Font Substitution in Safari?

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  1. Diomedes, Aug 4, 2005

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    Is there a way to substitute font display/size in Safari? On some sites, for example, the page is displayed in Geneva (which is a horrible looking font), whereas some display in very tiny Helvetica, and I would like to substitute one of my nice built-in faces. (I don't have Verdana installed.)
     
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  2. Mitthrawnuruodo, Aug 4, 2005

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    #2
    First thing you can try is to set Standard (and Fixed-width) font in Safari -> Preferences -> Appearance.

    If that's not enough you may make your own css file with all the fonts you want and tell Safari to use that in Safari -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Style Sheet.
     
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  3. Diomedes, Aug 4, 2005

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    Whenever I see Geneva, it's not using the fixed-width font I've specified.

    I kind of thought the CSS method would work..unfortunately, I don't know anything about CSS beyond its name and function...
     
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  4. Mitthrawnuruodo, Aug 4, 2005

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    #4
    Try making just a very simple css file (i.e. a text file with .css file ending):
    Code:
    body {
	font-family: skia, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
    And tell Safari to use that... (I haven't actually tried this, but it should work... ;))

    Edit: This works for me some places, coloring and size didn't work...
     
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  5. Diomedes, Aug 4, 2005

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    Does the CSS file need to live anywhere in particular for Safari to use it?

    I forgot I had Dreamweaver on my PowerBook, so I created a CSS file from one of the templates, and told Safari to use it...but nothing seems to be changing.
     
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  6. Mitthrawnuruodo, Aug 5, 2005

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    Nah... I had mine at the Desktop while testing...

    But you might have to empty Safari's cache to see any changes. Reloading doesn't always help (Safari is quite difficult that way sometimes)...
     
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