# Size 7 font is too big **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946 "2004-09-24T21:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/1 "2004-09-24T21:34:38Z")
Size 7 font is obnoxiously large. I cringe nearly every time I see it. Does anyone else (mods, admins, members, CHUDs) think it’s too big? Any chance of reducing the largest available font size to size 5, which seems more than ample? I seem to recall that earlier versions of the board software did not allow a font anywhere near as big as size 7. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/2 "2004-09-24T21:40:40Z")
Could be worse. They could have gone up to eleven. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/3 "2004-09-24T21:40:50Z")
Is 7 the largest? Is there a 10? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/4 "2004-09-24T21:45:19Z")
It looks like the answer to my question is no. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/5 "2004-09-24T21:46:32Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > Is 7 the largest? Is there a 10? Yes, but it’s Canadian. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/6 "2004-09-24T21:54:51Z")
Eh?? You do realize it’s the MAXIMUM size. No-one HAS to choose it. And few people do. It isn’t a suggestion, it’s a LIMIT. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/7 "2004-09-24T22:00:19Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Eh?? You do realize it’s the MAXIMUM size. No-one HAS to choose it. And few people do. It isn’t a suggestion, it’s a LIMIT. I realize it’s a maximum. It’s a maximum I think is too large, and was seeing if anyone felt similarly. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/8 "2004-09-25T05:58:48Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > I realize it’s a maximum. It’s a maximum I think is too large, and was seeing if anyone felt similarly. Well, I agree with you. I suppose Size Seven can be used sometimes for humorous, exaggeratory effect, but still…ick. It’s unwieldy and disrupts the flow. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/9 "2004-09-25T06:38:34Z")
C‚ This is why we need a size 7. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/10 "2004-09-25T13:53:25Z")
There there … this’ll make it better. Z ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/11 "2004-09-27T16:56:04Z")
Size 7 is just there in case you’re really happy. \*\* ^^ OO \< \_/\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/12 "2004-09-30T02:12:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Could be worse. > > They could have gone up to eleven. Hahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/13 "2004-09-30T02:54:20Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > C‚ > > This is why we need a size 7. 😛 > [@Shrinking Violet](#): > > There there … this’ll make it better. > > Z Some of you are just _TOO_ freakin’ clever… ---
**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-7-font-is-too-big/265946/14 "2004-09-30T15:45:22Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > C‚ > > This is why we need a size 7. 😛 Lemme guess- Rome, and some guy saying, “Hey-a, that’s-a a spicy-a meat-a-ball.” Heh, get it? Now that I think about it, is size 1 too small?