# Tiny fonts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 17, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459 "2008-10-17T22:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/1 "2008-10-17T22:33:16Z")
In the middle of creating a post, I copied and posted a reply from another window, and when I did that, the fonts all got really, really tiny. How do I change them back? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/2 "2008-10-17T22:47:12Z")
Hold the ctrl key down, and turn your mouse wheel… see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/3 "2008-10-18T01:18:17Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Hold the ctrl key down, and turn your mouse wheel… see what happens. Nuthin’. But thanks, that was interesting. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/4 "2008-10-18T15:44:31Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Nuthin’. > > But thanks, that was interesting. It’s _supposed_ to cycle up and down the ‘smallest…largest’ internet font range. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/5 "2008-10-18T16:07:32Z")
Bummer. It doesn’t do anything. I’ve tried several times. Does it matter that I have a touch pad instead of a mouse and I’m on a laptop? Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/6 "2008-10-18T16:36:05Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Bummer. It doesn’t do anything. I’ve tried several times. Does it matter that I have a touch pad instead of a mouse and I’m on a laptop? It might, but you should be able to access that functionality from either a browser menu or the keyboard, too. For IE, got to View \> Text size and select “Normal” or whatever you prefer. For Firefox go to View \> Zoom or use the shortcut keys \ + \<+\> and \ + \<-\> to zoom the view in or out, respectively. The menu also gives you an option to zoom text only. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/7 "2008-10-19T00:54:08Z")
Oh nice! That worked (hitting ctrl +). The fonts are now bigger. Thank you!! Not to be too picky or anything, but can I change the font style now that they’re bigger? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/8 "2008-10-19T01:03:31Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Not to be too picky or anything, but can I change the font style now that they’re bigger? Yes, you can. I assume you’re using Firefox; go to Tools \> options and click the Content icon. Under the Fonts & Colors section, click the Advance button and then fill in your preferences. If you wish these preferences to take precedence even over those explicitly set by the web page HTML, uncheck " Allow pages to choose their own fonts…" ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/9 "2008-10-19T03:39:19Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Hold the ctrl key down, and turn your mouse wheel… see what happens. Now how do I get it back to the way it was originally? I keep rolling the wheel and none of the options look right. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/10 "2008-10-19T15:38:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Now how do I get it back to the way it was originally? I keep rolling the wheel and none of the options look right. Which browser? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/11 "2008-10-19T15:59:55Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Now how do I get it back to the way it was originally? I keep rolling the wheel and none of the options look right. The same with me. I looked at all the fonts in the advanced page. There are so many and all different. I can’t tell which one controls the actual page since when I change the default one, nothing happens. I gave up on that. I’d also like to get back to the default of the page of how it looked before. I checked the box that uses the SDMB’s default supposedly, but it doesn’t look right. Did SDMB change their default fonts recently? Thanks for all your help, **Q.E.D.**!! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/12 "2008-10-19T18:28:55Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Which browser? Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/13 "2008-10-19T18:35:09Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Firefox. Try the keyboard shortcut \ + \<0\> (that’s zero, not the letter O). That’s supposed to reset the zoom to default. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-fonts/468459/14 "2008-10-19T20:14:41Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > Try the keyboard shortcut \ + \<0\> (that’s zero, not the letter O). That’s supposed to reset the zoom to default. That did it. So much easier on my eyes. Thank you very much.