For those of us with old/bad eyes and find the default 12px font size too small in the editing window...
I've just spent 2 hours struggling through the various posts discussing how to increase the font size in the editing window. Lots of confusion and complaints, with some helpful posts.
In my case, I can't try any of the solutions b/c my company has locked down all the file permissions, so I can't use the editor to change any files. (Not to mention that it's probably a mistake to change source files anyway, no?)
Using the browser to increase font sizes has disadvantages as well.
Just a thought- given the interest in this topic and the struggle to customize this, should someone create a CKEditor skin that simply allows for control of backend editing fonts? Size, color, and font choice would be enough to make me happy.
I see very few custom skins in the Addons directory, and I don't really know if I know what I'm talking about. But I do know a simple, easy (i.e. no customizing any files) way to increase this font size and color would be really useful.
If you mean just changing the
If you mean just changing the font of the WYSIWYG area, without it reflecting in the submitted content, then I'm not sure if that's doable. I think it's browser dependent. If you mean having tools to change font styles, the Full package does have font size and color buttons. Is that what you mean, the Standard package not including them? You can also permanently change the default font by modifying the contents.css file in ckeditor's root folder (though that would require modifying some files).
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