iMessage only showing the first letter of text messages since updating to iOS 17 (currently running 17.4.1)

Has anyone responded to the question why in a text message we only see one character

Reducing my font size corrected this problem. 😄

Same here. Called apple support. He was v good. Went into some random click and unclicked “bold” for text. Problem solved!!

It’s happening to me on both iMessages and SMS! We shouldn’t have to change our font size to fix it.

Is there a fix for this? I’m experiencing this too.

I still see only one letter when I turn my phone sideways.

This same prob just started for me in May. So annoying. No one seems to have a fix.

I am having the same problem

My phone is used 100% for my work, it is imperative that I see my messages , which I Cannot. Only the first letter

when will this annoying issue be fixed??

Same thing is happening for me.

I concur fully , all of these workarounds do not work. ,, it may work one day and then the next day it comes back.

I just spoke with Apple support and in troubleshooting have found out that if BOLD is on in your messages then it will not show your complete message. We mess around with font size and bold and it appears that when we took bold off that no matter what size we made the font, the complete message showed up. I’m going to try to link a message from Apple to this, but I’m not sure I know how to do it and it will explain it much better than I can

Glad to find someone else with this issue. Thought i was hacked (which we all know is impossible with an iPhone).

14 pro max here. I also found if you press and hold the 1 letter message then the “?” Response the message expands. Could be useful for privacy if 1) it had consistent qualities and 2) it was a feature you could choose in settings

Why is this happening.??? HELP.!!