Instruction for Linux users

Altering your fonts in Firefox

If you are having difficulties seeing or reading on-screen fonts (e.g. Tahoma or Monotype Corsiva), you may wish to alter the fonts displayed.

  1. Click 'Edit' or press 'Alt'+'E'.
  2. Click 'Preferences', or press 'N', to open the ‘Options’ dialog box.
  3. Make sure the 'General' option is selected.
  4. Click 'Fonts & Colors', or press 'F' to open the 'Fonts and Colors' dialog box.
  5. Click the box next to 'proportional:' and choose your font type serif or sans serif or press 'Tab' until the option box is highlighted and use the arrow keys to expand it and choose your font type and press 'Enter' to select it.
  6. Choose your specific font by clicking on the 'Serif:' or 'Sans-serif:' drop down menus depending on what font type you selected for 'Proportional' and scroll down and select the font you want or 'Tab' into the relevant drop down menu 'Serif:' or 'Sans-Serif:' and use the arrow keys to move up and down the list. Once the font you want is highlighted press 'Enter' to select it.
  7. Check 'Always use my: Fonts', or tab to the box and press 'Spacebar'.
  8. Click 'OK' or press 'Enter'.
  9. Click 'OK' or tab to 'OK' button and press 'Enter'.