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Leon
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 268
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Posted: Sat 11 Mar 2006, 21:57 Post subject:
How to set a menu font size for the Mozilla's applications |
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Every now and then I notice questions about how to increase a menu font size for one of the Mozilla's applications, usually for a web browser. There are few different ways to do that.
This is an example for SeaMonkey:
- Close all the SeaMonkey's applications if some are open.
- Click: Start -> File managers -> ROX-Filer file manager
- In the ROX window right click -> Display -> Show Hidden (the check box should be enabled)
- Click: .mozilla -> default -> 7oma673h.slt (this is a profile directory and could have a different name) -> chrome
- If the userChrome.css file exists -> right click it -> choose the 'Open As Text' menu option
- Move a cursor to the end of the edited userChrome.css file.
- Press Enter to start a new line and type in your prefered menu font size setting like:
Code: | * {font-size: 12pt !important;} |
A menu font could be set by typing in:
Code: | * {font-family: Arial !important;} |
Usually it is recommended Tahoma, but I prefer Arial.
- Press Enter to start a new line and save the file.
Start SeaMonkey and check the result.
PS:
If the 'chrome' directory does not exists then:
- in the ROX window right click -> New -> Directory -> at the end of the path in a text field type in:
If the userChrome.css file does not exists then:
- in the ROX window right click -> New -> Blank file -> at the end of the path in a text field type in:
- in the newly created file type in your prefered font settings like:
Code: | * {font-size: 12pt !important;}
* {font-family: Arial !important;} |
W a r n i n g
The font size settings must be placed outside of the comment signs /* (the start of the comment sign) and */ (the end of the comment sign). This is a comment example:
Code: | /*
* This text is a comment.
*/ |
This are the paths of the 'chrome' directory of the Mozilla's applications in different Puppy versions on my computer:
Mozilla - /root/.mozilla/default/7oma673h.slt/chrome
SeaMonkey - /root/.mozilla/default/1i1jciei.slt/chrome
Firefox - /root/.mozilla/firefox/zezfkl57.default/chrome
Thunderbird - /root/.thunderbird/hkivshw5.default/chrome
Sunbird - /root/.mozilla/sunbird/42r03oir.default/chrome
Last edited by Leon on Thu 03 Dec 2009, 12:05; edited 5 times in total
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Flash
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 13653 Location: Arizona USA
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Posted: Sun 12 Mar 2006, 08:59 Post subject:
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Thanks, Leon. That should be very useful. Is there a way to make Mozilla use a global font setting for Puppy? Several users with poor eyesight have asked how to make all the fonts in Puppy bigger.
Here's another post from a thread that might be relevant.
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Leon
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 268
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Posted: Sun 12 Mar 2006, 22:35 Post subject:
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Flash wrote: | Here's another post from a thread that might be relevant.
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?p=41717#41717
"... however you use Puppy, it would be nice if default settings were done in a way that is consistent throughout Puppy and easy to figure out how to change, if possible." |
Yes, that would be nice.
Flash wrote: | Is there a way to make Mozilla use a global font setting for Puppy? |
Not as I know.
- However, Mozilla or SeaMonkey have one common profile with stored settings for browser, e-mail client and HTML editor.
Other Mozilla's applications have its own profiles.
- I also noticed that good readability depends very mutch from fonts. Arial or Tahoma are good for menus and Verdana for text contents.
Here are my font settings for Mozilla:
Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Fonts
Proportional: Sans Serif, Size:14
Serif: Verdana
Sans-serif: Verdana
Cursive: Times New Roman
Fantasy: Verdana
Monospace: Courier New 14
Minimum font size: 14
Allow documents to use other fonts: checked
Display resolution: 72 dpi
Flash wrote: | Several users with poor eyesight have asked how to make all the fonts in Puppy bigger. |
- Only for some fonts:
Start -> Control Panel -> Set global font size
- Some other ways of how to get crisp and clear font display in Puppy:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=4437
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Lobster
Official Crustacean

Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15588 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Sun 19 Mar 2006, 23:16 Post subject:
Re: How to set menu font size for Mozilla's applications |
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Leon wrote: | Every now and then I notice questions about how to increase menu font size for one of the Mozilla's applications, usually for web browser. There are few different ways to do that.
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Not sure if this applies to Firefox too (where I get small fonts)
but have put the info here:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/FontResizeFirefox
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Leon
Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 268
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Posted: Mon 20 Mar 2006, 05:39 Post subject:
Re: How to set menu font size for Mozilla's applications |
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Lobster wrote: | Not sure if this applies to Firefox too (where I get small fonts) |
Leon wrote: |
Here are the paths of 'chrome' directory of Mozilla's applications and SeaMonkey in different Puppy versions on my computer:
Mozilla - /root/.mozilla/default/7oma673h.slt/chrome
SeaMonkey - /root/.mozilla/default/1i1jciei.slt/chrome
Firefox - /root/.mozilla/firefox/zezfkl57.default/chrome
Thunderbird - /root/.thunderbird/hkivshw5.default/chrome
Sunbird - /root/.mozilla/sunbird/42r03oir.default/chrome |
This is the path to Firefox user configuration file on my computer:
root/.mozilla/firefox/zezfkl57.default/chrome/userChrome.ss
'zezfkl57.default' directory could have a different name.
Lobster wrote: | but have put the info here:
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/FontResizeFirefox |
Fine. Thank you.
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