# Did the font size change?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839>\
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**Created:** [September 18, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839 "2014-09-18T16:27:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839/1 "2014-09-18T16:27:38Z")

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Everything looks way smaller, just on this website.

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**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:** [September 18, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839/2 "2014-09-18T16:33:01Z")

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No it did not. Perhaps you did something.

On a Windows machine, using a quality Tier I browser:

[ol]  
[li]If you want to increase your font size select the key combination \<CTRL\> +.[/li][li]If you want to decrease your font size select the key combination \<CTRL\> -.[/li][li]If you want to return to the default font size select the key combination \<CTRL\> 0.[/li][/ol]

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839/3 "2014-09-18T16:35:19Z")

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That fixed it, thank you. I probably did do something.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-size-change/698839/4 "2014-09-18T18:21:32Z")

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I’ve found that font changes can sometimes be legacy issues from previously-visited web sites. A simple clearing of browser fixes that.