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Peter Jones 2028/12/2020 08:32:46
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Hi, I would have expected this to have been asked previously but I guess my search skills are somewhat lacking.

I can't find a way to get a larger font?

I'm on an older 14 inch screen laptop and 8 (?) point font is just too difficult to see.

I couldn't find anything in settings or search or Firefox setting for specific web sites.

I'm sure it's too simple for most but not for me obviously

Thanks in advance for any help

Oh, I'm running Mint (Ubuntu/Linux) not MAC or Windoze

Martin Connelly28/12/2020 08:40:28
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Can you select the text then copy and past into something that allows you to change the font size. A word processor for instance.

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pgk pgk28/12/2020 08:45:33
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Crtl and + symbol together should enlarge the display in firefox

pgk

Frances IoM28/12/2020 08:50:18
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If your Firefox is reasonably recent then there is a funny symbol of 3 horizontal bars - clicking on this opens preferences just click on general (tho it normally opens in this) and go down to bottom of page under Language and Appearance - change default zoom but tick zoom text only

(or you could just change default font) - not all pages will display correctly tho - the dominant advertising meme has thrown away the original idea of HTML in that it was the user who choose how the info was displayed not the 16year old nerd who designed the page based on their teenage vision.

Edited By Frances IoM on 28/12/2020 08:52:04

Journeyman28/12/2020 09:17:26
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In Firefox use the Zoom function from the View menu. It will allow you to set the size of the page and this will be remembered for each site visited. If you have not got the menu bar showing go to the three bar icon top right and click on the menu that drops down click Customize. On the customize page at the bottom click the Toolbars button and then tick the menu bar.

John

Edited By Journeyman on 28/12/2020 09:18:17

Anthony Knights28/12/2020 12:51:22
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Using the mouse scroll wheel with control key pressed, zooms in or out.

Anthony Knights28/12/2020 12:52:24
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edited duplicate post

Edited By Anthony Knights on 28/12/2020 12:53:19

Nick Clarke 328/12/2020 14:02:33
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Posted by pgk pgk on 28/12/2020 08:45:33:

Crtl and + symbol together should enlarge the display in firefox

pgk

and Chrome and IE and Edge browsers

mark costello 128/12/2020 18:35:41
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We need a "like" button and an electronic pint to Nick.

clivel28/12/2020 19:57:57
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Posted by pgk pgk on 28/12/2020 08:45:33:

Crtl and + symbol together should enlarge the display in firefox

For completion's sake:

Ctrl + (control and +) will zoom in
Ctrl - (control and -) will zoom out.
Ctrl 0 (control and zero) will restore the default size.

Clive

Meunier28/12/2020 20:29:03
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Additionally, Ctrl + mouse scroll-wheel fwd and backward achieves font size change.

DaveD

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