Font size - can members edit this?

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The discussion revolves around whether members can edit font sizes on the forum. RBrown initially asked if members can make font sizes bigger, to which HAWK replied that users can zoom in using their browser, but an admin would need to customize the CSS for individual font size settings. awesomerobot suggested that an admin could implement a theme with larger font sizes, allowing users to select it in their personal preferences.

codinghorror mentioned that zooming in the browser is the easiest way to increase font size, while sam noted that the large font setting is particularly useful on mobile devices. sam also shared a method to achieve this using the hamburger theme selector and a large theme.

The conversation concluded with codinghorror and sam discussing the possibility of adding a large fonts option to the 2.1 release, which codinghorror emphasized as a priority. RBrown thanked everyone for their helpful responses.

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Hi all,

Out of curiosity, is there a way that members can make the font on the forum bigger or is this an admin job?

Appreciate the help in advance.

Thanks,
RB

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Users can zoom using their browser but there is no individual setting for font size.
An admin would need to customise the CSS.

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An admin could implement a simple theme that makes the font size larger or smaller (there’s a good post detailing this here), and then a user could select to use that theme in their personal preferences.

4

The easiest way is to simply zoom in the browser, like so:

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The one place a really like our Large Fonts where the dialog does not help is on mobile.

I tend to click this on mobile, there is just something I like a bit better about big text on meta when browsing on mobile:

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To achieve this you would use Hamburger Theme Selector , and then the large theme @awesomerobot mentioned

6

We were supposed to ship 1.9 with a large fonts option but it got pushed back.. did you want to add that to the 2.1 release?

7

Yes, we have user selectable theme components on 2.1!

8

Make sure large fonts (and maybe even small fonts) ships with it then..

9

Thank you all for your responses. It has been really useful.

RB