# Size test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 24, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557 "2005-11-24T06:26:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/1 "2005-11-24T06:26:07Z")
test1 test2test4 test7 ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/2 "2005-11-24T06:27:36Z")
test.1 test.5 test.01 ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/3 "2005-11-24T06:28:38Z")
Is size=1 the default? How do I get it smaller? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/4 "2005-11-24T16:34:03Z")
Click on “reply” and check out the drop down box where it says “Size.” This is size 1. Size 1 is the smallest, followed by 2. This is size 2. And this is size 3 Size 4 Size 5 Size 6 And size 7, as big as it gets. And this is normal size. Coding is as follows: {SIZE=1}Text goes here{/SIZE} (Replace curly brackets with straight ones.) This would give you: Text goes here Make sense? TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/5 "2005-11-24T16:59:17Z")
[sub][sub][sub]Multiple subscripting will make text smaller yet, when viewed with **some** browsers.[/sub][/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/6 "2005-11-25T03:37:18Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [sub][sub][sub]Multiple subscripting will make text smaller yet, when viewed with **some** browsers.[/sub][/sub][/sub] Ahhh, yes, this is what I was looking to do. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/7 "2005-11-25T03:40:37Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Click on “reply” and check out the drop down box where it says “Size.” This is size 1. > > Size 1 is the smallest, followed by 2. This is size 2. > > And this is size 3 > > Size 4 > > Size 5 > > Size 6 > > And size 7, as big as it gets. > > And this is normal size. Coding is as follows: > > {SIZE=1}Text goes here{/SIZE} (Replace curly brackets with straight ones.) > > This would give you: > > Text goes here > > Make sense? > > TubaDiva Yes yes, I got all that. I guess I always assumed that the default (aka “normal size”) was somewhere in the middle (like 3 or 4). So I was expecting size=1 to make it smaller than normal. But I guess sub would be the command for that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/8 "2005-11-25T04:09:34Z")
Someone’s **got** to say it: Does size really matter? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/9 "2005-11-26T02:48:42Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/10 "2005-11-26T02:51:09Z")
It isn’t how big your quotes are, it’s how you use it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/11 "2005-11-26T07:01:30Z")
Hmmm… considering that “normal” is smaller than size=1 and there are 7 sizes bigger, this place is great for the self-esteem. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/12 "2005-11-26T09:23:33Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > Hmmm… considering that “normal” is smaller than size=1 and there are 7 sizes bigger, this place is great for the self-esteem. What browser are you using? :dubious: This is size 1 This is default. This is size 3. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/13 "2005-11-26T19:01:43Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > What browser are you using? :dubious: > > This is size 1 > This is default. > This is size 3. I’m using IE and your post looks exactly as I would expect it to. Your “default” is the smallest text. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/14 "2005-11-27T01:44:36Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > I’m using IE and your post looks exactly as I would expect it to. Your “default” is the smallest text. Strange. I see Size 1 as the smallest, and size 3 is the same as the default text. I guess you get two more levels of self esteem than I do. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/15 "2005-11-27T01:56:43Z")
Set IE back to normal font sizes. (View-\>Text Size-\>Medium) IE screws up text sizes when you change from default. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/16 "2005-11-27T05:58:51Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Set IE back to normal font sizes. (View-\>Text Size-\>Medium) > > IE screws up text sizes when you change from default. :smack: Thanks **Tengu** ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-test/332557/17 "2005-11-28T11:18:26Z")
Not a problem. That got sorted out in, of all places, a pit thread some time back. Other browsers, for the record, display relative font sizes properly, regardless of the default absolute.