Increasing font size problem

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Allen B
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Increasing font size problem

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Default fonts are too small, and increasing them causes problems on modern sites. Lines bunch up and overlap. Parts are cut off. Old sites were fine, they'd increase their table cell size to compensate.

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jscher2000
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Re: Increasing font size problem

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If you set a "Minimum" font size in the Fonts dialog, unfortunately, that does not trigger proportional enlargement, so the text can overflow the allotted space based on the assigned font size. Keeping the Minimum font size set on None and using zoom works better.

I have to zoom this site to 150% to read it.
Allen B
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Re: Increasing font size problem

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Ok, that's interesting. I wonder can I set a default minimum zoom level for all sites?
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Re: Increasing font size problem

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In a lot of cases I use code in userContent.css to set a monospace font for important text content (usually editors and post-body content) and a specific font-size if it is too low.

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@-moz-document domain(forums.mozillazine.org){
 .postbody, .content, .codebox code {color:#000 !important; font-size:14px !important; font-family:"DejaVu Sans Mono"!important; word-wrap: break-word}
 textarea {color:#000 !important; font-size:14px !important; font-family:"DejaVu Sans Mono" !important;}
}
There is a Zoom section in Settings to set the default zoom level and Firefox can remember site specific settings via the Site Preferences.
Settings -> General -> Language and Appearance -> Zoom

about:config => browser.zoom.siteSpecific
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Re: Increasing font size problem

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Allen B wrote:I wonder can I set a default minimum zoom level for all sites?
On the Settings page, General panel, Zoom section.
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Re: Increasing font size problem

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Interesting, thank you both.
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