Changing default font size for message text

[Epyon]

How would I go about doing this? The text is a little big by default and Id like to make it a bit smaller.

[alexrolko]

the CSS located in the template....

.windowbg
.windowbg2
.windowbg3
TD

are the class'es you want to edit to change the size of the text.

it may only be big if your running on a really low resolution.

[Epyon]

Thanks. For some reason, it was using 13px font which looked really big compared to the rest of the text in my forum.

[Michele]

Actually, using #px font sizes is very bad web site design... I simply removed them all from my template so that the user's browser will determine the size (mostly all default to normal that way).

If you have a fairly recent version of IE, click on View on the menu, then Text Size, and change it. For anything hard coded with #px, the font won't change size, and that's a bad thing. There are folks with vision problems (like me), who sometimes have to make fonts larger to view them.

If you must change the sizes, use relative sizes like this:

{ font-size: larger; }
{font-size: normal; }
{font-size: smaller;}

This way the sizes will all scale together based on the browser settings. Instead of staying at a fixed font size that YOU think is best, they'll change to what the viewer thinks is best.

HTH, MM

[alexrolko]

Mad Moya, the CSS, template design are just an out of the box filler, we don't force anyone to use it... its just there toi be used if you can't make your own template or modify it.

As you said you removed the sizes, so its not that hard to change things. nothing is hard coded.... its all CSS so everything is easly changable.

[Michele]

Alex, I understand that, but perhaps you should look at the default template NOT hard-coding the sizes next time you do some changes... or changing them to relative sizes like I mentioned in my post above.

It's not hard to do, but for those who can't/won't do it, the default template would then work better "out of the box" for them.

After 25 years of staring at computer monitors, I (like others my not-so-old age) have a lot of trouble with tiny default fonts, and it's aggravating when folks "break the rules" of basic design.

My hands barely work anymore either (carpel tunnel, even after surgery), so when programs (games) break WinAPIs, I really scream loudly, since it becomes painful to play the game... not that anyone ever listens to me, but I need to rant now and then anyway.

Thanks, Mad Moya