# Can someone tell me how to fix this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 12, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648 "2015-01-12T20:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648/1 "2015-01-12T20:24:07Z")
A couple weeks back, I tried to use two different text sizes (“1” and “4”) in a single post and it didn’t work. Not only that, I can’t use “1” now and all old posts that had “1” text in them now show the “1” text as larger than the standard text size (“2”?). How do I reset this? I would much appreciate the answer be given in Dick-and-Jane primer language (not literally), as this computer naïf is still not sure what “cookies” are and what “browser” means. Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648/2 "2015-01-12T21:00:34Z")
Did you change the default font size? CTRL + (CTRL and the plus sign pressed at the same time) and CTRL - will increase and decrease the font size. CTRL 0 (CTRL and the zero key) will reset it to the default size. If I recall correctly, this works the same on IE, Firefox, and Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648/3 "2015-01-12T21:49:02Z")
Test Line Size 1 Test Line Size 2 Test Line Size 3 Test Line Size 4 Test Line Size 5 Test Line Size 6 Test Line Size 7 Default Test Size (2) As **engineer\_comp\_geek** points out, make sure your browser default font settings are set first. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648/4 "2015-01-12T22:25:14Z")
Thanks, **engineer\_comp\_geek** and **Duckster** ; seems to be back to normal. I made a mental note as to what I did to “correct” it (for next time). Thanks, again. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-fix-this/709648/5 "2015-01-13T03:43:11Z")
Strange. I just now viewed the above post by **Duckster** with a variety of sizes using Ctrl+ and Ctrl- In every size, I see what I expect. The bigger the size, the bigger ALL of the sizes are from 1 to 7, and all are in the correct size sequence with respect to one another – not the result that OP has described. I am using an old version of Firefox on an old version of Linux, with only the standard off-the-shelf fonts installed.