* Text size on maps

[Sallion]

Is there any way to increase the text size on maps? Mine is tiny and I can find no way to increase the size. I'm using the default Open Street Map and FH7. I only get this in FH7 as if I use the web version the text size is readable.

[tatewise]

Have you tried Tools > Preferences > Display > Screen Font Scaling ?
However, that will affect text size in most other windows too.

[Sallion]

Yes, it makes all the other text larger but has no effect on the maps.

[ColeValleyGirl]

I believe the map font is set by OpenStreetMap (and FH is just displaying what OSM provides).

I can't find any way to adjust the font within OSM itself.

[tatewise]

Exactly what text on the Map Window are you talking about?

1. Text pane on the left for facts or places ~ this adjusts with Screen Font Scaling
2. Text in popup windows on the Map pane ~ this adjusts with Screen Font Scaling
3. Place name legends on the Map pane itself ~ changes as the Map is zoomed but unaffected by Screen Font Scaling

After changing Screen Font Scaling you must close and re-open the Map Window, which is what the popup message says when you change the Screen Font Scaling setting.

[ColeValleyGirl]

Exactly what text on the Map Window are you talking about?
...
Place name legends on the Map pane itself ~ changes as the Map is zoomed but unaffected by Screen Font Scaling

Not what I see, Mike. It scales momentarily and then reverts to 'the norm'. It never meets accessibility guidelines.

[Sallion]

I'm talking about the place names and street names on the map itself. These resize when you zoom in but are still too small to read. There is usually a brief moment when you zoom in when they become readable but then they resize to very small.

[tatewise]

I suspect that behaviour is governed by the OpenStreet Map display panes and is much the same in a browser.
I doubt if FH can do much about that.
Perhaps try the https://www.openstreetmap.org/help Forums, etc.

[ColeValleyGirl]

Mike, so what I said here?

There is nothing helpful in the osm forums that I could find (search terms 'label font' or 'label size').

[Sallion]

I've had a quick search of the osm forums and found little of use. I have to admit most of it seem gibberish to me but then I don't know much about the package. I did find some references to tiles which seem to be which bits of maps you display and the text size is a feature of these tiles, but that might be nothing to do with how it works in FH. I guess I'll have to use the web version to find the places I want, then find them again in FH. It's a bit more work but a reasonable work around.

[mjashby]

This appears to be the only relevant information/advice available:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dis ... impairment

Probably not what most people would think to search for if just wanting information on Font size.

Mervyn