Changing fonts in Safari

I use Earthlink web mail and the font changed to something I hate. How do I change the font to something more palatable. If I go into preferences the sytle sheet says "none selected." Any ideas? Thanks.

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I think you may have a font conflict.
Copy a section of the font you hate.
Then paste it into text editor.
What font does it say it is???

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[IMG]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/cosmac2007/th_Picture13.png[/IMG]
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http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/cosmac2007/Picture14.png
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Why is Apple taking away our abilty to change the default font in Safari? I have better looking fonts I can use. This sort of stuff should be a configurable option. I'm the user. I know what I want best.
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Where /how do i change font size permantly and where do I find this in the OS?

debfrommidwest wrote:
I have gone to view to increase but of course that is only long enough until I close page,
....I would like not to have to set my print each time I open computer.
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http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-6.0.2&os=osx&lang=en-US
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Theme Font & Size Changer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/theme-font-size-changer/
NoSquint
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nosquint/
Theme Font & Size Changer can adjust the size of the type Firefox uses in the toolbar area.
NoSquint remembers per site web page zoom levels and you can set a minimum size for all web pages so any site you visit is made bigger automatically. Safari doesn't do this.
You can see the difference between Firefox and Safari in this picture.
Note: Firefox is highly customizable browser, and I added the green with the yellow type, you won't see that when you first start using it.
It did that to match my desktop picture, grey is depresssing.

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After updating to Safari 3.1, I noticed that some fonts in Safari now display as Helvetica fractions. However, when I use Firefox to view the same Web page, they display fine. I am using Suitcase Fusion 12.1.6 and manage Local Fonts. Some of the local fonts do not appear in the preview pane and say they are missing. I have located them and tried to add them (repaired first, all fonts do not need repair) but Suitcase will crash each time I locate the font.
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I am using Suitcase Fusion 12.1.6
12.1.7 is the current version. You should probably update.
but Suitcase will crash each time I locate the font.
Either the font is bad, or Suitcase's database is bad. That it tells you local fonts are missing points more towards a problem with Suitcase.
To reset Suitcase, close the application. It will give you a minor warning about available fonts. Click Quit. If you are NOT using Suitcase's vault, in your user account, go to ~/Library/Application Support/Extensis/Suitcase/ and delete the file:
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