Text Size is one of my favorite Control Centre controls. It lets you quickly change the Dynamic Type size, of the whole system. But also, you can now specify a different setting per app. Also, check out Dark Mode, Magnifier, Sound Recognition...
Day 159
Change Dynamic Type per app quickly
24 Oct 2022
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For other UI elements that could also benefit from being scaled when using Dynamic Type, you can use UIFontMetrics's scaledValue(for:). Some good examples are progress bar components, which tend to be quite slim. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uifontmetrics/scaledvalue(for:)
What is the ideal distance between labels? It depends on styles for both of them and the dynamic type size, right? You wouldn't want to have the same distance for small and large text sizes. We can configure a standard distance between baselines.
If you are displaying something in two or more columns, you may want to change that to as little as one column when using some of the largest Dynamic Type settings to keep the text readable.
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