Change the font of pop-up dictionary (look up)?

In macOS High Sierra the location of the files has changed. And maybe also the structure too. The files are now under:

/System/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_DictionaryServices_dictionaryOSX/

Why 'MobileAsset' I have no idea. But the files are not editable even using sudo or sudo su.

I really want to change these setting the Japanese-English dictionary as the kanji is just way too small for a learner to identify.

Jeong-hun Sin wrote:

Is there any way to achieve this or is this another example of Apple's infamous use-it-as-it-is-or-get-lost feature?

Not that I know of. Apple provides feedback for feature requests.

The more people who file the better the chances of getting it implemented. A use-it-as-it-is-or-get-lost company, wouldn't provide feedback.

I don't know how many people might be having that problem. I think it is a reasonable request.

But who am I?

Yes, that's what it looks like on mine also. What I'm saying is that without being privy to Apple's feedback files, there's no way to know if folks who didn't like filed feedback or not. If you take the attitude that just because it hasn't been changed, "Then, are there few people who want to enlarge the size of the font in pop-up dictionary" and don't file you do yourself a disservice.

I was facing the same annoying problem, and found the post with no answer.

However, I did figure out the trick.

I'm using "Oxford Dictionary of English" as my default dictionary, which is the default for most OS X users.

Then the format file for the popup is "/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford Dictionary of English.dictionary/Contents/DefaultStyle.css".

You can edit the file to get your desired effects. Attached with the changes I did. (You'll need to reopen your browser after editing the file)

Inzju

Thank you for your tip.

Thank you for the info lnzjuyou saved my life (btw, it seems you use sublime text)

This works the best for me:

body {

font-family: Baskerville;

font-size: 15pt;

margin-left: 0.9em;

margin-right: 0em;

margin-top: 0.5em;

margin-bottom: 0em;

}

Also, it seems that in El Capitan there is a little different path to the DefaultStyle.css file:

/Library/Dictionaries/Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus.dictionary/Contents/Resources/DefaultStyle.css

Also, you have to change this in each dictionary.

Thank you for tip! I've just added "body {font-size:15pt}" to DefaultStyle.css file, restarted the app and it work!

But I can't use it for pre-installed dictionaries with .bd filename extension.