# Test post: on getting text to appear in that tiny type
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945
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**Created:** [April 22, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945 "2002-04-22T06:46:30Z")
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### Author:  [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945/1 "2002-04-22T06:46:30Z")
Every now and then I see a posting with text in really little letters.
I saw the “toolbar” above the Reply window. Well, maybe that’s how to do it…
According to the Preview, it is. 🙂
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### Author:  [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945/2 "2002-04-22T07:50:44Z")
You can use the [**sub] and [**/sub] or the [**sup] and [**/sup] to make lowered and raised small text, respectively. If you want small text centered on the line, don’t forget the [\*\*\*\*sub][\*\*\*\*sup] trick.
In other words, to make it go [sub]this is lowered small text[/sub] I type [**sub]this is lowered small text[**/sub].
To make it go [sup]this is raised small text[/sup] I type [**sup]this is raised small text[**/sup].
And to make it go [sub][sup]this is small text centered on the line[/sub][/sup], which looks much cooler, I type [\*\*\*\*sub][\*\*\*\*sup]this is small text centered on the line[**sub][**/sup].
Also, I imagine you could use the ‘size’ button the new vb console gives you, but that just wouldn’t be as cool. That’s the _easy_ way.
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### Author:  [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945/3 "2002-04-23T00:28:10Z")
Sup/sub was indeed a cool and clever workaround; I’ve used it myself many times. But as you should be able to see below, it makes the line spacing a bit uneven to accommodate the expected superscript or subscript. Size=1 doesn’t have that defect. As happens to most everything, sup/sub is now obsolete and passé.
using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
using sup/sub [sub][sup]using sup/sub [/sup][/sub] using sup/sub
using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
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### Author:  [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945/4 "2002-04-23T01:00:39Z")
You say obsolete and passe, I say cool. Tomato tomato, etc.
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### Author:  [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-on-getting-text-to-appear-in-that-tiny-type/104945/5 "2002-04-23T05:12:30Z")
[Originally posted by Rowrrbazzle\*
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> using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
> using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
> using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
> using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub using sup/sub
> using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
> using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
> using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
> using size=1 using size=1 using size=1 using size=1
Say this three times fast. 😃