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Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 6:49 am
by p0pperini
I'm posting this here as I couldn't find a "suggestion box" section.

I know watch people wear a loupe permanently and that's how they can see miniscule things, but it seems an inconvenience when it comes to reading the text on this forum. I searched in vain for the option to increase the font size (possibly because it's there but too small for me to see...).

Is there any chance that the option to choose the forum font size could be added at some point? I find it actually makes my eyes water reading the posts here - particularly on an iPad, which is what I spend my evenings using as a browsing device, while my other half watches programmes about people buying houses or cooking.

BTW, I know one can zoom in and out using Ctrl-mousewheel on the PC or pinch-zooming on iThings, but there's plenty of times (particularly on the latter devices) where that doesn't work well.

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 7:29 am
by Tanukjaju
Are you using safari? I’ll have to test on that platform.

I’m on safari on my iPhone... and past the age so I need reading glasses.

Meanwhile...as we try to sort this out and see if there is a solution....

https://www.google.com/search?safe=off& ... i+browsing

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 7:34 am
by blueradish
I’m in Firefox and have actually been noticing the same things myself. Maybe the default font can be bumped up on the backend.

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 7:38 am
by p0pperini
Sorry, I should have mentioned what browsers I'm using. On iPad I'm using Safari and Chrome. On PC I use Chrome.

The font size I'm seeing right now while typing this in the "Quick Reply" field is pretty large (equivalent of, say, 14pt or more), but then when it gets to the posted messages, it's tiny (like 8pt or thereabouts).

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 7:57 am
by Tanukjaju
Oh wait... forgot to tag [mention]Emilio[/mention] ... our brain surgeon.

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 9:36 am
by blueradish
n0bby wrote: March 24th, 2019, 7:38 am Sorry, I should have mentioned what browsers I'm using. On iPad I'm using Safari and Chrome. On PC I use Chrome.

The font size I'm seeing right now while typing this in the "Quick Reply" field is pretty large (equivalent of, say, 14pt or more), but then when it gets to the posted messages, it's tiny (like 8pt or thereabouts).
I agree, on my 27" Mac monitor it looks to be 8-10pt while reading threads.

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 10:12 am
by Emilio
Let us look into this. I reckon there is an easy solution

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 10:52 am
by p0pperini
Emilio wrote: March 24th, 2019, 10:12 am Let us look into this. I reckon there is an easy solution Image
It's going to be "use the loupe", isn't it...

:lol:

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 11:49 am
by TimemiT
I'm all in for the bigger font! ... even the colors ... on the dark gray screen setting .. sometimes the username is dark red and is almost impossible to read

I'd rather use the dark screen setting because it wastes less battery on my laptop

Re: Forum font size

Posted: March 24th, 2019, 1:19 pm
by blueradish
n0bby wrote: March 24th, 2019, 10:52 am
Emilio wrote: March 24th, 2019, 10:12 am Let us look into this. I reckon there is an easy solution Image
It's going to be "use the loupe", isn't it...

:lol:

:lol: :lol: