[WEB4LIB] Font sizes in IE (was: Carrie Bickner's "Sticky Sites on a Shoestring")

[Jim Bailey]

Another possible solution for IE

To LOCK the fonts in Internet Explorer:

backup the registry and/or export the following keys:
go to Start>Run, type regedit. Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\Scripts

Right-click on the Scripts key, choose new>DWORD value, name it
Default_IEFontSize. Right-click on Default_IEFontSize and typoe in one of
the following numbers:

1=smallest
2=smaller
3=medium
4=larger
5=largest
=================================================
To lock IE font size so it can't be changed, backup the registry and/or
export the following keys:
go to Start>Run, type regedit. Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft

Right-click on the Microsoft key, choose new>Key, name it Internet Explorer,
right-click on the Internet Explorer key, choose new>Key, name it
Restrictions. Then you'll need to right-click on the Restrictions key ,
choose new>DWORD value, name Fonts. Right-click on Fonts, choose modify and
type in the number 1.

Jim Bailey (reghakr)
Technology Assistant
Erie County Public Library
160 E. Front St.
Erie, PA 16506
jimb at erielibrary.ecls.lib.pa.us

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Gray" <cpgray at library.uwaterloo.ca>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:30 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Font sizes in IE (was: Carrie Bickner's "Sticky Sites on
a Shoestring")


> You can take back control of font sizes in IE by turning on the "Ignore
> font sizes specified on Web pages" setting under Tools >> Internet Options
> .. >> Accessibility...  Then the View >> Text Size menus will work on any
> page.
>
> Chris Gray
> Library Systems
> University of Waterloo
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Dan Lester wrote:
>
> > Thursday, March 14, 2002, 3:14:22 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > AIM> I had no problem increasing the font size on Mozilla 0.9.7.  Not
sure if
> > AIM> that's because Mozilla is disregarding a fixed font size or the
> > AIM> competitors can't properly handle the style or something unrelated
to
> > AIM> either.
> >
> > I'd bet that it is that Mozilla is disregarding the fixed font size.
> >
> > AIM> Maybe the small font size explains the need for glasses:
> >
> > AIM> http://www.roguelibrarian.net/photo/decline.html
> >
> > Could be.  But I have a contact AND glasses, and still barely legal,
> > so....   No complaints, just the facts.
> >
> > dan
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dan Lester, Data Wrangler  dan at RiverOfData.com 208-283-7711
> > 3577 East Pecan, Boise, Idaho  83716-7115 USA
> > www.riverofdata.com  www.gailndan.com  Stop Global Whining!
> >
> >
>
>