Re: Mozilla Debian Package 1.2.1-9

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 16 Feb 2003, Nathan Poznick wrote:
> Thus spake Jeff Elkins:
> > Regarding this package, is there a way to enlarge the menu font sizes? They 
> > are so tiny I'm going blind!  I'm at 1024x768, but prior to the upgrade it 
> > was much more readable.
> 
> Probably the best way to do this (and ensure that it sticks) is to do
> this:
> 
> In your ~/.mozilla/something/somethingrandom/chrome/ directory, create a
> file called userChrome.css
> Into it, place something like:
> 
> * {
>     font-family: verdana !important;
>     font-size: 12pt !important;
>   }
> 
> Really all you _need_ to set is font-size.  Note that it's just a normal
> CSS file for the most part, so you can use the various ways of
> specifying the font size (pt, px, mm) if you so desire.
> 
> I use this with mozilla and phoenix to ensure that I get XFT AA'd fonts
> for my menus.. you can also do the same in userContent.css, with entries
> like:
> 
> input {
>       font-family: verdana !important;
>       font-size: 12pt !important;
>   }
> select {
>       font-family: verdana !important;
>       font-size: 12pt !important;
>   }
> textarea {
>       font-family: verdana !important;
>       font-size: 12pt !important;
>   }
> 
> ...Which will force all the basic form components to use that specific
> font/size.
> 
> What can I say, I like to be consistent :-)
> 
> 

Thanks for this tip - the font size in menus had been bothering me for
years. Excellent!

AC


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