How do I increase body-text size in Theme "Twenty-Sixteen"?

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  redthebook · Member · Dec 18, 2017 at 2:20 am

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  In the theme “Twenty-Sixteen” I’d like to increase the size of the font used for the body text. (1) What coding should I use? (2) Can I make a global change to affect all body type on my site?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2017 at 2:52 am

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  Have you tried using the customizer font settings? https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  Your detailed theme description page is here https://wordpress.com/theme/twentysixteen

  Provided you have purchased either a Business Plan or Premium plan you can edit the CSS. https://wordpress.com/pricing/ But do read Note 2 below.

  Note 1: If you have the required upgrade you can use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can create a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need with CSS editing.

  Note 2: You can also post there prior to purchasing an upgrade to get an answer to whether or not what you want to do can be accomplished via CSS editing.

  Read also please: https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions Does Customize let me edit HTML?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2017 at 2:54 am

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  Oops! I’m sorry. I mean to post this link Custom fonts https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-fonts/ instead of the last one I posted above.

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  redthebook · Member · Dec 18, 2017 at 2:58 am

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  Thanks for your advice, Timethief. I have a Personal plan, so does that mean I can’t change font sizes?

  I have been working with Customizer but find that the font-size choices are not precise (small, medium … etc) and the size change applies to both heading snd text. I find the heading size too big and the text size very small.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 21, 2017 at 9:37 pm

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  Hi @redthebook, if you go to Customize > Fonts, under your chosen Base Font, there is a button that currently says “Normal Size”. If you click on that, you can choose from several font sizes. If you switch to a different font, you might have to readjust that as not all web fonts display the same size.