How to Change Text Size or Colors

Summary

Change Text Size with Zoom

Most web browsers let you increase and decrease the size of text, images, and other web page content with "zoom" features. Some browsers let you choose to zoom only the text size.

To change the zoom in most browsers, press the following two keys at the same time:

• In Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS:
  • To zoom bigger: "Ctrl" and "+" keys
  • To zoom smaller: "Ctrl" and "-" keys
• Mac OS:
  • To zoom bigger: "⌘" and "+" keys
  • To zoom smaller: "⌘" and "-" keys

Browsers provide specific guidance on different ways to change the page zoom or text-only zoom:

• Google Chrome - Change text, image, and video sizes (zoom)
• Apple Safari - Zoom in on webpages
• Mozilla Firefox - Font size and zoom
• Opera - Zoom
• Internet Explorer - Ease of access options
• Microsoft Edge - Ease of Access in Microsoft Edge
• Vivaldi - Zooming options in Vivaldi

Other Text and Color Changes

Some browsers provide the functionality to set different aspects of font and colour in the default view.

• Mozilla Firefox - Change the fonts and colours websites use
• Opera - Look and feel > Fonts
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - Ease of Access Options

Other text and colour settings are available in Reader View.

Reader View

Most browsers offer a “Reader View” or “Reading View” that shows just the main content; it gets rid of navigation, ads, etc. Some browsers let you set the text font, text size, text colour, background colour, and line spacing in Reader View.

• Apple Safari - Hide ads when reading articles
• Mozilla Firefox - Reader View for clutter-free web pages
• Microsoft Edge - Change font style and size for Reading view in Microsoft Edge
• Vivaldi - Reader View

Advanced Options

There are many browser extensions and add-ons that provide additional control over how the browser displays text and other content.

While most browsers no long support user style sheets, extensions provide similar advanced user control. For example, the Stylus extension is available for several major browsers.