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Can I change my font / font size?

Yes you can but it’s fiddly and maybe not worth the hassle all the time but keep reading :)

Note:

  • If you have bought the CSS Upgrade you can change all aspects of font / font size / font colour
  • You cannot change the default font your theme uses. If you want to do this, you must do this all the time. It cannot be made easier at this point
  • We cannot alter a theme to accommodate your choice of font size. Please bear in mind that if we alter a theme for you then that alters the same theme for everyone else. They probably won’t like that happening.
  • No, we will not be adding fonts at this time
  • You must be in HTML view for this to work the first time you write the post
  • You can only use the attributes below – unless someone finds a new one – and no, we cannot add anything else
  • If after writing a post you see all the posts or comments below it looking odd, edit the post and find the missing tags. For every <font> tag you must have a </font> tag

Here is how I wrote what is at the top:

<span style=”font-size:x-large; font-family:’comic sans ms’;”>Yes you can</span> <span style=”font-size:x-small;”>but it’s fiddly</span> <span style=”font-size:8px; font-family:georgia; color:#2233FF”> and maybe not worth the hassle all the time</span> <span style=”font-size:xx-small; font-family:arial; color:#ff00ff;”>but keep reading :)</span>

So when you want to write differently you have 3 elements to play with: font-family / font-size / color

font-family – the style of type. Here is one site with examples: http://typetester.maratz.com
font-size – experiment with different sizes. Look at the example above
color – use a hex code for the best range. Here is one site with colors: http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/big.html

Have fun!

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