# Font of messages changed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098 "2003-08-19T01:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098/1 "2003-08-19T01:50:54Z")

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All of a sudden the text of the messages are displaying in something like 14 pt Tahoma. Is this a change made by the board?

If not, and it’s something I have control over, how do I change it back to a more reasonable size serif font? I looked under options in the ‘user cp’ tab, and didn’t see anything.

(BTW, I don’t think it’s a change in my IE, since the other pages I’ve visited today haven’t undergone the same change.)

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098/2 "2003-08-19T02:00:32Z")

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Have you hit refresh in the meantime? They look fine from here. Sometimes your font size will change owing to a particular key sequence that escapes me at the moment. Click View and see what the Text Size is.

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098/3 "2003-08-19T02:14:26Z")

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Aha! “View” showed “larger”. Clicking on “medium” got me back to what I was used to seeing.

Beats me how that got changed, though, since I didn’t even know that option existed under view.

Live and learn.

Thanks, **dantheman**!

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-of-messages-changed/196098/4 "2003-08-19T04:46:40Z")

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The key sequence is ctl + mouse scroll wheel.