This template simplifies formatting text that has a specified font-size in line.

{{font-size|150%|font-size}}

displays:

font-size

{{font-size|150%|style=color:#FF0000|RED}}

displays:

RED

  • sizes expressed as a percentage or in 'em' will give the best results
  • using a size of 100% allows the template to change only the color
  • if the text being resized contains an equal sign it needs to be written as {{=}}

All Wikisource size templates are relative to the default size. There are two kinds of sizing template: inline and block templates. Inline templates are suitable for use within a paragraph, but can't handle paragraph breaks, and do not adjust line spacing. Block templates can handle paragraph breaks, and adjust line spacing, but are not suitable for use within a paragraph, as they will cause a paragraph break. See H:DIVSPAN for more details.

Font size definition by relative differences using words

Inline template Block template Size 12pt/16px
default base[]
Sample
{{xxxx-smaller}} 41% 5pt/6.7px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{xxx-smaller}} 50% 6pt/8px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{xx-smaller}} {{xx-smaller block}} 58% 7pt/9px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{x-smaller}} {{x-smaller block}} 69% 8pt/11px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{smaller}} {{smaller block}} 83% 10pt/13px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{fine}} {{fine block}} 92% 11pt/15px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
100% 12pt/16px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{m-larger}} {{m-larger block}} 110% 13pt/18px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{larger}} {{larger block}} 120% 14pt/19px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{x-larger}} {{x-larger block}} 144% 17pt/23px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{xx-larger}} {{xx-larger block}} 182% 22pt/29px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{xxx-larger}} {{xxx-larger block}} 207% 25pt/33px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
{{xxxx-larger}} {{xxxx-larger block}} 249% 30pt/40px Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
  1. Contemporary web browsers have largely standardized on a default base font size of 12pt or 16px.