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    <ol> <li><p>It seems that this is a feature Google Maps API does not support yet, or fails to take into consideration.<br> <br> The comments in <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/J9_D85PCfCI" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this forum</a> state the same.<br> Apparently the street labels are "baked into the map tiles", so there's no way of actually change the font size/styles.<br> <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/Lp4cZLVVa-Q" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Broken link #2</a>*.</p></li> <li><p>Regarding your second question:<br> If you only want the street labels to show, I suggest to read through the <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/styling" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Styling section of the Google Maps API</a>. Once you have gone through this document, you'll find you can easily get a JSON from the wizard <a href="http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/styledmaps/wizard/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Broken link #4</a>*, which you can add to your map.<br> <br> All you'll have to do is to set all the feature labels Visibility to Off except for the "Road".<br> Then click on "Show JSON", you should get something similar to this:</p></li> </ol> <p>Google Maps API v3 Styled Maps JSON:</p> <pre><code>[ { featureType: "administrative", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] }, { featureType: "landscape", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] }, { featureType: "poi", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] }, { featureType: "transit", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] }, { featureType: "water", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] }, { featureType: "road", stylers: [ { visibility: "on" } ] } ] </code></pre> <p><a href="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=43.644103,-79.377015&amp;zoom=16&amp;format=png&amp;sensor=false&amp;size=640x480&amp;maptype=roadmap&amp;style=feature:administrative|element:labels|visibility:off&amp;style=feature:landscape|element:labels|visibility:off&amp;style=feature:poi|element:labels|visibility:off&amp;style=feature:transit|element:labels|visibility:off&amp;style=feature:water|element:labels|visibility:off&amp;style=feature:road|visibility:on" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here is the static image of the resulting map</a> the wizard also provides. <br> <br> <hr> <br></p> <h1>* FROM REVIEW:</h1> <p>As of 2017, Links #2 and #4 are broken...</p>
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