# What looks big and shouldn't/ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546 "2004-06-04T00:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/1 "2004-06-04T00:46:39Z")
In relation [sub]Is this big or little?[/sub] to regular. For contrast [sup]How 'bout this?[/sup] you know. Tomorrow and tomorrow This, huh? Big or little? and tomorrow Creeps at this This should be pretty big petty pace From day to day [sub]Littler or bigger?[/sub] to the last syllable Or recorded time [sup]Bigger or littler?[/sup] and all our yesterdays have lighted fools [sub]Big and down?[/sub] the way to dusty death. Out! Out [sup]Big and up? brief candle. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/2 "2004-06-04T00:49:20Z")
So size number one is bigger than the regular font. It didn’t used to be that way. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/3 "2004-06-04T05:19:28Z")
It is? Looks smaller to _me_ ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/4 "2004-06-04T06:00:42Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/5 "2004-06-04T14:44:31Z")
How much difference does **bolding make**? [sub]And I’ve never gotten[/sub] the hang of [sup]this[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/6 "2004-06-04T15:58:41Z")
My butt … it’s this dress I’m wearing, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/7 "2004-06-04T16:22:17Z")
My computer at work shows size #1 has littler than the default font as it should be. Dunno what’s up with my home 'puter. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/8 "2004-06-04T16:39:16Z")
Do you use Mozilla? I seem to remember someone yesterday having viewing discrepencies with Mozilla. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/9 "2004-06-04T16:42:19Z")
> [@Shrinking Violet](#): > > My butt … it’s this dress I’m wearing, sorry. Looks just fine to me. 😉 **Biggirl** , which OS and browser are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/10 "2004-06-04T19:11:53Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Looks just fine to me. 😉 > > **Biggirl** , which OS and browser are you using? Home: Windows 98 and AOL or IE (both look the same) Work: Windows 2000 Proff and IE. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/11 "2004-06-04T19:20:51Z")
I’m using Mozilla Firefox and the OP looks appropriately correct using it. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/12 "2004-06-04T19:22:32Z")
By the way, I intended to but forgot to compliment **Shrinking Violet** on her great post. Excellent. Just excellent. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/13 "2004-06-06T18:46:19Z")
This smaller word looks the same size as all the rest, to me. On this computer, I’m using WinME and IE6. If I see the same thread on my work computer (XP), I can see the size difference. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-looks-big-and-shouldnt/248546/14 "2004-06-07T00:08:51Z")
I never figured out the use of sizes, but I haven’t been able to use the sub/sup things correctly for a while now, and that bugs me. Why make things more complicated, darnit?