The new siteschemes are officially moving out of beta, and with it we are going to change the default look of the site to one of these great new themes. Please decide which theme you think should greet new users and visitors of the site and vote today. Voting will be open for 1 week.
I want to send out my gratitude to![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
branchandroot and the entire ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif)
ij_siteschemes volunteer crew! You guys have done an AMAZING job!!!
Poll #2017 Siteschemes
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Also we have uploaded a new alternate sitescheme, it is a black and white theme (sans-tweak and tweak-says for those that don't like him). It is called Monodramatic, it, too, is available in dropdown and sidebar options.
You can select any of the available siteschemes at http://www.insanejournal.com/manage/set
I want to send out my gratitude to
branchandroot and the entire ij_siteschemes volunteer crew! You guys have done an AMAZING job!!!Poll #2017 Siteschemes
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Which of these siteschemes would you prefer to be the default?
View Answers
Dramatic - Dropdown 
95 (11.1%)
Dramatic - Sidebar 
149 (17.5%)
Worksafe - Dropdown 
163 (19.1%)
Worksafe - Sidebar 
446 (52.3%)
Also we have uploaded a new alternate sitescheme, it is a black and white theme (sans-tweak and tweak-says for those that don't like him). It is called Monodramatic, it, too, is available in dropdown and sidebar options.
You can select any of the available siteschemes at http://www.insanejournal.com/manage/set
side by side browser view screencaps
in case it helps, here are screen images:
side-by-side comparison of Sidebar-worksafe screencap from the OP/poll, and what I actuallly get when I choose this view, #1
ditto, for the other half of the screen
how IJ default dropdown homepage appears when i am logged out, i.e., it's scaled correctly.
as you can see, it's not just that the sidebar view option has large font. the whole layout is scaled up. font might (or might not) remain proportional.... i'll leave that to the designers to figure out.
good luck!
Re: side by side browser view screencaps
If that is still larger than you prefer, you can change it to whatever suits you best by going into the menus under Safari > Preferences > Appearance and resetting your default fonts. Resetting that will cause the entire site sizing to scale down, because the layout widths are all defined proportional to whatever font is in use.
Changing your default font will also cause any other websites that do not have a font defined to display in your preferred font and size, so that's an extra bonus.
Re: side by side browser view screencaps
Re: side by side browser view screencaps