I want to override webpage fonts but tools/options/fonts and colors/advanced/[]Allow pages to choose their own fonts doesn't work (unchecking it)

tools/options/fonts and colors/colors does work to some extent - it does not overide link colors, but I don't really care about that. ^+ and ^- (ie control plus/minus) do work to change size to some extent - everything bigger/smaller, but of course not everything size=20, eg. I know there must be a way to do this sort of thing because years ago I could do it in Netscape.

Some extensions that you can look at:
* Default FullZoom Level - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/6965
* NoSquint - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2592

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    I was having problems with some sites having such faded lettering that I couldn't even read them. So I unchecked the box for "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above". That screwed EVERYTHING up...backgrounds on websites are gone and buttons are hardly recognizable on some pages (including this one). I went back to re-check that box, and that option is no longer in the menu...the whole sentence and it's associated check box are completely gone. I even tried tabbing through to see if I just couldn't see them, and nothing. Absolutely disappeared. I also tried checking and unchecking the same box under the "advanced" button settings and that made a difference on how web pages looked, but did not fix the problem...Help???

    Did you look here?
    *Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
    Note that these settings affect background images.
    See also:
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Website_colors_are_wrong
    You can also change this by toggling the <b>browser.display.use_document_colors</b> pref on the <b>about:config</b> page.
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

  • Some sites don't have symbols unless "allow pages to choose their own fonts" is checked

    With option "allow pages to choose their own fonts..." deselected, some symbols are improperly displayed.
    I think I know what's happening. With the option selected, FF displays some symbol characters with the wrong font.
    But, this doesn't make sense, since these symbols are not in any language font. None of them will produce the correct symbols if selected as the personal preferred font. So, it's incorrect to render these symbols in any of the fonts selected as my personal preference, regardless of status of this option.
    So, FF should use the a symbol font for these symbols regardless of this preference setting.

    You can accomplish what you want with a user style. Here are step-by-step directions. If you need any more help, just ask.
    # Leave "Allow pages to choose their own fonts" enabled.
    # Install Stylish.
    #* https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stylish/
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    <u>'''Variant #1'''</u><br>
    This is the easiest and safest thing to do. It applies your default sans-serif font to all sites, except those you specify. To specify exceptions, replace the placeholders with actual domain names. To add new exceptions, add another '''|''' symbol followed by the domain name.
    <pre><nowiki>@-moz-document regexp("https?://(?!(example-of-an-exception.com|www.placeholder.site-exception.net)).*") {
    * { font-family: sans-serif !important; }
    }</nowiki></pre>
    <u>'''Variant #2'''</u><br>
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    You're going to want to specify your ideal font first, then the site's fonts after that. If certain characters can't be rendered with the font you want, then Firefox should fall back to the second font in the list, or the third, and so on. If none of the specified fonts contain the required characters, then Firefox will display the Unicode codepoints (rectangles with numbers in them).
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    }</nowiki></pre>
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  • "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, and not my selection above" only shows squares with numbers in them for all english characters

    When ever I select this option firefox only shows characters that appear when you do not have foreign fonts installed, except for English. The characters are squares with numbers in them at the bottom of the character.

    Try to set the Boolean pref <b>gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.use_gdi_table_loading</b> to <i>false</i> on the <b>about:config</b> page.
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

  • Need a shortcut to "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above option preference" I know where it is and how to use it but I have to go through 7 mouse clicks to change it, then a few minutes later change it back. I also k

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    == This happened ==
    A few times a week
    == made that way

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggledocumentcolors-198916/
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  • Even with "Allow pages to use their own fonts" enabled, firefox sill dictates fonts on some sites. WTF.

    I built my website to show some work I did, everything was fine in firefox 3.6 but i upgraded today and now the font styles i wrote into the page are being overridden somehow.
    Yes, i checked allow pages to use their own fonts.

    That should work unless the specified font is missing or corrupted and in that case you need to (re)install that font.

  • Firefox option "Allow Website to choose their own font/color" fails in High Contrast

    On Windows 8.1 and Firefox 32, the option to Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above" Fails completely if Windows 8 is using a High Contrast Theme.
    Regardless of the Windows Theme, Firefox should allow pages to use their designed colors otherwise problems will exist on a number of sites. Including the Mozilla.org page.
    With the Allow Pages... turned on, it should look like this:
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    http://yosemitelandscapes.com/temp/incorrect.jpg
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    I have tried "reverse logic" and turned these options on and off to see if the behavior changed. Pages refreshed and even closed and reloaded. I can find no way to work in High Contrast Themes and allow pages to show up normally in Firefox 32.
    I much prefer the security and design of Firefox. Help us please!!!

    That's a painful example. I don't have access to Windows 8/8.1 myself, but I suspect this is by design, as I have seen other screenshots from users using high contrast dark themes that did not have background colors and images.
    Firefox 32 contains a change from this bug: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042625 Bug 1042625 - Page should be drawn in accordance with the high contrast themes]. The testing (and a comment in the patch) refers to solving a problem on Windows 7, but apparently Windows 8 also was affected.
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  • Hello! Is there a way to create a shortcut that toggles on/off the checkbox "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above" located in Tools/Options/Content/Colors? I have to change this setting many times and need to speed it up.

    I have looked for add-ons that could automate this configuration change, but to no avail. Only web page actions can be recorded in a macro, but no configuration changes.
    A shortcut to get to the appropriate dialog box would help as well. I could manually tick/untick the box while saving all the several steps needed to get there. But I have not found it anywhere.
    Thank you very much for any help you can provide me.
    Best regards,
    Alex

    Hi, I want to drop a note to say thank you, cor-el. Your answer was better and faster than I could have expected. It not only solved my problem, but also opened new possibilities for more quick configurations.
    I am now obliged to follow your example and join this wonderful community of volunteers that help others to enjoy this fantastic browser.
    Best Regards!
    Alex

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