"enlarge default font size"

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"enlarge default font size"

Between early cataracts and not being able to get computer glasses made right. I am tryingn to figure out how to enlarge the default font size for text in all (most?) of Safari. When I click on the "make the font larger" feaure [A/A], it makes headlines scream and doesn't do all that much for reading.

If I am finding the correct place at which one would normall deal with it, the alternatives that seem to work best for me have disappeared. I believe I had set it manually set to 15, but once I tried to change it, it would only go back to up to 14 and then 18, which is too big. It would be great if someone could help me with this. Thanks.

I'm using Mountain Lion 10.8.4 and am almost sorry I upgraded.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jun 16, 2013 4:47 PM

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Answer 1

TildeBee

Level 7

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Jun 16, 2013 8:50 PM in response to semi-Luddite

Rose --

I wish I could find you a better answer on our Apple resources, but I can't. Another contributor here has written a nive FAQ article for you exactly situation (one my Dad tried to solve for years).

Web browsing for hard of seeing users

by ds store

Web browsing for hard of seeing usershttps://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5351

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baltwo

Level 9

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Jun 17, 2013 2:48 PM in response to semi-Luddite

Ronald P. Regensburg wrote at MacInTouch:

These Terminal commands allow you to change the fonts and sizes in Safari 6 in Mountain Lion. You might have to empty caches (enable Develop menu in Safari 6) to see the result and remove the css setting (to "nothing selected"). Font names with spaces need to be between quotation marks. Change yours accordingly.

Full example for proportional font:

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily 'Lucida Grande'

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 14

Full example for fixed width font:

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Monaco

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 11

For my settings

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily Times

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 14

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2FixedFontFamily Courier

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFixedFontSize 14

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