# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **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-1/293593/21 "2005-03-09T00:03:31Z")
Bigger? Mine’s a little scrunched up and hard to read, [sub] and [sup] are clearer. But they’re all the same character size. Wow… ---
**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, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/22 "2005-03-09T00:04:55Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > 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. _Bigger_ ? Ok, I give up. You are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/23 "2005-03-09T00:06:07Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > **Lobsang.** W-w-w-what the fuck? That’s precisely how it looks to me, as well. IE 6.0. Even when I use Text Size, Smallest, the small stuff looks the same, whether using “size” or “sub”. ---
**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 9, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/24 "2005-03-09T00:07:24Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > That’s precisely how it looks to me, as well. IE 6.0. Even when I use Text Size, Smallest, the small stuff looks the same, whether using “size” or “sub”. Me too. Text size “Largest”, OTOH DOES make it look screwy ---
**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, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/25 "2005-03-09T00:07:33Z")
Lobsang’s screen capture doesn’t look ANYTHING what it looks on my screen. Actually I use the Largest text size, because I have a super-big computer screen, so I can type and read the message board while laying flat on the floor sxi feet away. ---
**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, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/26 "2005-03-09T00:08:18Z")
In askia’s defence - if I do ctrl-mousewheel and make the text larger, the [size=1] stuff gets bigger but the [sub] stuff stays as is. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/27 "2005-03-09T00:08:54Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > 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. Mine, too. But I checked “View --\> Text Size” in the menus and tried other settings. The text from the size=1 tag looks bigger if I set my Text Size to “Largest”. Try setting it on “Medium”, and see how your OP looks. On “Medium”, my view looks like **Lobsang** ’s screen shot. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/28 "2005-03-09T00:09:32Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > In askia’s defence - if I do ctrl-mousewheel and make the text larger, the [size=1] stuff gets bigger but the [sub] stuff stays as is. On mine, if I go to Text Size, Largest, both the “size” and “sub” text becomes larger than all the normal text. ---
**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, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/29 "2005-03-09T00:10:09Z")
Okay, okay… it’s a quirk. I get it. This has been driving me nuts for months. I bet there’s no chance of this thread just sinking ignobly to the bottom of the page now, eh? ---
**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 9, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/30 "2005-03-09T00:11:07Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Lobsang’s screen capture doesn’t look ANYTHING what it looks on my screen. > > Actually I use the Largest text size, because I have a super-big computer screen, so I can type and read the message board while laying flat on the floor sxi feet away. Same thing I mentioned above: CTRL+Scrollwheel Down (Or change to Largest) and [Size = 1] gets bigger. CTRL+Scrollwheel Up (Or change to Smallest) and [Size = 1] gets smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/31 "2005-03-09T00:12:14Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Okay, okay… it’s a quirk. I get it. This has been driving me nuts for months. I bet there’s no chance of this thread just sinking ignobly to the bottom of the page now, eh? Well, you could always ask a mod to lock it, but until then, the rest of us might just continue to gleefully point out your insanity and offer you a free straightjacket fitting. Muhahahahahahha!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/32 "2005-03-09T00:13:07Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Okay, okay… it’s a quirk. I get it. This has been driving me nuts for months. I bet there’s no chance of this thread just sinking ignobly to the bottom of the page now, eh? Oh, no. We’re going to keep responding to it, to make sure that’s it’s always in the top five. Vindictive bastards, who like to wallow in _Schadenfreude_… 😃 ---
**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, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/33 "2005-03-09T00:13:29Z")
Askia, do you have the Arial font? Everyone else, are posts shown using the Arial font? ---
**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, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/34 "2005-03-09T00:14:26Z")
I don’t want a free straightjacket fitting-- I want a free \*straightjacket! \* With the SDMB logo on it! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/35 "2005-03-09T00:15:32Z")
If we keep this thread on the top of the pit for a week or three, maybe we’ll be able to get a subscription going for you. 😃 ---
**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, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/36 "2005-03-09T00:16:35Z")
**Lobsang**. Yeah, Arial. **Early Out.** And it’s FUCKING glee!!! Not schadenfruede!! GAH. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/37 "2005-03-09T00:17:19Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Everyone else, are posts shown using the Arial font? Yes, even though my Internet Options font setting for webpages is Times New Roman. ---
**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, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/38 "2005-03-09T00:23:54Z")
:: Deep breath :: Okay. Problem solved. I I returned font size to the medium setting. Uh, sorry about, uh, calling you fine people… uh… y’know. That word. Uh… I apologize. You’ve been just terrific and I sincerely hope you’ll take this apology in the spirit it’s intended. Really. Slinks off… quietly… doesn’t bother to smallify font size… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/39 "2005-03-09T00:28:44Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > Yes, even though my Internet Options font setting for webpages is Times New Roman. That’s because a web page can specify specific fonts or font families for the text to display with. Your default should be used if the web page hasn’t specified one. The style-sheet for this page, for example, specifies for most of the text to be fomatted with this: ```auto font: 10pt Trebuchet MS, Arial, sans-serif; ``` After the “10pt”, there is a listing of font options. “sans-serif” is a font family, so that if the previous specific fonts are not present, your browser should pick a “sans-serif” font – whatever is the most common one on your system, normally (like Helvetica, if I recall). Times New Roman is a “serif” font. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593/40 "2005-03-09T00:32:04Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > I don’t want a free straightjacket fitting-- I want a free \*straightjacket! \* With the SDMB logo on it! Sorry, but you have to complete 10 silly rants, 1 offer from one of our sponsors, and refer 5 friends before you get the free straightjacket. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-use-teensy-weensy-type-its-sub-not-size-1/293593.md?page=3)