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Setting how pages are displayed

You can specify how pages appear when they open in Safari, including which fonts are used, whether or not to display images, and whether to use your own Cascading Style Sheet (CSS).

Many webpages specify their own fonts. Your font settings affect only pages that do not specify fonts. Webpages may specify style sheets that override your style sheet.

Choose Preferences from the Safari menu, then click Appearance.

To change the standard font or fixed-width font used in pages, click the appropriate Select button. Then choose the font you want to use in the Fonts window.

To prevent images from being displayed when pages open, deselect the "Display images when the page opens" checkbox. Turning off this option makes pages open faster, although you may miss important information.

If text in a webpage doesn't appear correctly, you may need to choose a different encoding from the Default Encoding pop-up menu. Choose an encoding that is appropriate for the language of the webpages you view most often.

If you want to use your own Cascading Style Sheet, click Advanced and choose Other from the Style Sheet pop-up menu. Locate your style sheet and select it.

You can also control the content displayed in some pages using the Security pane of Safari preferences.

Some websites are available in several languages and Safari can open pages in your preferred language automatically. Selecting a text encoding does not set your preferred language. To set your language, use the Language pane of International preferences.