diff -r c7c0e3c25efb config.def.h
--- a/config.def.h	Tue May 18 14:20:24 2010 +0200
+++ b/config.def.h	Sun May 23 13:37:59 2010 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     { MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_j,      zoom,       { .i = -1 } },
     { MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_k,      zoom,       { .i = +1 } },
     { MODKEY|GDK_SHIFT_MASK,GDK_i,      zoom,       { .i = 0  } },
+    { MODKEY,               GDK_0,      zoomtext,   { .i = 0  } },
+    { MODKEY,               GDK_minus,  zoomtext,   { .i = -1 } },
+    { MODKEY,               GDK_equal,  zoomtext,   { .i = +1 } },
     { MODKEY,               GDK_l,      navigate,   { .i = +1 } },
     { MODKEY,               GDK_h,      navigate,   { .i = -1 } },
     { MODKEY,               GDK_j,      scroll,     { .i = +1 } },
diff -r c7c0e3c25efb surf.c
--- a/surf.c	Tue May 18 14:20:24 2010 +0200
+++ b/surf.c	Sun May 23 13:37:59 2010 +0200
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 static void usage(void);
 static void windowobjectcleared(GtkWidget *w, WebKitWebFrame *frame, JSContextRef js, JSObjectRef win, Client *c);
 static void zoom(Client *c, const Arg *arg);
+static void zoomtext(Client *c, const Arg *arg);
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
@@ -805,6 +806,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
+void
+zoomtext(Client *c, const Arg *arg) {
+	WebKitWebSettings *settings;
+	gint fontsize;
+
+	settings = webkit_web_view_get_settings(c->view);
+	g_object_get(G_OBJECT(settings), "default-font-size", &fontsize, NULL);
+	//default size according to webkit docs is 12; FIXME: figure out how to get setting defaults
+	fontsize = (arg->i == 0 ?  12 : fontsize + arg->i);
+	g_object_set(G_OBJECT(settings), "default-font-size", fontsize, NULL);
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	int i;