Font Size While Surfing

Did you know you can change the size of the font for the web page you’re viewing? There may be a few exceptions to this (such as inline CSS and/or font tags within the page), but generally your browser will allow you to choose the font size while you’re surfing the web. Each browser is a little different in how/where you change this setting.

Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Content tab and then choose your font and font size and click Ok.
Internet Explorer 6: Tools -> Internet Options -> General tab -> Accessibility button -> in the pop-up window tic the box next to “Ignore Font Sizes Specified on Web Pages”. Then create your own CSS stylesheet and tic the box to use your own and browse your computer to find your stylesheet and click Ok to use and save your settings.

Creating your own stylesheet is simple: open Notepad and add this code:

body {
font-size: 12px;
}

Then save your new stylesheet as ie-surf.css (or name it whatever your want, just save it as a css file).

If you also want to surf using a specific font and font size, tic the box in IE above the “Ignore Font Sizes…..” that says “Ignore font styles specified on web pages” and then add this line to the above stylesheet coding and save it all as a css file.

font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;
So you end up with this in your style sheet to control both the font and the font size:

body {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;
}

If you want to temporarily view a page with a different font size, click View -> Text Size and then increase or decrease the size from there.

As you can see from the above instructions, using Firefox is much easier to adjust your font and font size while viewing, but it can be done with Internet Explorer as well.

August 17, 2006 | Filed Under For Clients Only 

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