Timeline for Can we make the font size when using "#" in markdown smaller?
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 15:49 | history | edited | slhckMod |
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 15:03 | comment | added | Raystafarian |
I also was unaware of ##. Thanks
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 14:56 | comment | added | terdon |
@slhck Can you mark this as completed or whatever is appropriate? Your point about using ## renders my request irrelevant.
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 14:56 | comment | added | terdon |
@TimPost thanks but since I can use ## instead, I am quite satisfied. I did not know about ## when I posted the question.
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 14:55 | vote | accept | terdon | ||
| Jul 31, 2013 at 14:55 | answer | added | terdon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 25, 2013 at 9:35 | comment | added | Tim Post Staff | This has come up before, a few times - part of the problem of getting them right in a way that everyone likes is subtle differences between site designs (you'll also notice diamonds next to a moderator's name are quite large in some places, as an example of another quirk). If we changed the font size, it would change on every site. I'll poke Jin to find out if we've tried that or why we can't. | |
| Jul 23, 2013 at 18:16 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod |
@DanielBeck that's a good point. For longer posts, having a large <h1> does make sense. I don't think the font size should be changed, but I would rather it be changed than start messing around with the markdown syntax. The easy solution of course is to just use ## if one wants smaller headings.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 19:07 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod |
Isn't the only reason it's too large that most posts are too short to actually use it? For example, h1 works pretty well in this long answer.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 18:05 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 18:00 | comment | added | terdon |
@nhinkle changing the font size would be fine, I have updated my question accordingly. I just want the # to be more useful than it is at the moment.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 17:59 | history | edited | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 17:58 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod |
I agree with @slhck that it would make a lot more sense to change the font size on <h1> than it would to always use <h2>.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 17:11 | comment | added | terdon |
@slhck I was not aware of ##, that's just about perfect. As for h2, I don't care which tag # is interpreted as, so if the font size changes, that would be perfect. I guess it is just a matter of changing a CSS font-size property for h1 somewhere. If others agree with me, it may be worth it. I often find that headings would be useful and end up just using bold text cause the # are too large.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 17:08 | comment | added | slhck Mod |
SE is generally opposed to deviating from the Markdown standard. This would really be confusing. If you want a smaller headline, you can use ## nonetheless, and these should be used sparingly anyway. It'd rather make sense to use smaller heading font sizes in general.
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 17:02 | history | asked | terdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |