# Username font size?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 16, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788 "2003-07-16T02:09:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788/1 "2003-07-16T02:09:07Z")

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Am I imagining things or has the font size of the usernames gotten smaller?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788/2 "2003-07-16T02:16:26Z")

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:smack:

I **AM** imagining things. Apparently I went to a website that somehow altered the text size in my browser from “medium” to “smaller”.

This has happened a few times before. How the heck does THAT happen, anyway?

Carry on…

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788/3 "2003-07-16T18:18:17Z")

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In IE you can change the font size by ctl+mouse wheel. I’ve done this inadvertantly a few times.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788/4 "2003-07-19T06:40:44Z")

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If you use Mozilla Firebird for the PC, font sizes are displayed smaller on the SDMB, and many vBulletin sites. If you increase the size back to “normal” for the SBMB, other sites will be displayed with very large fonts.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/username-font-size/188788/5 "2003-07-19T09:37:23Z")

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_whew_

For a second there, I thought was in trouble!

😉

**Quasi**