# Why is the print in the forums so small? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931 "2011-06-10T02:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/1 "2011-06-10T02:24:55Z")
Suddenly, this afternoon, the print got real teeny. The front page is fine, normal sized, but as I type this, or try to read the forums, it’s so small I can barely read it. Everything else, other sites, my email, and so on, are normal sized. What can I do to change this? What did I screw up? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/2 "2011-06-10T02:32:39Z")
If you have a wheel on your mouse, hold down the control key while rolling the wheel forward. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/3 "2011-06-10T02:35:28Z")
Thank you, it’s okay now. I don’t know how I managed to size it down, but you helped me learn something about my computer!😛 See, I just drive the thing, I don’t know how it works.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/4 "2011-06-10T02:57:53Z")
_checks_ Wow, I had no idea you could do that! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/5 "2011-06-10T03:07:00Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Suddenly, this afternoon, the print got real teeny. The front page is fine, normal sized, but as I type this, or try to read the forums, it’s so small I can barely read it. > > Everything else, other sites, my email, and so on, are normal sized. What can I do to change this? What did I screw up? I guess you should have taken the red pill. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/6 "2011-06-10T08:25:47Z")
Aw, now I don’t have an excuse to use a really big font. ☹ BTW, Ctrl-0 will reset the system to the default zoom level. At least, I know it does of Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/7 "2011-06-10T10:19:14Z")
I wish making other things big was that easy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/8 "2011-06-10T10:26:07Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I wish making other things big was that easy. Have you tried grabbing your “mouse” in one hand and rolling it back and forth? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/9 "2011-06-10T10:35:25Z")
How can I phrase this in a medical way? I’ve seen what happens to recalcitrants around here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/10 "2011-09-15T03:49:38Z")
I just teenied the print again and forgot how to fix it, again, but remembered this thread I started the last time. God I love the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/11 "2011-09-15T06:02:46Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I wish making other things big was that easy. That’s something else the internet can help you with. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/12 "2011-09-15T14:52:33Z")
Heck, I get emails about that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/13 "2011-09-15T15:31:39Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > That’s something else the internet can help you with. I think that’s “Smilin Bob’” if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/14 "2011-09-15T16:48:01Z")
For those with finger mouse pads (like my laptop), while depressing ‘ctrl’ key, depress either the ‘+’ or the ‘-’ key to change font size. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-print-in-the-forums-so-small/584931/15 "2011-09-16T06:31:59Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > For those with finger mouse pads (like my laptop), while depressing ‘ctrl’ key, depress either the ‘+’ or the ‘-’ key to change font size. Wow, that worked! Kewl