change default font size

[cyberstorm]

I'm using Firebird w/ the Nautilus 1.6 theme. It only seems to happen on some pages, this being one of them. The font is so small I have to hold down CTRL+ to increase the size. I don't see any settings to change the font size in this browser. Is that something I have to adjust in the actuall OS? I'm using MDK 9.2.

[Guest LilBambi]

Hi Cyberstorm,I thought it would be a system wide change. I have not done the change because I didn't want to change it system wide, only in Firebird or Mozilla. So I continue to use Control+.But this is an excellent question, and I hope someone has figured a way to do it for Firebird and Mozilla without having to change the font size system wide.

[cyberstorm]

I'm going to go take a look on the Firebird page to see if anything is mentioned.

[Guest LilBambi]

Found this regarding several browsers changes to font sizes:http://lois.co.uk/services/access-fonts.shtmlNOTE: In Mozilla Firebird, it notates only the control +/- for font changing. However, after finding a reference to Chrome CSS file for Mozilla, I went looking in my profile for Mozilla Firebird (in Windows located in:C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\default\weirdnumber.slt\chromeand found the following file:userChrome-example.csswith the following commented out area that could be played with, note the default font size area below:

/* * Some possible accessibility enhancements: *//* * Make all the default font sizes 20 pt: * * * { *   font-size: 20pt !important * } *//* * Make menu items in particular 15 pt instead of the default size: * * menupopup > * { *   font-size: 15pt !important * } *//* * Give the Location (URL) Bar a fixed-width font * * #urlbar { *    font-family: monospace !important; * } *//* * Eliminate the throbber and its annoying movement: * * #throbber-box { *   display: none !important; * } *//* * For more examples see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html */

There may be something similar in MD9.2 in your /home directory .directory for Mozilla Firebird.http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html

Edited December 27, 2003 by LilBambi

[Webb]

Doesn't this theme have enlarge/decrease/reset text size buttons? Right click on an empty spot in the toolbar, click "Customize" and you should see them. If it doesn't have them you might want to use a different theme.

[striker]

Have a look here :http://texturizer.net/firebird/options.htm...#fontsandcolorsOne warning though : don' t mess with the system-wide fonts unless you know what you are doing.(read : don' t import fonts from windows)I've tried that on 3 different distros with the result of all 3 absolute useless after that regarding the fonts.I know somewhere in Bruno's tips for linux starters there was something mentioned about how to add fonts.If you want to add system-wide fonts now or later, go the way mentioned in that thread.I'm going to have a deeper look into my FB in some distro's now : after that I'll be back.

[striker]

Posting from SuSE 8.2 through FB now :I remember struggling with these fonts too now. Here's what I did :In the Tools menu go to Options > Web Features > Fonts and Colors button : click that button.Half way down at the right you' ll see Minimum Fontsize : adjust it to 10, 11 or if you prefer 12. That' s what did the trick for me.HTH

[cyberstorm]

Believe that did it. My minimum font size was set to NONE. I set it to 13 and now when I browse to this site there is no need for Ctrl+. Thanks again for all the help.

[Guest LilBambi]

striker, I just tried it in the Windows version of Mozilla Firebird and it works great there as well!Thanks! Missed that minimum font entirely!

[striker]

I'm happy the two of you get some benefit of it.I hope others who are struggling with this one will notice too.Back then it took me 2 weeks to find out, comparing FB in Windows and linux,adjusting this and adjusting that. Happy browsing !