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by samatman 2313 days ago
I don't know what the site author did to make it so the zoom button doesn't adjust the font size but I implore anyone similarly tempted: please don't do this.
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It's worse. The size of the text depends on the height of the window. Resize the window and it quickly becomes illegibly small.
If you're using chrome or it's derivatives, install the extension ZOOM TEXT ONLY.

For Firefox no extension is needed on desktop. Google how to do it. For Android Firefox, I use the add-on called LEGIBILITY.

There's built-in "Reader View" in Firefox (both desktop and mobile).

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clu...

I think it's the viewport "user-scalable=no" meta tag value?

That's a terrible thing to do to people who have poor or low vision, and the font size is small enough that it's almost a problem for people who have otherwise decent vision but require reading glasses!