The new siteschemes are officially moving out of beta, and with it we are going to change the default look of the site to one of these great new themes. Please decide which theme you think should greet new users and visitors of the site and vote today. Voting will be open for 1 week.
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branchandroot and the entire ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif)
ij_siteschemes volunteer crew! You guys have done an AMAZING job!!!
Poll #2017 Siteschemes
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Also we have uploaded a new alternate sitescheme, it is a black and white theme (sans-tweak and tweak-says for those that don't like him). It is called Monodramatic, it, too, is available in dropdown and sidebar options.
You can select any of the available siteschemes at http://www.insanejournal.com/manage/set
I want to send out my gratitude to
branchandroot and the entire ij_siteschemes volunteer crew! You guys have done an AMAZING job!!!Poll #2017 Siteschemes
Open to: All, results viewable to: All
Which of these siteschemes would you prefer to be the default?
View Answers
Dramatic - Dropdown 
95 (11.1%)
Dramatic - Sidebar 
149 (17.5%)
Worksafe - Dropdown 
163 (19.1%)
Worksafe - Sidebar 
446 (52.3%)
Also we have uploaded a new alternate sitescheme, it is a black and white theme (sans-tweak and tweak-says for those that don't like him). It is called Monodramatic, it, too, is available in dropdown and sidebar options.
You can select any of the available siteschemes at http://www.insanejournal.com/manage/set
Is it at all possible that your browsers or your computer itself have had their default font size altered somehow? Can you take a quick look at your font settings and let me know what they are? It's possible that Verdana, in particular, is set for a large display. If not... then I'm at a bit of a loss, but I'll keep looking around to see if I can find out what's happening.
*frowns some more* Bugger. It really is just the way Verdana is displaying.
Okay, I'm going to recommend taking out all the font definitions. That would get you your browser default, which should be smaller.
Other than that, those new site schemes are fantastic.
my font settings are also for default=Times 16, with fixed width=courier 13.
i use Mac Safari 2.0.4.
iirc, this large font also happened when i've tried the worksafe layout on a PC using IE6 (or 7). (it's a work computer, i can get the specs later if you need them, just let me know.)
thanks for working on it! hope it's an easy fix.
#1: Windows XP, Firefox 2.0.0.15, Monodramatic Sidebar
#2: Windows Vista, Firefox 2.0.0.15, Monodramatic Sidebar
The actual content of a post is fine, the actual content of comments (and the username/time) is fine, but anything in a table (whether it's on the site, such as the comment boxes that pop up with Javascript, or in a personal entry of mine -- er, I would be happy to link you to one, but the only ones I've got are kind of NSFW!) has its size dialed up a notch. Also, my userinfo page displays huge fonts!
elaborating on my earlier reply, during which I wasn't sure what OS and browser versions we have at work.
large font for sidebar Monodramatic (and sidebar Worksafe) also seen with Win2KPro using IE6, and IE7.
This is on two different computers, of course.
Looking forward to seeing the font downsized! :)
side by side browser view screencaps
in case it helps, here are screen images:
side-by-side comparison of Sidebar-worksafe screencap from the OP/poll, and what I actuallly get when I choose this view, #1
ditto, for the other half of the screen
how IJ default dropdown homepage appears when i am logged out, i.e., it's scaled correctly.
as you can see, it's not just that the sidebar view option has large font. the whole layout is scaled up. font might (or might not) remain proportional.... i'll leave that to the designers to figure out.
good luck!
Re: side by side browser view screencaps
If that is still larger than you prefer, you can change it to whatever suits you best by going into the menus under Safari > Preferences > Appearance and resetting your default fonts. Resetting that will cause the entire site sizing to scale down, because the layout widths are all defined proportional to whatever font is in use.
Changing your default font will also cause any other websites that do not have a font defined to display in your preferred font and size, so that's an extra bonus.
Re: side by side browser view screencaps
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