This mini-HOWTO should help. It has a specific section for Netscape: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU.html
Tom john smith wrote: > > how can I fix netscape's ugly fonts? how? I can barely read the fonts esp. > when visiting sites with really small fonts they are almost > unreadable...well, except maybe if you use a magnifying glass or a > microscope or something. then it becomes better. it said in the font HOWTo > that netscape fonts can be changed in the .Xdefaults file. I can't find that > file anywhere!