Changing fonts in adsense

can it be done?

[Hugene]

Is it possible to change the font of the adsense ad? Or text size? I guess not, cause I can't find anything on the control pannel that would let you do that.

So, if I want to make a page where the adsense fits in really seamlessly, I have to use the same font type and size as the adsense ads. Is teh font Arial? What exact size is it? or does it depend of the size of the ad

thanks

[growingdigital]

I have seen it done before. Not sure how it was done, but have seen it on a few sites. However, be advised that it is against the AdSense TOS.

[Sanenet]

You can't change the adsense font, it's against TOS.

The font size changes depending on the size of the banner - if you right click it and "View Source" you can see the font used.

[Hugene]

cool, I got the type and size

it's weird that when I view the whole's page source, I see the google java ad code, but by rightcliking I can get the actuall html formating. I guess that's how the javascript works

[Jenstar]

Premium publishers have extra "perks" so that is probably what you have seen.

[robho]

it's weird that when I view the whole's page source, I see the google java ad code, but by rightcliking I can get the actuall html formating. I guess that's how the javascript works

The adsense ad is in an iframe, i.e. it's another (little) page within a frame the size of the ad. So it's just like looking at the source of framed pages - the whole page source gives you the frameset (in this case, your normal page) and looking at the source of one of the framed areas (by rightclicking, on target) you get you the source of that framed "page".

This is, BTW, why you can't style the ads with your stylesheet - they're on a different "page" with their own embedded stylesheet.

I agree it would be nice to be able to change the fonts. The only ad format with decent sized fonts is the 160 sky. I could do with a horizontal or box format with similar fonts (even if less ads).

I can't understand why such tiny fonts are used on the box ads, really makes them less readable than the rest of the site when the site is built with default font sizes.

[Hugene]

Is it againts the TOS to make the Adsense ads blend almost totaly with navigation links on a page?

[Sanenet]

It is if they catch you :)

That's the sort of thing that's pushing the boundry - you can't setup your site so that you encourage people to click.