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SIZE DOES MATTER
Below you will find examples of different size text. These are created using the <FONT>, <BIG> and <SMALL> commands/tags.
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A QUICK NOTE ABOUT SIZE
After having created quite a number of pages (too late for me - but a good hint/lesson to pass along to you) I was told that some of the printed text on my pages was hard for computer users to read - particularly when large text sections were of that/those particular size(s). For that reason, I have begun doing two things:
(You may have read part of this in another section of this tutorial)
- I always set my WebTV text size at "small" (This is done from your 'Home' Page - look for 'Settings' link & then choose 'Text Size' from the 'Settings' Menu.). While TV screen sizes vary (much more, usually, than computer terminal screen sizes) this will give you a bit truer idea of what your 'Cousin' the computer user is seeing.
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- I use font size 3 for the bulk of my text. I may use smaller sizes in some instances, however, I do it sparingly and tend to use ALL CAPS when I present a lot of size 1 text.
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SIZES FROM A TO Z
There Are Seven Font Sizes:
Size 1
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Size 2
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Size 3
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Size 4
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Size 5
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Size 6
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Size 7
And they are created using the
<FONT>
command/tag.
Let's
Create
A Phrase
Using
All 7
Font
Sizes
Now you will not usually have this many font sizes used in this short a space, but you can see how the font size command is set up.
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TEMPORARY SIZE CHANGES
Within a section of your page you may want to make a temporary change in your font size.This can be done using the <BIG> and <SMALL> commands/tags respectively.
They can be used on whole sections, single word or indiviual letters as shown below.
(see 'Note' after example).
REMENBER
Each always has a matching closing
(</BIG> and </SMALL>)
command/tag.
This Is Font Size ONE Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size TWO Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size THREE Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size FOUR Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size FIVE Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size SIX Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
This Is Font Size SEVEN Showing Big And Small Tag Use.
Note that the <SMALL> tag has no effect on size 1 font and the <BIG> tag has no effect on the size 7 font, since there is no smaller size than 1 and no larger size that 7.
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HEADERS NOT SPOKEN HERE
There is another way to size your text... With the 'Header' command /tag... HOWEVER, The Actual Purpose of the 'Header' tag is structural (to the HTML document), and tends to get misused as merely a way to enlarge or embolden text. Since there tends to be a problem with the use of this tag (and sometimes it's misuse can confuse some browsers) I'm not even going to go into it here. Suffice to say that with the font sizes, big & small commands/tags - along with the suggestions in the 'EMPHASIZE' portion of this tutorial - there are plenty of different ways to 'jazz' up your text.
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