565000Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Eevis Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eevis-blog.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [Font](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/font.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why accessibility work should address more than screen readers, focusing on font sizing in Android apps. It discusses how larger font settings can cause text to overflow or be clipped and introduces testing with device settings, emulators, and Compose previews.

## Source excerpt

Discussions about accessibility, especially in software development, often center around screen reader accessibility. With that, I mean that if accessibility is considered, it's mostly about, for example, content descriptions, setting correct semantics, and then leaving it there. Don't get me wrong, it is important. But the problems arise when only taking these actions for accessibility and calling it done. In some apps, those actions also bring many good things for other users. But in others, many issues that create barriers to usage can be missed if the attention is only on screen reader-related accessibility. In this and a couple of future blog posts, I'll share some things you can check to find accessibility issues, and suggest ideas for fixing them. As you might guess, these are not related to screen reader accessibility. This first blog post is about font sizing. By the way, I'm currently writing my master's thesis, and its goal is to create an accessibility checklist for Android devs to help create more accessible Android apps. The initial checklist is live, and I'm collecting feedback, so if you want to help me, check the Android Accessibility Checklist and then answer a couple of questions in this Google Form. I'm really, really thankful for anyone participating! Alright, let's get started. Font Size One interesting thing related to font sizing is that about 25% of Android users increase the font size. (source: Appt.org) So this is a big group of our users! Sometimes, accessibility is dismissed because it's said to be something that concerns only a small group of users. A quarter of the user base is already a considerable amount of users - actually, it can be bigger than, for example, some language your app supports. But if the user increases font size, it might cause problems with, for example, text overflowing or being clipped. We will explore some of these issues later in this blog post, but first, let's talk about how to test your app for different font