How to assess font size and readability in a mobile menu

Use typography to establish the reading order

Customers should be able to find a product’s name first, then its price, and its description if needed. Giving all these fields equal visual emphasis can make scanning harder. A stronger weight can help the product name stand out, while the description can look quieter; making the description too faint to read is not a good solution.

Category headings should stand apart from product names without occupying most of the screen. A style chosen for one heading should carry the same meaning across other categories. Constantly changing fonts and decorations can make menu sections feel disconnected. Building the design around a few consistent text roles also makes it easier to maintain.

Include the most challenging content in the design sample

A sample screen built with short product names may look flawless. Try the real menu’s longest title, a description with several lines, and prices of different lengths in the same view. Also check that Turkish characters display correctly and text in other languages does not overflow.

Instead of shrinking all menu text to fit one long heading, examine line wrapping and how the available space is shared. The product name should not overlap the price, and the price should not be pushed somewhere that makes its product unclear. Simplify a heading with unnecessary repetition if needed, but keep information such as portions that customers need to decide.

Leave enough separation between lines and products

Readability involves more than character size. Closely packed lines can make a long description difficult to follow. Without enough separation between products, customers may be unsure whether a price belongs to the item above or below. Excessive space, however, can make a simple category unnecessarily long.

Hold the phone at a natural reading distance and read several products in the same category in sequence. If you frequently lose your place, examine description line spacing; if product groups blend together, review the layout between cards. This observation alone is not a standards compliance test, but it is useful for finding concrete usability problems.

• Do the product name and price appear to belong to the same card?
• Is the second line of the description easy to follow?
• Is a category change indicated only by a small gap?
• Are differences in size and serving style between similar products clearly readable?

Try the phone’s text size and zoom preferences

Different customers may use different screen and text sizes. Enlarge the text through the phone or browser and review the menu again. If some product names become hidden, cover buttons, or push prices off the screen after enlargement, the layout needs reconsidering.

Avoid choosing very small text values in theme customization settings. When evaluating a theme in Orvunai, look beyond the first category and open products with long descriptions and text in other languages. A business logo or brand lettering does not require the same decorative typeface throughout the menu.

Use a task for the final check

Ask a user to find the large-size price of a particular drink. Then have them check what comes with another product. If they constantly zoom to find information or read the wrong price, the problem may involve where and how particular text is displayed.

Do not leave the feedback at a single statement such as ‘the text is small.’ Record which field is hard to read, on which phone, and under what conditions. Then change the relevant text style or layout and repeat the same task. This provides a more controlled improvement than enlarging the entire design arbitrarily.