change default fonts

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Art Vandelay OP

Created Dec ’18

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Prior to Mojave, I was able to use the following commands to change the default font in Safari:

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2StandardFontFamily 'Helvetica'

defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2DefaultFontSize 14

These commands no longer work. Something has changed. Does anyone know what the new Terminal commands are that will work with 10.14?

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kendall_john OP

Aug ’20

I've been able to achieve the same result by using a user style sheet.
Create a text file in a safe place with the following contents:

Code Block body { 
  font-family: "Helvetica"; 
	font-size: 14px;
}

Let's say you named it mystyle.css

Then, in Safari go to Preferences... -> Advanced

Click on the Style sheet pop-up menu, and select Other...
Show Safari where mystyle.css is in the file dialog that opens.
You should see instant results.

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