# A Question On Font

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056>\
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**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056 "2003-08-14T01:46:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056/1 "2003-08-14T01:46:12Z")

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I accidentially hit the keyboard in a peculiar way, and now the font on the SDMB looks both larger and peculiar. How do I get out of this?

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056/2 "2003-08-14T01:49:24Z")

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Assuming you are using IE, go to View\>Text Size and try changing it to medium (the default, I believe).

Or whichever size gets it back to normal.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056/3 "2003-08-14T08:09:03Z")

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Or hold down \<ctrl\> and roll your mouse wheel.

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**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056/4 "2003-08-14T13:55:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*  
> \*\*Or hold down \<ctrl\> and roll your mouse wheel. \*\*

Thanks for that info, **Mangetout**. I was never aware of that feature. There have been times when I wanted to temporaily alter my display font size, but I was too lazy to follow the menu path because I knew I’d have to repeat the proces to change it back.

Yeah, I know that it means I’m _incredibly_ lazy, but if you factor in the relative value of the return on costs…

Keen!

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-font/195056/5 "2003-08-14T16:25:25Z")

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Thanks, **Mangetot** , it worked.