# How small can you go

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-can-you-go/652213>\
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**Created:** [March 6, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-can-you-go/652213 "2013-03-06T18:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-can-you-go/652213/21 "2013-03-09T01:06:47Z")

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> [@TBG](#):
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> Using the zoom function? :smack: That’s cheating!:mad:⭕(
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> Btw you can do that in most any browser, it’s not Ipad exclusive.😉  
> [sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sup][sup][sup][sup][sup][sup][sup]Try zooming in on this.[/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub] 😃

How about if I Size-7 your sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sup-sup-sup-sup-sup-sup-supped sentence?

ETA: Wow, still barely readable.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-can-you-go/652213/22 "2013-03-09T04:31:36Z")

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> [@Michael63129](#):
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> I don’t see how that can even be rendered with a proper font; here is what it looks like when zoomed in (no, not the browser zoom, I used MS Paint to zoom in 500%, which just enlarges the pixels used to display it; in this case, 2 pixels high, plus one for descenders):
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> [http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=kaiogg&s=6](http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=kaiogg&s=6)

> [@TBG](#):
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> Ipads must render it differently than chrome, because at 500% it’s still tiny in chrome.

Here is a screen capture from the iPad I’m on - [Link.](http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/ee76c97b-beda-45d0-974e-e64bf90740a9.png)

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