Yeah, so how do you do the tiny text thing? November 9, 2005 1:22 PM Subscribe
Yeah, so how do you do the tiny text thing? You know what I'm talking about. It seems it's not the "h6", "small", "tiny", "font size=""", or "li'l" tags...
You want tiny?
<small><small><small> This is the secret. </small></small></small>
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on November 9, 2005
<small><small><small> This is the secret. </small></small></small>
posted by cortex at 1:31 PM on November 9, 2005
Just how small the text will actually get is browser/user dependent, however.
posted by cortex at 1:32 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by cortex at 1:32 PM on November 9, 2005
*squints*
posted by eddydamascene at 1:33 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by eddydamascene at 1:33 PM on November 9, 2005
Hmm. Marquee tag works on live preview but not on post. I'm sure I'm Christopher Columbus on that discovery, though.
posted by dios at 1:43 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by dios at 1:43 PM on November 9, 2005
I sympathize, dios. I once spent five minutes perfecting, via live preview, a full-size ASCII-art rendition (in full color) of Alex's "Mwah!" graphic, only to have my heart broken to pieces by the actual preview.
posted by cortex at 1:48 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by cortex at 1:48 PM on November 9, 2005
They took away marquee too!!?
I hear tell that if you use enough small tags, you can actually reach the point of negative reflectance where text actually begins to look bigger.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:08 PM on November 9, 2005
I hear tell that if you use enough small tags, you can actually reach the point of negative reflectance where text actually begins to look bigger.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 2:08 PM on November 9, 2005
No, if the text gets small enough it begins feeling that it encompasses an entire, hitherto undiscovered, universe.
posted by Tuwa at 2:48 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by Tuwa at 2:48 PM on November 9, 2005
It can convey certain nuances of tone or delivery otherwise difficult to put across in plain text.
Not that you'd know anything about that.
posted by cortex at 3:46 PM on November 9, 2005
Not that you'd know anything about that.
posted by cortex at 3:46 PM on November 9, 2005
Cranberry : "And small type fulfills the need for?"
Type which isn't as big as standard type.
posted by Bugbread at 4:19 PM on November 9, 2005
Type which isn't as big as standard type.
posted by Bugbread at 4:19 PM on November 9, 2005
Did we lose the marquee tag? Last time I heard we lost the marquee tag it was still working. I know that the big tag is gone. sniff sniff.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:29 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:29 PM on November 9, 2005
Oh man. I was a responsible user I swear! I only used the marquee on my birthday. And sometimes on Pirate Day. And sometimes on CAPS LOCK DAY. I blame all you guys. This is why we never mumble mumble
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:32 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:32 PM on November 9, 2005
It seems it's not the "h6", "small", "tiny", "font size=""", or "li'l" tags...
That 'seems' is weird. Is everyone sleepwalking nude on Murelax today?
posted by jack_mo at 4:48 PM on November 9, 2005
That 'seems' is weird. Is everyone sleepwalking nude on Murelax today?
posted by jack_mo at 4:48 PM on November 9, 2005
<improve>This post seemed like a good idea at the time
posted by allen.spaulding at 5:23 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by allen.spaulding at 5:23 PM on November 9, 2005
haha, wow, my html-foo failed me, yet again</idiot>
posted by allen.spaulding at 5:23 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by allen.spaulding at 5:23 PM on November 9, 2005
marquis:
Never mind, just checking to see if we still had the <img> tag.
posted by yhbc at 6:28 PM on November 9, 2005
Never mind, just checking to see if we still had the <img> tag.
posted by yhbc at 6:28 PM on November 9, 2005
marque[e] dosn't work in firefox anyway.
Not if you've disabled it using a userContent.css entry, anyway. By default, it works.
posted by kindall at 6:47 PM on November 9, 2005
Not if you've disabled it using a userContent.css entry, anyway. By default, it works.
posted by kindall at 6:47 PM on November 9, 2005
Especially not if you don't spell it right!
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:01 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:01 PM on November 9, 2005
I was under the impression that the big tag still worked.
Ah. I see it only works in the live preview. Well OK, how 'bout colors?
Bummer.
posted by emelenjr at 7:15 PM on November 9, 2005
Ah. I see it only works in the live preview. Well OK, how 'bout colors?
Bummer.
posted by emelenjr at 7:15 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:51 PM on November 9, 2005 [1 favorite]
marque[e] dosn't work in firefox anyway.
Not if you've disabled it using a userContent.css entry, anyway. By default, it works.
Doctype, quirks mode, etc. also have a lot to do with it. MetaFilter is deliciously old school.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:05 PM on November 9, 2005
Never mind, just checking to see if we still had the img tag. - yhbc
shh! It's a tenuous hold we've got on that baby.
posted by raedyn at 8:34 PM on November 9, 2005
shh! It's a tenuous hold we've got on that baby.
posted by raedyn at 8:34 PM on November 9, 2005
*(***psst, raedyn***)*
*(that's why I was trying to distract Matt by sacrificing tag 182)*
(*do you think it worked?*)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:52 PM on November 9, 2005
*(that's why I was trying to distract Matt by sacrificing tag 182)*
(*do you think it worked?*)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:52 PM on November 9, 2005
Holy crap, IIHAA, you just took the bunny to the next level.
Oh man, I'm so sorry, I know I shouldn't be laughing this hard. Gah, can't take me anywhere, can you?
posted by Frisbee Girl at 10:28 PM on November 9, 2005
Oh man, I'm so sorry, I know I shouldn't be laughing this hard. Gah, can't take me anywhere, can you?
posted by Frisbee Girl at 10:28 PM on November 9, 2005
posted by gramschmidt at 11:19 PM on November 9, 2005
WTF. Is it some kind of new meme holiday related to caps lock day and pirate day?
posted by sveskemus at 1:54 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by sveskemus at 1:54 AM on November 10, 2005
i really hate to do this, but i need a comment to remind myself that I was once at work for 30+ consecutive hours in the last 35, a period of time which is culminating right... now.
posted by sleslie at 2:50 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by sleslie at 2:50 AM on November 10, 2005
I used to be lead to a web guy who was always jerking my chain by sticking tags everywhere...
posted by lodurr at 6:30 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by lodurr at 6:30 AM on November 10, 2005
I wish more people would make use of the <blink style='asynchronous'> option. All of 'em going at once like that drives me batty.
posted by cortex at 7:11 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by cortex at 7:11 AM on November 10, 2005
What in this thread?
posted by Dean Keaton at 7:49 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by Dean Keaton at 7:49 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by Edible Energy at 8:53 AM on November 10, 2005
No, I am.
posted by Edible Energy at 8:55 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by Edible Energy at 8:55 AM on November 10, 2005
A prize to the first person to make a front page post in that style.
posted by blag at 10:54 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by blag at 10:54 AM on November 10, 2005
Like the prize Rothko got for defeating dios?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:57 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:57 AM on November 10, 2005
Last night, at home, in Firefox, that amazing rabbit portrait was blinking like crazy, I'm sure. Today, at work, in IE, the rabbit ceases to blink. Was the blink disabled, or is IE just that useless?
(I'm betting my money on IE being that useless.)
posted by raedyn at 11:11 AM on November 10, 2005
(I'm betting my money on IE being that useless.)
posted by raedyn at 11:11 AM on November 10, 2005
Interesting (well, boring, really): In Firefox/Mac, increasing the display text size (command-+) doesn't seem to increase the size of those two extremely tiny blinking posts up there. Making the display text size increasingly smaller (command-minus), however, eventually does make the tiny blinking text bigger. Keep going and eventually the "posted by" lines jump back to regular size with everything else too tiny to see.
posted by nobody at 11:40 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by nobody at 11:40 AM on November 10, 2005
raedyn: blink is a non-standard tag, not supported in IE.
posted by delmoi at 11:50 AM on November 10, 2005
posted by delmoi at 11:50 AM on November 10, 2005
Thanks delmoi. IE is, apparently, that useless. But if it's non-standard (and not overly helpful, really) I won't hold it against IE. Much.
posted by raedyn at 1:54 PM on November 10, 2005
posted by raedyn at 1:54 PM on November 10, 2005
I'm okay with not having it blink. It's 0600 here on the leftcoast and I don't think I would be able to survive a giant, blinking rabbit at this point in my coffee consumption.
posted by leftcoastbob at 6:02 AM on November 11, 2005
posted by leftcoastbob at 6:02 AM on November 11, 2005
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posted by SweetJesus at 1:24 PM on November 9, 2005