Forum:What html code do i use to change the font and text size?

How?


 * I'll look up font, because I don't use it, so I forget. But size you will just want to use text (and replace big with small for smaller text.)  You can put multiple in a row (Example:   text   ) to change the size by more than 1 thing.  Anyways, I'll be back with a response on font as soon as I can find it.  Haloolah123 20:35, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Please don't use . You would want to do something like Test Test
 * See also http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_font_font.asp -- 20:35, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually he's right. I knew there was another way to do it.  At my home wiki we really don't change text size/font...so I don't mess around with it much.    20:41, July 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * &lt;big&gt; is not a good choice, but a better chance than using use px, for control font size. But should instead use relative measures as as ex, em or even % for example:


 * --Roguebfl(talk) 23:20, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * --Roguebfl(talk) 19:59, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually pt is better to use (as in 10pt or 12pt) than em or en. Those two may vary by font family and tend not to be consistent. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:37 PM PST 3 Jul 2010
 * pt is not better, because among other things it breaks font scaling in IE, which is some people need to read the page in the first place. Also pt also varies with the font. (and I think you meant ex</tt> not en</tt>) --Roguebfl(talk) 14:20, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, en</tt> is typographical, you're right it's ex</tt>. As for em</tt> being used for sizing, that depends largely on the arbitrary nature of the "m" character glyph (if it is working right). Whereas, pt</tt> at least tries to approximate the typographical equivalent if you want try to keep things consistent between media. No publishing house is going to want see font sizes in ems.
 * Anything that breaks IE is probably a good thing. IE is a piece of cr@p and anything that encourages MS to either fix it or users to dump it, is a good thing. Not supporting pt</tt> which has been around for possibly centuries is mind boggling. It is like how IE didn't support transparency long after every other browser did. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 8:25 AM PST 4 Jul 2010
 * pt</tt> like px</tt> is absolute sizing which why it breaks IE font resizing. have a read of CSS Font-Size: em vs. px vs. pt vs. percent. pt</tt> was never designed for computer use. Basically pt</tt> should only be used in @media print</tt> --Roguebfl(talk) 19:16, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure a fully agree with the arguments in your link, but if we follow the person's advice, you should have recommended %. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 12:51 PM PST 4 Jul 2010
 * I did, I just did not see the point of making 3 copies of the example. --Roguebfl(talk) 19:53, July 4, 2010 (UTC)