Well, this was the closest. It sounds like what you tried. Maybe his div overlay is the only option.
http://fullfatcode.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/a-simple-jquery-font-chooser-plu gin/ Thanks Steffan > From: Šime Vidas <sime.vi...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:42:05 -0800 (PST) > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Select with different fonts for each element > > > I made it work in Firefox, but in IE it seems impossible to style each > OPTION element individually, same problem in Chrome.... > > But, I have an idea... give me a minute :)