[roving]

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/better-text-view/lgpampdcaamdbdapdembdohcjadnfopg

[Bob434]

Wi does 10?

To get to the ClearType take an entry to the Control Panel and select the Display option.
On the right pane of the Display window click on Adjust ClearType Text link.
A ClearType Text Tuner window will appear on your screen. Select the checkbox Turn on ClearType and click Next button to go to the next step
After turning on the ClearType Text Tuner, you will see five windows exhibiting the samples of the text that you wish to set.
So click Next on the following five sample windows by selecting your required text type.
On the appearance of last window click Finish after completing the tuning of the text for your monitor.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-make-text-darker-on-windows-10-screen/86ed8f4d-d6d9-45ed-878f-92aa036445f0

[Red Badger]

Ctrl +.......

[OrioleFan]

You mean like this.

[Ahithophel]

All the answers are in the HTML Sandbox posted by Freeper Hebrews 11:6, fren.

[aquila48]

I use the Opera browser - it is the best for reading Freerepublic (other sites as well). You can easily zoom to whatever size you want and it “reflows” the text, so you don’t have to scroll sideways.

My sight isn’t that great either and it works really well for me.

Give it a try.

[null and void]

Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Basic formatting:

Line break <br>
Paragraph break <p>
<blockquote>

Indented paragraphs

</blockquote>
<u> underline </u>
<i> italics </i>
<b> bold </b>
<s> strikethrough </s>
<tt> typewriter text </tt>
<font color=red> Red font </font>
Several colors available, play around and find ones you like…
"Hidden" text: <font color=white> White font </font>
To reveal, drag cursor over blank area...

<font size=1>Smallest FR font</font> Displays as:
Smallest FR font

<font size=7>Largest FR font<font> Displays as:
Largest FR font

Or

Step font size up or down with <big>bigger</big> and <small>smaller</small>

Posting a link:

General:
<a href=[web address]>[title]< /a>
Example:
This: <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1179145/posts">Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal</a>
Posts as this:
Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

Posting an image:

General:
<img src="[web server location]">

You can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace on line to be posted here. Best bet is to save the image to an image hosting service, I use imgbb. In Firefox right click and select "Copy image location", in Safari right click and select "Open image in new tab" and copy the address in the address bar. Other browsers have similar tricks. Imgbb allows you to imbed codes to do all the HTML heavy lifting automatically.

Example:
This: <img src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">

Posts this:

Tip: control the size with "width=nnn" like so:

This: <img width=200 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

While This: <img width=100 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

Posting a video:

You can pre-cue a YouTube video by adding a t parameter to the link. Like so:
<a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=35s>Bill Ayers on Obama</a> Posts:
Bill Ayers on Obama
While
<a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=3m13s>Bill Ayers on Obama</a>
Posts:
Bill Ayers on Obama

Now about that home page of yours…

Protip: Make the very first thing <blockquote> this will move everything that follows a wee bit to the right, giving you a nice left margin. Of course since any HTML command anywhere will be assumed to require HTML for every bit of text, all your paragraphs will need to have paragraph <p>, and line breaks <br>…

[dangus]

darkreader.org has a program which allows you to replace fonts, change brightness, reverse colors, etc. I like to use it when I read at night to reverse so I see white on black instead of black on white.

[Vermont Lt]

Folks are telling you how to post. I dont think that is what you meant.

You can adjust brightness and size on your browser, but that is not going to make typeface “bold” throughout.

Without trying to sound snarky, have you considered getting higher magnification reading glasses? I’ve been fighting it myself, but blue block reading glasses are very useful from time to time.

[Thank You Rush]

Are you talking about FR or everything?

For FR, you can hold down CTRL and move your cursor over the print to enlarge to any size you want. For other reading, don’t know!

[Sacajaweau]

I have readers...1.25 for computer.....2.0 for reading. It’s all about distance fro9m your computer or book.

[SunkenCiv]

In Windows browsers, I’ve found that Control-+ and Control-minus moves the font size up and down. I use this all the time. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

Works in Notepad as well, I use that all the time too.

[TomGuy]

You can change the font in your browser setting. Note that the change will be universal -- applied to all websites.

How to change the font size in my browser

[daniel1212]

You need to clarify where you are referring to. Browser, FR reading or postiong, desktop, smartphone?

[katana]

Left Arrow B Right Arrow , and same with /B to turn off (no spaces)

like this

[kiryandil]

Did you try Dark Reader?

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh

Dark Reader - Chrome Web Store

detail › dark-reader
Dark Reader inverts bright colors, making them high contrast and easy to read at night. You can adjust the brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode, font ...

[kiryandil]

The Dark Reader extension for web browsers
Posted on 6/20/2024, 12:51:20 AM by ganeemead

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4245461/posts

Freeper needs a little advice about hard to read screen.
Posted on 5/12/2024, 9:23:18 PM by rapture-me

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4237405/posts

[Weirdad]

It can be done. Apologies if this approach was already here but I only say how to make text bigger.

Some of the ideas here will sort of work, but the web sites often override what you have set.

On FreeRepublic the way John R seems to have set it up, the browser largely behaves itself so you can set it in many browsers.

The problem is that the more modern browsers have started letting you pick font and font size, but not BOLD.

So you have to choose a naturally BOLD font.

For example, I use Brave a lot. If I go through the menu to the point where I can pick fonts, then the address in the web site bar (URL bar) at the top, instead of this:

https://freerepublic.com

reads this, and I have included edge browsers too
Firefox is a little different, just go to preferences —> general, and to the bottom to the font area. (You can override the web site’s font also in Firefox, but you probably will not like it on most sites, so do not check that box unless you want to try it elsewhere.)

brave://settings/fonts <—BRAVE BROWSER
edge://settings/fonts <— EDGE BROWSER

At this point, PICK A NATURALLY BOLD FONT. This may not be obvious.

The one I would try is
change Ariel to Ariel Round MT

If you have a FreeRepublic tab open, as soon as you change that in Brave or Edge or even Chrome, the FR tab will change and basic text will be bold! This makes it easier to test different fonts. Ariel Round MT is pretty bold.

Specially crafted text in some FR articles might not change.

Try that and see if most text in FreeRepublic is not just Big, but also BOLD. BIG and BOLD, sounds appropriate here!

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