How comfortable a chapter is to read depends a lot on the typeface, how
big the letters are and how much air sits between the lines. OutaStory
lets you set all three, and your choice is remembered for every story you
open.
Where the settings live
There are two ways in, and both open the same form:
- Profile → Reading settings, at
/profile/reader-settings. - The gear icon in the reader's top bar, which opens the same
controls in a small popover — so you can adjust a chapter while you are
in the middle of it, without leaving the page.
Font
Three choices:
- Serif — letterforms with small finishing strokes, the classic look
of a printed book. - Sans — clean letterforms without those strokes, which many people
find easier on a screen. - Dyslexia — renders the text in OpenDyslexic, a typeface with
weighted, bottom-heavy letterforms. Some readers find it easier to keep
track of the line and to tell similar letters apart. It is worth trying
even if you have never been diagnosed with anything — if it helps, use
it.
Text size
Text size is a −/+ stepper. It runs from 14 px to 22 px in steps
of 1 px, and the current value is shown between the two buttons, so
you always know where you are. There are no small, medium and large
presets — you nudge it one step at a time until the line feels right.
A practical way to find your size: open a chapter you enjoy, then press
+ until you can read a whole paragraph without leaning in, and stop
there.
Line spacing
Three settings — Compact, Normal and Relaxed. Compact fits
more words on the screen; Relaxed puts more air between the lines, which
helps if your eye tends to jump to the wrong line. Relaxed pairs
especially well with a larger text size.
Preview and reset
A preview paragraph sits with the controls and updates as you change
them, so you can see the effect before you go back to a chapter. If you
end up somewhere you do not like, Reset to defaults puts everything
back the way it started.
Colour is a separate setting
Nothing on this page changes colours. Light or dark, and the overall
look of the app, live at
Profile → Theme (/profile/theme), which has two
controls:
- Mode — Light, Dark or System (System follows whatever
your device is set to). - Theme — ten to choose from: Default, Nebula, Velvet,
Noir, Parchment, Quill, Aether, Crimson,
Legend and High Contrast. Parchment is the warm,
paper-coloured one. High Contrast is pure black and white with no
animation.
Note that high contrast is a theme you choose, not a toggle — you
pick it in the Theme list like any other. Your theme is saved to your
account, so it travels with you across your devices.
More on the reader itself in
How the reader works, and more on
the look of the app in
Reading themes and the background.