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# Accessibility and Appearance Settings

The **Design** tab lets you adjust the PlayAbility interface for readability and visual comfort. Changes apply immediately and are saved for future sessions.

## Change the application language

1. Open **Settings**.
2. Select **Design**.
3. Under **App language**, choose the language you want to use.
4. Review the page after the interface updates.

The application language and the voice-recognition language are separate. Change the speech model under **Settings → General → Voice Recognition**.

## Choose light or dark appearance

1. Under **Design**, find **Default appearance**.
2. Select **Default light** or **Default dark**.
3. Check text, buttons, and status indicators on several PlayAbility pages.

This chooses PlayAbility's default color scheme; it does not change the Windows appearance setting.

## Choose an interface font

1. Find **Font** in the Design section.
2. Select one of the fonts available for the current language:
   - **Lexend**
   - **OpenDyslexic**
   - **Atkinson Hyperlegible**
   - **Inter Tight**
3. Read a mapping name, settings description, and menu label to compare the result.

Lexend is the default. Font choices depend on the writing system used by the selected application language:

- Latin-script languages offer all four choices.
- Russian offers Atkinson Hyperlegible and Inter Tight.
- Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Hindi use the system typeface because the bundled accessibility fonts do not cover those scripts.

When you change the application language, PlayAbility automatically chooses a supported font if the current one is not available.

## Change interface text size

1. Find **Text size**.
2. Move the slider through **Extra small**, **Smaller**, **Default**, **Large**, **Larger**, or **Largest**.
3. Check that tabs, buttons, and descriptions remain comfortable to read.
4. Leave the slider at the preferred step.

PlayAbility's text-size setting builds on the operating system's text size and is separate from Windows display scaling.

## Select an additional color theme

Additional themes are available to Pro Edition subscribers.

1. Open **Additional themes**.
2. Choose a theme from the list.
3. Check contrast on the Profiles, Mapping, and Settings pages.
4. Return to **Default light** or **Default dark** if the additional theme is not comfortable.

The additional-theme selector is disabled for a free account and displays a **Pro Edition subscribers only** badge.

## Verify accessibility changes

1. Leave Settings and open **Profiles**.
2. Confirm that the selected language, font, and text size are still active.
3. Open **Mapping** and check labels at the normal window size.
4. Restart PlayAbility and confirm that the choices persist.

## Troubleshooting

### The font controls are missing

The selected application language may use a script that is not covered by the bundled fonts. PlayAbility uses the system typeface instead.

### The selected font changed after changing language

PlayAbility replaces a font when it does not support the new language. Choose from the fonts now displayed for that language.

### An additional theme cannot be selected

Additional themes require an active Pro Edition subscription. **Default light** and **Default dark** remain available to every account.

### Text is still too small or too large

Adjust both PlayAbility's **Text size** and the operating system's accessibility or display settings. They scale independently and combine.

### A theme has insufficient contrast

Return to **Default light** or **Default dark**, then use the theme that makes controls and status states easiest to distinguish.

## Related articles

- [Configure PlayAbility Settings](https://help.playability.gg/en/article/configure-playability-settings-1waq08b/)
- [Use Dwell Controls and Cursor Stabilization](https://help.playability.gg/en/article/use-dwell-controls-and-cursor-stabilization-1qoef8a/)
- [Create and Customize the On-Screen Gaming Overlay](https://help.playability.gg/en/article/create-and-customize-the-on-screen-gaming-overlay-1i1h52b/)