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I can't read the forums because the letters are so small. How do I enlarge the text ?
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 12:07 AM
I'm  a new poster here and I haven't been able to enjoy the forums because the print is so small especially in the message titles. How do I go about changing the size so I can read what's being posted?
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Posted by David Voss on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 12:50 AM
Welcome aboard!

Within your profile there is an option to adjust the font size.  However, within a day or two, I hope to be updating the forums with a change to the font sizes that should fix the problem you're encountering.

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Posted by Phil_H on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 4:37 AM

If you are using IE and your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can adjust font size "on the fly" by holding the Ctrl key and rolling the scroll wheel forward to reduce or backwards to increase the displayed font size. Note that this will affect all "text" displayed on the page regardless of the initial font size.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:27 AM
I appreciate the help.
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Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, February 9, 2006 11:04 AM

Hmmm...I've had no problems with the font size on my computer, until today when suddenly (like, within the last two hours) all the fonts on the site have become very tiny.

Are these the above-mentioned changes? If so, it was better (i.e., larger) the old way!Wink [;)]

~Brian
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Posted by David Voss on Thursday, February 9, 2006 11:07 AM
All of them?  I know of a few areas where I'm making adjustments.  What about the post text?  Is that readable or smaller than before?
 

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Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, February 9, 2006 11:37 AM

 David Voss wrote:
All of them?  I know of a few areas where I'm making adjustments.  What about the post text?  Is that readable or smaller than before?
 

 

Hi, Dave!

Actually, all the text everywhere on the site seems to be smaller, and of a different font type.

I had been on for a while, then went offline for a couple of hours. When I came back to FSM, I noticed the change immediately.

Or am I just getting even bigger? Wink [;)]

~Brian
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Posted by bilbirk on Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:22 PM
I have to say I don't care for the text here at all now. For some reason it actually hurts my eyes a little (maybe I'm going blindSigh [sigh]) I liked it before you tweaked itMy 2 cents [2c]
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Posted by David Voss on Thursday, February 9, 2006 10:45 PM
I thought it didn't look right either.  Come to find out when I updated the site, the stylesheet was missing the verdana font type.

Currently:
font-family:arial;

Should be:
font-family:verdana, arial;

I'll get that added back in first thing in the morning.


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Posted by David Voss on Thursday, February 9, 2006 10:47 PM
If this works...

Here is an example.  First paragraph is in Verdana, the second in Arial.  See if you notice the difference.

“Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.” (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.)

“Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.” (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.)

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Posted by waikong on Thursday, February 9, 2006 11:15 PM
much better, I see the difference
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Posted by David Voss on Friday, February 10, 2006 10:18 AM
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