# Increase font size? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 7, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127 "2018-11-07T12:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/1 "2018-11-07T12:15:31Z")
Is it possible to adjust the size of the font the SDMB displays in? Like individually, not for everyone. I didn’t see anything in the FAQ, but I may have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/2 "2018-11-07T12:40:26Z")
You can just use [Ctrl] and the mouse scroll wheel to zoom it perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/3 "2018-11-07T12:45:23Z")
My iPad lacks both the mentioned button and a scroll wheel, unfortunately! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/4 "2018-11-07T12:51:39Z")
You should be able to do that through your browser settings, if I’m understanding your question correctly. What browser are you using? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/5 "2018-11-07T12:52:41Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > My iPad lacks both the mentioned button and a scroll wheel, unfortunately! Settings \> Display \> Text size ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/6 "2018-11-07T14:07:09Z")
I’ve tried that, it only increases the Safari bits and has zero effect on how this board appears. Is there no place to increase the font size, for the user, on this specific site? Most sites seem to have such a function. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/7 "2018-11-07T15:00:18Z")
Settings \> General \> Accessibility \> Font Size ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/8 "2018-11-07T18:29:40Z")
And again, that only affects the Safari menus etc. Does zero to the font size for this board. Isn’t there a board tech who can answer this question? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/9 "2018-11-07T18:51:34Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > And again, that only affects the Safari menus etc. Try another browser then, that’s how everyone else changes the font size of the board to their liking. I suspect there’s no setting in vBulletin because it’s assumed to be a browser thing. In Chrome changing the font size works for all the SDMB text. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/10 "2018-11-07T19:01:08Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Isn’t there a board tech who can answer this question? No. We have technical staff who run the SDMB servers, but we do not have anyone on staff who is dedicated to providing tech support for users for issues with user devices. That said, we moderators will help you out as much as we can, and for general computer/tablet/phone/whatever or browser issues you are always free to start a thread in the General Questions forum. As for your specific issue, you may find this helpful: Change the font size or zoom level of web pages in Safari > **[Zoom in on webpages in Safari on Mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/zoom-in-on-webpages-ibrw1068/mac)** > > In Safari on your Mac, get bigger text and images for all webpages or a specific website. Also expand a window to full screen. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/11 "2018-11-07T19:42:05Z")
I appreciate the effort but those instructions won’t work on iPads which don’t have command or option keys on the keyboards unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/12 "2018-11-07T19:55:41Z")
It does give alternate instructions for changing the settings from the view menu instead of using the option or command keys. Does anything on this page help? > **[How to Make Web Pages in Safari for Mac Easier to Read](https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/safari-web-page-zoom-font-mac/)** > > In Apple's Safari web browser, there are several ways to make viewing web pages easier on the eyes. All of them involve adjusting the font size... ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/13 "2018-11-07T20:16:48Z")
Unfortunately no. Those instruction are for desktops. iPads have no view menu and you can’t ‘right click’ without a mouse. Again, appreciate the attempt, regardless. Thanks for taking the time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/14 "2018-11-07T21:08:02Z")
Unfortunately, built-in mobile zoom tends to only work on the full page. Even though the mobile skin is designed to fit everything on page, mobile zoom tends to ignore this beyond the first rendering. That said, I did read the double tapping might automatically make it larger? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/15 "2018-11-07T21:26:35Z")
The following seems like a not so elegant possible solution: > **[HOWTO change the font size in safari on the iPad and iPhone](http://andadapt.com/howto-change-the-font-size-in-safari-on-the-ipad-and-iphone/)** > > The ability to change font size can have an enormous impact on accessibility. Pinch and zoom is wonderful for this on iOS, but it introduces another problem. Zoom to much and you now have to scroll… ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/16 "2018-11-09T17:26:47Z")
This doesn’t do it? [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202828](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202828) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/17 "2018-11-09T17:39:50Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > This doesn’t do it? > > [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202828](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202828) I suggested those fixes in posts #5 and #7. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-font-size/824127/18 "2018-11-09T18:23:07Z")
^ From that webpage: > [@](#): > > You can change the size of your font in Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Phone, Notes, and other apps that support Dynamic Type. It doesn’t affect font size in websites.