How to Change Font Size in Internet Explorer

How to Change Font Size in Internet Explorer

Submitted by Alvin Nyau on 29, 2008 View Comments

change-font-size-ie If you find that the font size of some web pages is too small and hard to read, you can actually increase the font size of web pages displayed on screen with Internet Explorer. Today’s tips will be guiding you through the ways of how to change font size in Internet Explorer.

To change font size in Internet Explorer:

Open Internet Explorer.
From the menu bar, click on the “View” menu.
Point to “Text Size”, then choose the text size that best meets your needs.

If the above method doesn’t make any changes in some web pages, it means that the particular web pages do not meet the proper design guidelines and their font sizes are “hard-coded”.
This blog, computertipsfree.com for some reason do not meet the accessibility guidelines, therefore you cannot change the font size of computertipsfree.com by using the method above in Internet Explorer.
However, there are still other ways to change font size of these web pages in Internet Explorer.

In order to change font size of web pages that with “hard-coded” font size, you must override their font settings. To do so, folow the steps below:

Open Internet Explorer as usual.
Click on the “Tools” menu from the menu bar, then select “Internet Options”.
The “Internet Options” window will then pop up, click on the “Accessibility” button located at bottom right corner.
In the “Accessibility” window, you can choose to:
- Ignore colors specified on Web pages.
- Ignore font styles specified on Web pages.
- Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages.
For example if you want to ignore the setting of font size of web pages, simply check the box of “Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages”.

Another method to change font size in Internet Explorer is to change the size of entire web page. Follow the steps below to do so:

Point the mouse cursor to anywhere on the web page.
Hold down the CTRL key and spin the wheel of your wheel mouse up and down.
As you do the text will either increase or decrease depending on which way you move your wheel.

If you do not have a wheel mouse, there is a windows shortcut that is able to change font size in Internet Explorer. Follow the steps below:

Open any web page using Internet Explorer.
Hold down the CTRL key, then press + to increase the font size, or press – to decrease the font size.

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Alice Geer said:

[cry] What I ma trying to do is permanently change the SIZE of the fonts on web sites. Not having to change each sitte every time I come to one. In other words peramanen tly change ALL webtsites font SIZES to what I need.

Thank you,
ALice

1, 2009 at 5:28 am

David Kennedy said:

I use and mouse wheel to change the font size, but have noticed that the automatic word wrapping does not recognise anything but the standard font size. I.e. it still wraps, but it wraps without knowing that the font size has changed, which means that with the fonts enlarged, the text falls off the Window and you have to use the scroll bar at the bottom to view the one side or the other. Surely this is a Microsoft bug that should have been patched by now?

14, 2009 at 8:56 am

NorcoWayne said:

[cool]
Thanks for the cntl-mouse wheal hel;

20, 2009 at 2:38 am

P said:

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5, 2009 at 7:31 pm

P said:

Thank you very much…

5, 2009 at 7:32 pm

Hannah said:

Thank you so much for the Control +. Finally I am able to see what I am reading and writing.

30, 2009 at 7:29 am

Alvin Nyau said:

You all are very much welcome! [haha]

5, 2010 at 11:14 pm

abdul said:

thanks this site help me alot thakyou very much:)

18, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Maggie Ames said:

I have downloaded a larger font that’s called APHonT. How can I get this font into my font list?? And also, how can I print it large? If I can’t read it on the internet, you can bet I can’t read it after it is printed.

Thank you for your time…

18, 2010 at 11:18 pm

Alvin Nyau (author) said:

You’re welcome, abdul. I’m glad it did help you out.

22, 2010 at 1:10 pm

Sharad Jadham said:

this helps, thanks

26, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Jan Robinson said:

The advice was well explained and did the trick, thank you very much and when I need to – I will access this page

27, 2010 at 1:18 am

Pushp Lamba said:

Thanks for the tips. They all work.

The only issue which remains, and also raised by a fellow reader (Alice Geer), is to permanatly change the font size to a desirable one without having to chage it each time.

Thanks for your time.

Cheers!!

28, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Alvin Nyau (author) said:

I’m very glad to know that it did help you guys out!
Thank you for visiting!

10, 2010 at 8:49 pm