Web page fonts?

[gasmansteve]

Hi all
Really pleased with Ubuntu everything works perfectly, just one thing - how do I increase fonts on web pages please?. Using Firefox 3.0 and I nearly need a magnifying glass each time. Entering `zoom` a few times gets it ok to use but those settings not saved and have to be entered each time.
Regards
Steve

[noerrorsfound]

Edit | Preferences | Content

It has an option for changing the default font size.

[gasmansteve]

Thanks for quick reply. Yes I already found that but even set at size 17 makes no difference,whatever size I choose ?
Steve

[Mike'sHardLinux]

How about point your mouse at the webpage, hold down Ctrl key, and scroll your mouse scroll wheel?

[gasmansteve]

Cheers for that Mike. Easy when you know how
Steve

[Mike'sHardLinux]

You're welcome.

Something I just noticed, though. It seems that this scales the whole web page, including the graphics, which don't look as good scaled. There may be a better solution.....

[CatKiller]

Thanks for quick reply. Yes I already found that but even set at size 17 makes no difference,whatever size I choose ?
Steve

Edit → Preferences → Content → Fonts & Colors → Advanced → uncheck "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above."

[gasmansteve]

Thanks Catkiller. I`ll try that tonight .
Steve

[mcduck]

Edit → Preferences → Content → Fonts & Colors → Advanced → uncheck "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above."

I wouldn't recommend that, as it will definitely change the way how web pages look by forcing all pages to use the exact fonts you have configured..

Instead just set the minimum font size in the same place and you'll be fine.