# Typing Tiny Text

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 12, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053 "2000-08-12T01:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053/1 "2000-08-12T01:37:49Z")

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How do I enter tiny text. The FAQ mention **bold** and _italics_ but not tiny text. Maybe I missed something… If not, please tell me.

Oh, even if I did… tell me anyway 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053/2 "2000-08-12T02:00:35Z")

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It’s done by using either subscript or superscript. These tags are not listed in the vB code section, they were added later. Use the [\*\*\*\*sub] or [\*\*\*\*sup] tags. They are suppose to be for entering things like 2[sup]2[/sup], but some people just type whole sentences in between the opening and closing tags.

Type **[sup]This is superscript[/sup]** to get test like this. [sup]This is superscript.[/sup]  
And the same for the **[sub]subscript[/sub]** tags to get [sub]subscript[/sub].

[sup]And you can type whole paragraphs this way if you want and all you see is **Tiny Text**.[/sup]

Jim

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053/3 "2000-08-12T02:00:58Z")

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It’s done using the {sub} or {sup} commands. Although they’re meant for subscript and superscript, they do have this nice side-effect as well.

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053/4 "2000-08-12T02:38:40Z")

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Thanks, everyone!!

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**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-tiny-text/29053/5 "2000-08-12T04:59:28Z")

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there’s a thread listed here about lots of font tricks:  
“How to post a Thread, part 2”, or something