{"id":5854,"date":"2013-06-22T19:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2013-06-22T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T23:31:59","slug":"how-to-resize-text-in-chrome-without-zooming-the-whole-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-resize-text-in-chrome-without-zooming-the-whole-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resize text in Chrome without zooming the whole page"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob can’t figure out how to increase text size in Chrome
\n<\/strong>I’m using Chrome. The text is a wee bit too small on most web pages. When there is one of those font size increase \/ decrease buttons, I use it, so that the text can be increased without increasing the size of any graphics or going too wide on the side margins (which is what happens when I use the Chrome Zoom feature. I just want to increase text only, nothing else. Alas, more often than not, there is no font increase \/ decrease radio button, and I wind up using the Zoom tool which messes up any other tabs I have open. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

So, in your travels on the Internet, have you come across any program that will add a font increase \/ decrease? (I have a feeling that if something like that existed, it would be a (shudders) toolbar, so that it would work across all websites.<\/p>\n

Thanks!
\nBob<\/p>\n

Our answer
\n<\/strong>Hi Bob. You can change the size of the text on Web pages without also increasing the size of the page and its content. Click on the settings icon in the top-right corner of Chrome (it looks like three horizontal bars). Now click “Settings” in the menu, then click the “Show advanced settings” link near the bottom of the Settings page. Now scroll down and look for Web Content. Under Web content you’ll fine Font size (see the image below):<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

You can choose Large or Extra Large. This will not increase the size of images or ads on the page.<\/p>\n

If you want a nicer looking layout without any pictures or menus, you can install the Readability Extension for Chrome. Readability will remove all the images and ads from most pages, and just leave the text, which you can easily resize.<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture of Readability in action:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

The second image was after clicking the Readability button on a Chrome browser with the Readability extension installed. As you can see (and these images are half the original size) the text is much bigger in the second picture than in the first.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in installing Readability (Free) for Chrome, visit\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/FrKXm<\/a>\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

We hope this answers your questions and gives you some other ideas about making text on Web sites more readable for you!<\/p>\n

This may be just what you’re looking for – we hope so!<\/p>\n

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