Google Chrome: Increase Text Size Instead of Zoom?
Firefox Has a "Zoom Text Only" Setting, If the Width of a Webpage Is Just Right, but the Text Is Too Small. Iirc, This Used to Be Normal in Web Browsers...
Firefox has a "Zoom Text Only" setting, if the width of a webpage is just right, but the text is too small. IIRC, this used to be normal in web browsers... not anymore.
Is it possible to do this in Chrome?
I am aware of the Font Size Increase extension, but it's not customizable, and the reviews are bad.
2 Answers
There’s an extension for chrome called Zoom Text Only which changes the size of only text, and preserves image sizes and webpage layout.
It adds the following hotkeys to zoom (only text):
Increase font size: Alt + -
Decrease font size: Alt + =
Reset font size: Alt + 0
It leaves all of Chrome’s regular zooming functionality alone, so the following hotkeys still work as before:
Zoom out : Ctrl + - / Ctrl Mouse-Wheel Up
Zoom in : Ctrl + = / Ctrl Mouse-Wheel Down
Reset zoom: Ctrl + 0
It changes all the fonts on a page without changing the website’s spacing, as seen below.
As a plus for anyone who might be interested, there’s even a link to the source-code on GitHub from the extension’s Chrome Web Store page.
Before:
After:
Totally ripped off from here:
How to set the font size for all webpages
You can adjust the size of text on webpages.
- Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- In the "Web Content" section, use the "Font size" drop-down menu to make adjustments.
Some websites prevent the browser from changing just text size. For those sites, Chrome won’t be able to adjust the font size.
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