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		pietro on June 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's Wrong with the iOS 7 Icons? Lowering the brightness actually makes it worse. It has nothing to do with brightness and everything to do with contrast. The older you get, the more contrast you need.

gte910h on June 15, 2013 [–]

If it's age, you're getting more farsighted, and need to go to the "increase text size" setting, which works considerably better than anything in iOS6

You might click "Increase text legibility".

I'm stoked for this ability for some relatives who's otherwise whip out reading glasses for email.

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