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I just installed Safari 6 on my MBP using Lion. I noticed that the text at the default size of Safari 6 was smaller. I looked at the preferences to increase the size of the text, but there is no setting. I compared to Firefox and Chrome and the text is noticeably smaller.
Has anyone noticed this?
Any way to set default for larger text?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Same. I've been scouring for where the Font settings went.
Inconceivable that Apple decided to remove them. It's a basic need for so many of us.
Some suggest CSS style sheets are the answer, yeah, for CSS coders maybe, but not for average users who may need to make things larger, or a different font for better readability.
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Edit: Zooming is defaulted to entire page, FWIW, there's the option to zoom text only. That helps *a tiny smidgeon*...
Still need to find a way to change default fonts w/o resorting to CSS.
Message was edited by: darrenm
Just saw another post by someone asking where the font and font size preference is located; Same issue we have been talking about.
I know I can pinch to make bigger; but I don't want to have to do it for each web page.
same here!
i need to change the standard fonts websites are displayed...
apple - please give us back the appearance tab!!!
I did not find any setting to change the default font size.
Safari > View
Click "Zoom Text Only".
Highlight the text and then press command and + keys.
Command and - reverses the action.
This is a major showstopper for me. However I suggest just waiting a couple of days. There has to be an accessible solution for this that will appear on one or another of the major Mac sites or in the forums here. Maybe Apple itself will restore this essential setting.
I have created three separate Style Sheets, named Calibri.css, Lucida Grande.css and Trebuchet.css.
The code for all three style sheets appears below, separated by dashes -- create a new file in TextEdit, make it a TXT file (as opposed to a RTF file), select text from /* to } and copy and paste to your new text file, save it as *.css (* being the name you want to use). You can change the font to any you have installed.
Then, simply go to Safari -> Preferences -> Advanced and choose which style sheet you want to apply. I have customised my Toolbar to show the small/large A/A to change font size. Perhaps some kind soul can add to the code below to force a fixed sized font.
Alternatively, look for a Safari Extension called HelveticaTheWorld and force all pages to be displayed in Helvetica (the ugliest font ever invented).
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/* From Apple Discussion Board Suggestions */
\* {
font-family: Calibri !important;
}
body, p, b, i, u, h1, h1*, h2, h2*, h3, h3*, h4, h4*, h5, h5*, h6, h6* \[class\], \[span\], \[id\], \[style\] {
font-family: Calibri !important;
}
/* My custom defs */
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, td, input, * {
font-family: Calibri !important;
}
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/* From Apple Discussion Board Suggestions */
\* {
font-family: Lucida Grande !important;
}
body, p, b, i, u, h1, h1*, h2, h2*, h3, h3*, h4, h4*, h5, h5*, h6, h6* \[class\], \[span\], \[id\], \[style\] {
font-family: Lucida Grande !important;
}
/* My custom defs */
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, td, input, * {
font-family: Lucida Grande !important;
}
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/* From Apple Discussion Board Suggestions */
\* {
font-family: Trebuchet MS !important;
}
body, p, b, i, u, h1, h1*, h2, h2*, h3, h3*, h4, h4*, h5, h5*, h6, h6* \[class\], \[span\], \[id\], \[style\] {
font-family: Trebuchet MS !important;
}
/* My custom defs */
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, td, input, * {
font-family: Trebuchet MS !important;
}
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Wow.
But, wouldn't it have been easier for Apple just to have a font preference for font and size?
I have been posting about the disappearance of the Appearance (Safari -> Preferences -> Appearance) since I discovered its removal from Safari 6. A couple of days ago I downloaded the nightly build of Webkit (Ver 5.x.x) and the Appearance tab was still there.
I would assume (guessing, really) that the removal of the Appearance tab, and hence the ability to set Font & size, is related to the iCloud feature where Safari on your desktop/laptop is linked/sync'd with all your iDevices.
Thanks for your analysis and the info that the appearance tab is there. I don't tust my data to be somewhere where i have to access with an internet connection. Hope they don't take all options?
I wonder if it has anything to do with the Retina display for the new 15" MBP? Safari 6 may have been optimized for the Retnia and somehow reduces the font size in our non-retina screens?
FYI, I service web sites and I always noticed that the text was one size bigger in the browser versus what i would see in the html editor. Not just Safari, but Chrome and Firefox; Now in Safari 6 it looks exactly like it does in the editor window. Could it be that they are now showing a more accurate view of what web site developers are creating?
Apple has always felt that they know better; They don't always like consumers to have individual choice?
hey guy...
i’ve had the same issue looking for the "appearance preference" except in my case i do like the font smaller even.
i’ve read the feature page of safari (link below) and although we should assume it refers to the latest version of safari (being 6.0) — it doesn’t reflect it. at the very bottom of that page, second to last paragraph on the right column, it refers to the "default font preference" — the now missing feature.
http://www.apple.com/safari/features.html
is it a software issue, or an out-of-date apple webpage... time will tell.
in the meantime i’ll try and send a note to apple.
if i hear back i’ll let you know.
thanks for doing that.
should the missing feature be permanently gone, this may come in handy.
(in the meantime i’ll use chrome)
as a side note re: helvetica, please omit free personal opinions next time.
many designers will dissagree with you and that can only open inappropriate debates.
if you want to understand why, see helveticafilm.com — a documentary on its history and classic usage
I've watched the documentary on Helvetica -- my life as a designer started with transfer lettering (I was still wearing diapers, I think) and where I grew up you could only get Helvetica and Times Roman. I then progressed to one of those lettering machines which used clear tape and again the only fonts available were (you guessed right) Helvetica and Times Roman. I was confined (condemned?) to use these two fonts for more than 15 years (!!) so when Adobe and Monotype first came out with their Font CDs, I went crazy spending loads of cash on purchasing different fonts.
My goto fonts now: Minion Pro and Myriad Pro -- in my opinion two very elegant fonts, which I will never tire of using.
They took out the font sizer for some reason. I'm disabled I need that feature. Dumb move IMHO.
Guys --
Go to Safari Preferences > Advanced.
Then adjust the size of type to display as you like it.
This one is set to 10, but you can up to 24 if you need to.
Hope this helps.
Yes, the suggestion above takes care of the size issue, though it is not quite the same as setting a default font size, which you could do in previous versions. Meanwhile, if you want to select a different default font without learning how to create style sheets, you're out of luck. If this bothers you as much as it does me, please send feedback to Apple at: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ .
Safari 6 on Lion, text much smaller?
