I've been sharing this tip with my clients for years, and thought it a good idea to share it here too. Some of us are visually challenged and find it difficult to read the text on many web pages. Even more frustrating is that the text size varies from web site to web site.
The cool thing is that there is a keyboard trick you can do to easily increase or decrease the size of text on any web page you're visiting. And this trick works in both Internet Explorer and Firefox (as well as other internet browsers).
To make text larger, hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard and then hit the + sign. You can keep hitting the plus the sign while the CTRL key is held down to zoom in a couple of times.
To make text smaller, hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard and hit the - sign (minus key to the left of the + sign). Again, as long as you are holding down the CTRL key, you can keep hitting the minus key.
Using this little trick, you can quickly and easily change the text size of web pages so they're easier to read.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Why Some Fonts Have Missing Characters
Are you a font junkie? I am! I'm always downloading free fonts and adding them to my computer. Some of my favorite sites to download fonts from include:
Downloading fonts allows you to be more creative in your projects. But one of the common problems with download fonts is missing characters and other limitations. Perhaps the apostrophe was missing ... or you couldn't make the text italicized or bold ... these are common problems with downloaded fonts.
These problems occur when the person who created the font didn't create all the characters (like apostrophes) or variations (like italicized or bold) when creating the font.
When simple characters are missing (like an apostrophe), the fix is simple. Just make the apostrophe (or other missing character) a different font. It's okay to use one font for your main text and another for your apostrophes (exclamation points, commas, etc.).
Substituting fonts is the quickest and easiest way to fix missing characters.
However, if you can't make your text italicized, bold or regular ... you're only option is to use another font that does have these options.
Hopefully this tidbit of info will help solve some of your font problems.
Downloading fonts allows you to be more creative in your projects. But one of the common problems with download fonts is missing characters and other limitations. Perhaps the apostrophe was missing ... or you couldn't make the text italicized or bold ... these are common problems with downloaded fonts.
These problems occur when the person who created the font didn't create all the characters (like apostrophes) or variations (like italicized or bold) when creating the font.
When simple characters are missing (like an apostrophe), the fix is simple. Just make the apostrophe (or other missing character) a different font. It's okay to use one font for your main text and another for your apostrophes (exclamation points, commas, etc.).
Substituting fonts is the quickest and easiest way to fix missing characters.
However, if you can't make your text italicized, bold or regular ... you're only option is to use another font that does have these options.
Hopefully this tidbit of info will help solve some of your font problems.
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