Comments in Italics?

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  disc440 · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 2:36 pm

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  Just wondered if there’s a way to change the comments on my blog to italics?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  justpi · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 4:27 pm

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  Yuo can do it this way:

  .comment-body {
  font-style: italic;
  }

  But I would suggest you think twice about it. Italics are the equivalent of underlining in manuscripts: they signify (among other things) emphasis. If all your comments are italicized it will look almost as if some bug in your page made them so, plus your commenters won’t be able to use italics to emphasize a word or a phrase.
  If your intention is to make the comments look different than the text of your posts, you could apply some other change rather than italics, for instance grey text or smaller font size or smaller line distance.

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  disc440 · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm

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  Thank you…how would I make the comments smaller? Sorry I have limited html skills only.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm

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  You’re welcome.
  Add this instead of the above, and decrease the number:

  .comment-body {
  font-size: 17px;
  }

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  disc440 · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 5:23 pm

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  Thank you….I decreased to 14px and it looks much better. Appreciate the help and recommendations.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 28, 2014 at 6:20 pm

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  You’re welcome!