Of course depending on the name of the app will depend on how many lines the text takes up. Single-Line: This option tells the label to either be placed all on a single-line, or to use multiple lines. I know some folks have requested that there be a choice of how much shadow you can use here, but currently that’s not a feature, though could be in an upcoming update possibly. It’s one of those either on or off settings. Shadow: This option allows you to have a shadow on the label text or to not have a shadow on the text of the labels. If you click that one, that’s where you can select any color you want by sliding the circle around to the color you want or by simply entering a color code of your choice. Then there is one circle that has 3 dots on it. When you first tap on the circle to the right where you see mine as white, it will come with a screen that has 19 pre-selected colors. This is important to note if you’re focusing on icon size itself for various reasons.Ĭolor: This is where you can select any color you desire for the color of the font itself. So if you have a problem reading small text, then chances are you’ll want to slide it pretty far to the right.Īlso note that the larger you make the text, the smaller your icons will get. The further you slide that bar to the right, the larger the text gets. Once you have your desired font weight set, then you can change the size of that font using the slider under where it says Size. Medium is a bold font, Condensed is slightly thinner than Normal and Light is even thinner. Normal is just as it states, normal font with nothing added to it. What these represent are the font weight that’s being used. This is very helpful if you have icons that are somewhat close or similar in looks to each other and you aren’t sure which icon belongs to which app.Īgain, you see quite a few options that we’re able to change once we turn the Labels feature on such as the weight of the font that’s used, color of the font, if the fonts have shadows and if the text is on a single line or multiple lines.įont: Here you have 4 choices: Normal, Medium, Condensed and Light. What this does is allow you to show the app name of each icon such as you see above with the Calendar, Clock and so on. Labels: In the screenshot above you see I’ve now turned on the Labels feature. Again, just not something I have a need or use for, but others might. If I change my grid size to something like 5 x 4 for example, I can then increase my icon size up to 150%. Grid sizing will be another post all together, but I currently have mine set to 10 x 9, so that’s why I’m limited to 124% icon size. You’ll see in the next screenshot that it tells me “Further increase icon size by reducing grid size or disabling labels”. What this is telling me is that I have the possibility of making my icons larger than what that solid bar shows, which if I slid it all the way to the end of the solid line would be 124%. You’ll also notice that to the bar with the red slider on it is filled in half way, then the rest of it has dashes. I keep it this nearly all the time as I really have no use for making my icons larger or smaller. They aren’t reduced or enlarged in any way. What this means is that they are displayed on the homescreen in regular size. Icon Size: As you see above, my Icon Size is currently set to 100%. We’re going to start at the top and work our way down. Now, as you see in the screenshot above, there are several options for you to choose from and all of them make your icons display slightly different on the homescreen depending on which you have enabled or disabled. To get started, once you have Nova Launcher and Nova Launcher Prime installed (Prime costs $4.99 currently, but it’s a must have app for everyone in my opinion) then go to Nova Settings -> Desktop -> Icon Layout and let’s take a look at what we have waiting for us there. Some people aren’t aware that this is something that is very easily accomplished thanks to Nova Launcher. So something that might be useful would be different sized icons on the homescreen. There are many that change their entire homescreen setup around daily, or even several times per day. Most everyone uses icons on their homescreens in some form or fashion. We’re going to start the series talking about icon sizes and how you change them in a couple of different places and in various ways that gives you quite a few choices of how they might look on your device(s).
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