Why can't I edit text size on posts?

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    zackturck · Member ·

    One paragraph on my page keeps coming out with smaller text. I can’t find where to edit text size.

    Also, I don’t see where there is a “save” or a “publish” button– only an “update” button. I watched the 2 min tutorial and it seems like that was for a whole different setup. My new/edit page page doesn’t look the same.

    Frustrated.

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

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    One paragraph on my page keeps coming out with smaller text. I can’t find where to edit text size.

    Could you point me to the specific post or page you’re referring to or just let me know the name so I can take a look?

    Also, I don’t see where there is a “save” or a “publish” button– only an “update” button. I watched the 2 min tutorial and it seems like that was for a whole different setup. My new/edit page page doesn’t look the same.

    I’m not sure what tutorial you were watching, but it’s likely that the difference you’re noticing is between our new post editor and classic post editor. The new one should look something like this:

    http://d.pr/i/19xII

    You’ll notice two main things on that page. First, there’s a link in the bottom right-hand corner that will take you to the classic editor. Second, the “Publish” button or “Save” button will appear as “Update” after you’ve already published a page or post.

    The classic editor will look like this:

    http://d.pr/i/1c6eZ

    Could you let me know which one you’re seeing on your side?

  • Unknown's avatar
    zackturck · Member ·

    Its the “About” page. See the text under “Services”
    http://isaiahsfigtree.com/about/

    As far as the editor, it’s on the classic version.

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Hi!

    If you check out the Text Editor for that page, which can be found here:

    https://isaiahsfigtree.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1&action=edit

    You’ll see the following code in some areas:

    <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333399;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Isaiah's Figtree is about cultivating a greater quality of life. We garden because we love to. We also want to connect people and plants in a way that is therapeutic/inspiring to people and healthy for the environment. Isaiah's Figtree is seriously committed to ethical and sustainable practices (really!).</span></span>

    The “font-size: medium;” styling that is being applied makes the text just a bit smaller. Can you try removing that styling and see if that fixes the issue?

    As to how this code got there, did you copy the text from another word processor like Microsoft Word?

  • Unknown's avatar
    zackturck · Member ·

    Yes, I copied and pasted it from a previous blog I had.

    I don’t work with html code– is there really no way to change the size of text with the normal editor? Either the classic or the new version?

  • Unknown's avatar
    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    There isn’t a way to change the text size of particular blocks of text. You can change the text size of all of your text with the Custom Font option shown here:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/#adjusting-font-size-and-style

    You could also use the styling dropdown to make text into headers, which would increase the font size (although a not-so-great workaround):

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#styles

    The alternative would be to use the HTML coding inside the Text Editor.

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