Fontier is a Chrome extension, that helps Chrome users to change the default font size in the browser very easily.
I created this extension, because I work a lot with responsive websites, where we use relative (em) units for the content, and I needed a better and easier way to change the font size in Chrome (this setting is well hidden at the moment in the advanced settings).
##But what is it again? Check out these screenshots to to see how Fontier does the magic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/justbrq/sets/72157631509613949/with/7975619636/
##Installation The latest stable version of the extension can be installed from the Google Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fontier/dkbamaalakfhckcidgiigdinhcncaeae
If you would like to try the unpacked version of the extension, follow these steps:
- Clone the repository:
git clone [email protected]:heartcode/fontier-chrome.git - Open chrome://extensions in Chrome
- Select the 'Developer mode' option on the upper-right corner
- Click the 'Load unpacked extension…' button and select the fontier-chrome folder
- The little
icon should appear in the toolbar and the extension should be ready to go.
##Compatibility Fontier is compatible with Chrome 22.0.1229.79 and later versions
##Changelog ###16/11/2012 Version 0.5 - Trailing slash bug fixed. ###13/11/2012 Version 0.4 - Code refactoring. ###04/10/2012 Version 0.3 - The 'fontSettings' API is no longer experimental. First public release in the Chrome Web Store. ###11/09/2012 Version 0.2 - First release, temporarily uses the experimental 'fontSettings' API; Open Sourced and hosted on GitHub.
##Issues There is a bug in the native Chrome font size settings. After the font size is changed in Fontier, the user can't change the font size using the Chrome settings for some reason (issue 1). Hopefully in forthcoming versions of Chrome this bug will be eliminated.
If you experience any issues, please let me know using the Github issues page.
##Licensing The Fontier Chrome extension is an open source project and it is hosted on Github.
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2012 Róbert Pataki [email protected];
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