Problems with site legibility

How do I make the text size on the website larger?

To ensure we offer you the best advice, it would be really helpful if you could e-mail us a 'screenshot' of how the ATL website appears on your screen. To do this, go to the ATL website, and press the 'Ctrl' key at the same time as the 'Print screen' key (this is along the top of your keyboard, to the right of F12). You then open up a new e-mail, and paste the screenshot into the e-mail by pressing 'Ctrl' and 'V' at the same time. Please send the e-mail to

webfeedback@atl.org.uk.

 

To increase the text size, or change colours on the ATL website, please follow the instructions below.

 

For Microsoft Internet Explorer users

  • Using the menu bar at the top of the screen select ‘Internet Options’   - this will be either in the ‘View’ or ‘Tools’ menu.
  • Click the button that says ‘Accessibility’.
  • To remove background and font colours, click the box next to ‘Ignore fonts now showing on web pages’ so that it shows a tick mark.
  • Click ‘OK’, then ‘OK’ again to close the Internet Options menu.
  • Go to the ‘View’ menu and select ‘Text size’. 
  • Another menu will pop up – choose the text size you prefer from this list.

For Apple Mac users

  • Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser.
  • Select the 'edit' menu at the top of your window. 
  • From the options menu which appears, select 'preference'. 
  • Click on 'web content'. 
  • Deselect the button marked 'show style sheets'. 
  • Return to the list of preferences. 
  • Click on 'web browser'. 
  • Select 'language/fonts'.
  • Select the font size you require.

Netscape Navigator 6+ users

  • Select 'Edit' from the menu at the top of the window and choose 'Preferences'.
  • Open the Appearance group and click the 'Fonts' category.
  • Next to 'For the encoding' should read Western to tell the computer which types of letters and symbols to use. From 'Size' select 18.
  • Next to the Variable Width Font field is a drop down box: select 'Arial'.
  • The Fixed Width Font box should already read 'Courier New'. From 'Size' select 18. 
  • To override the fonts used by the designer of the web page, select 'Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts'.
  • Click 'OK'.

More information

For more information, see the Terms and conditions of this website. For any additional queries, contact ATL by completing the helpdesk form.