Tiny font using mail in iOS 10

Actually, I think my son switched to Samsung, but he's in Israel & I am not so hard to remember. But, he did have me bring an iPad Air for my granddaughters last year:)

One of the previous answers stated that that person was having problems reading emails sent via Outlook on his Apple mail app. I use AOL, and I my font when writing them are large as to the accessible font setting I have. But, my problem seems to be incoming emails such as ones that are from GoToWebinar, and some others that are automatic mailing lists.

I haven't tried a different email and usually use AOL except with Apple then I use iCloud. So, I'm not the one to ask. We are at our other home in Maine, and I forgot our laptop back in our winter home in New Mexico, so I'm totally dependent my iPad Air2 or iPhone 6Plus.

What I found interesting is that my husband's iPad 3 (one before the iPad Air) won't even update the software to iOS10. So, he only has this problem with his iPhone 6Plus. He is 72 & can't even see the caller ID without his glasses.

I have noticed in the App Store that there are mail apps advertised. I just don't know what would help. Maybe contact the association for the Blind & Dyslexic as they may have suggestions for email program that might work for you. Or, maybe they can lobby Apple about their mail app!

Looks like 10.1 did NOT resolve the issue , it also listed this as "one of the fixes in 10.1. No dice tried all the settings, reset, turned mail off ETC. Looks like apple still has work to do on this issue. So annoying, this should be a core non issue!! Please fix!

Nope, it did not. I spoke with my contact at Apple late last week, and he said that the solution to the "tiny text" problem (yes, it has a name now, if an unimaginative one) is not imminent. He also says it is a priority for them.

I haven't done programming in years, but man, how can this be a tough problem to solve? It worked in every iOS before this one, so it isn't as if this is a new feature. Very frustrating.

10.1 claims to fix the font issue but it doesn't .

bad bad bad

Tried other apps and the tiny text issue is there too .

Very frustrating

Agreed. IOS 10.1 does not fix the issue either, although it claims it does. I hoppe apple addresses this soon! The phone is borderline unusable. I really expected more from apple. This seems to be a html and or exchange, active sync problem. APPLE, please fix!

IOS 10.1 notes below.

Other improvements and fixes

• Fixes an issue that caused certain Mail messages to be reformatted with very small text
• Fixes an issue that caused some HTML email to be formatted incorrectly

Running iOS 10.1. Still NOT fixed the tiny font in some emails.

I get notification emails from my bank and some parts of those emails are just unreadable, in iOS 9.x, I could the the mail app to dynamically adjust the size to something readable, now the mail app does nothing.

I also get some news emails that in iOS 9 were dynamically adjusted to the phone screen, as in the computer I could read them fine, also in the iPad in those devices there was no need to auto-adjust, now in iOS 10.1 this tiny font in some emails problem is not tiny at all. How could Apple miss this???, does nobody in Apple uses the things they sell anymore?, is Tim so busy at selling the idea everywhere of this update being "the biggest" Apple has ever made?. Do we have to wait to ios11 to have it fixed?. I wanted to buy an iPhone7, but with this, I am waiting, if not solved in 1-2 months, hello again chinese android phone!. I don't know you, but my iPhone 6 is less and less usable by every update, slower and slower and makes me less productive (wasting my time to increase the size of fonts in emails that previously worked perfectly?), Apple is turning into rotten-apples now... Hate to say, but this would not have been acceptable by Steve. sorry for the long rant, I love Apple, but now I am beginning to be extremely disappointed, the Chinese makers are getting better and better and have surpassed apple in several respects now (have you seen the new Xiaomi mix phone??!!), even without the billions apple has they are doing things apple will do in 1-2 years more!!!.

Only lies, empty promises and still premium prices, for not so premium phones, where is the value of an iPhone now?

OK, Update!

IOS 10.1.1 released today does not resolve this issue either, great! The phone really is unusable as others have mentioned. It seems to make more work for me and is extremely frustrating to use, this no longer is a, premium, flagship device in my opinion. I don't know why they can't resolve this issue. I am so close to giving up on apple and going to a android for the next two years if not forever. This is really unacceptable at this point and a little unexpected as this issue happened with IOS 9 as well for a brief time. Apple is aware of the issue for sure but really won't acknowledge the severity or resolution towards the issue. Ultimately they will lose long time customers such as myself over a font issue the impairs the ability to use the phone, perhaps they do not care, I don't know. Bottom line, Apple please fix this once and for all and treat it with a real priority! 3 IOS updates should have been more than sufficient to resolve this "tiny font" issue on IOS 10!

This is really getting ridiculous (if it wasn't already there already). I have had some luck using the Outlook app instead of the email app that comes with the phone. In some ways, it is really a superior app. I have also been hearing great things about the new Google phone. Maybe that's the way to go... In any event - Apple - really disappointed in you!

I was excited to see a "fix" in IOS 10.1. This should be a priority for apple. They are clearly in jeopardy of losing the older folks over this issue. I have tried outlook, it is a little better with the font size to be sure but not real comfortable with the app. Please take the time to read these threads and perhaps respond to one or all of them so that we know you are aware and looking into it. I for one would like to know.

I am experiencing the same "tiny font demon." Since Apple hasn't solved the problem with the native email app and no workarounds have proved effective for me, I tried several email apps and Spark by Readdle seems to do the best job rendering all text at a manageable size. It's a free app and has pretty awesome reviews, so you might want to give it a try...at least until Apple fixes the issue with its native email client.

I don't know if the moderators will allow this link to Spark in the App Store, but I'll give it a try.

Rob. I have the same frustrating problem. Font size in email AND on websites is too small and seem un-ajustable. "Increase font size" only makes the font in "Settings" appear too large. I've tried a soft reset. Is there an app to address the problem?

Hi Jimbo,

Try the email app "Spark" by Readdle. It is displaying all my emails at a reasonable size and has solid reviews. Try the web browser "Dolphin" for more readable text. Dolphin allows you to select a larger size display font in its settings. It also has solid reviews. Sorry I can't post the links here for you. It must be against community rules as they are always deleted when I try. These are both very popular apps so you shouldn't have any trouble doing a successfsearch . Let me know if they help.

Mr. Luigi

Let me see if I can help Mr. Luigi

https://sparkmailapp.com/

http://m-en.dolphin.com/download/

Demo! Hello, how are you? The Steelers are only 4-4, but that's tied for 1st in the AFC North. If they up their game away from home they are going to be a force to be reckoned with. :-)

How the heck did you successfully post those links? Is it because you are a Level 10 Grand Master? In any event, thanks for doing that. I hope those apps can help some folks while Apple tries to figure out why its native apps have gone bad.

Good luck this season!