# IF YOU WANT TO USE TEENSY-WEENSY TYPE, it's \[sub\] not \[SIZE=1\]!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593 "2005-03-08T23:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/1 "2005-03-08T23:47:17Z")
I’m only going to say this ONCE. Pay attention. If you try and code your responses using [Size=1] and [/Size] then your whole message ends up with screwy type font. It looks just like this. However is you use [sub] and [/sub], then it’s properly diminuative. This has been a public service, fuckwits. I don’t want to see this type again! [sub]Which if you people had a scintilla of inductive intelligence you could have worked it out for yourselves without me having to go through all this explanation. **GAH.** _Mazzen frazzen frickken fracken muzzen fuggen_ idiots.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/2 "2005-03-08T23:49:39Z")
Wha? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/3 "2005-03-08T23:50:14Z")
Nitpick, here. You are aware that [sub] is for subscript type? Not, technically, for teenytiny type? Of course, [sup] and [/sup] works just as well, from your POV, I’d think. [sup]See what I mean?[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/4 "2005-03-08T23:50:47Z")
Huh? It all looks the same to me… ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/5 "2005-03-08T23:51:33Z")
size=1 works for me ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/6 "2005-03-08T23:51:52Z")
Really? They have an almost identical result for me, save for vertical alignment - what browser are you using? And it’s diminutive, innit? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/7 "2005-03-08T23:52:18Z")
Either would do in a pinch. But both are heaps better’n [size=1]! ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/8 "2005-03-08T23:54:28Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Either would do in a pinch. But both are heaps better’n [size=1]! No, really they all look the same. Am I missing something here? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/9 "2005-03-08T23:55:12Z")
I’ll admit I see the OP’s point, of course I’m using an imitation\* browser, myself, and if I really cared I could just get off my duff and start using Firefox, or something else. \*[sup]Yes, I’m on AOHell. No rotten tomatoes, please.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/10 "2005-03-08T23:55:16Z")
I don’t see any difference. Am I insane or something? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/11 "2005-03-08T23:55:36Z")
Dude, they’re identical, and I got good close eyesight. Does the SMDB still have multiple stylesets? I can’t see the dropdown on this screen. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/12 "2005-03-08T23:56:48Z")
I just looked at this thread in both IE 6.0 and Firefox 1.0. The font was identical between browsers and examples - all small, normal-looking font. I might suggest the OP check for medication interactions that produce hallucinations. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/13 "2005-03-08T23:59:18Z")
[Size=1] only looks different in IE if your Text Size is “Smallest” - at all other sizes it looks more or less the same, since the fonts used by vBulletin are Fixed in thread view. Go to the first post and use \ to see what (I think) the OP is referring to. (Or goto View | Test Size | Smallest) ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/14 "2005-03-09T00:00:15Z")
I think you are insane, they are the same. And what if I wanted to use subscript in a teeny post? For example, if for some reason I had to say: The chemical symbol for water is H[sub]2[/sub]O ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/15 "2005-03-09T00:00:23Z")
[how it looks to me](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/askiapost.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/16 "2005-03-09T00:00:38Z")
HEY. I’m telling ya, it’s the truth! Simply put, when people use [size=1], the result on MY screen is screwy font size that’s bigger’n the normal font. Looks sorta like Comic Book Font. When people code using [sup] or [sub], then it’s teeny weeny type. I’m using IE 6.0. ---
**Author:** ![sweetfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sweetfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/17 "2005-03-09T00:01:14Z")
I’ll fuckin’ use size=1 if I want to. Who made you God? ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/18 "2005-03-09T00:01:49Z")
**Lobsang.** W-w-w-what the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/19 "2005-03-09T00:02:28Z")
Bingo! Thanks **Dooku**! Now I see what he is blathering about… ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/20 "2005-03-09T00:03:06Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > **Lobsang.** W-w-w-what the fuck? That’s what it looks like on my screen, too. Check **Dooku** ’s post and see if that doesn’t fix it. Meanwhile, I’ll continue being a fuckwit, I guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593.md?page=2)