Need to decrease body text font size

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  cshields09 · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 7:44 am

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  Hi
  How do I make the text in the body of my posts smaller
  Thank you
  Christine

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

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  elzrjose · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:03 pm

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  Hello cshields09,

  You can make the text in the body of your post smaller by using HTML heading tags such as <h1> to <h6>. You need to select the Text tab first when adding a new post. It’s located above the text area on the right beside the Visual tab.

  Example:

  <h1>large text</h1>

  <h2>small text</h2>
  `<h3>smaller text</h3>

  Hope this helps. :)

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  elzrjose · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:06 pm

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  `<h1>large text</h1><br>
  <h2>small text</h2><br>
  <h3>smaller text<h3>

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  timethief · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:06 pm

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  @cshields09
  Please do not do that. Please wait for those who assist with CSS editing to help you.

  @elzrjose
  Never ever use Heading tags to change font size.
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/05/08/wordpress-com-heading-tags-from-h1-h6/

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  elzrjose · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:07 pm

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  Oh, sorry.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm

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  @elzrjose
  The CSS upgrade comes with Staff support and that is complemented by help from Volunteers who are skilled in CSS editing. Perhaps it’s best that you avoid posting into CSS Forum threads. I try to avoid doing so myself.

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  lizthefair · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 6:58 pm

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  @cshields09 I see that your blog is private. Could you let me know what theme you are using? Most css selectors are theme specific, so to get the best possible help, we need to know your theme.

  Also, as Time Thief alluded, to change the font-size you’ll need the CSS upgrade. Here’s the info on that if you’ve not already purchased it:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 10:05 pm

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  @cshields09, can you also let us know which text you are wanting to resize on your site?

  For reference for the volunteers, the theme is Ryu.

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  lizthefair · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 10:24 pm

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  @cshields09–I think you said you wanted “body text” to be smaller.

  If that’s the case, this will reduce the size of font in your standard posts and pages:

  .entry-content{
  	font-size: 1.8rem;
  }

  There is room to adjust if you were looking for something bigger or smaller than this, but hopefully this gets you started.