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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Resize.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Template to aid switching the font-size used for a text string.

Syntax

{{resize|N|text}}  or  {{resize|text}}
N specifies a size, such as "90%", "1.2em", etc. For the default case (the second above), N is set to "90%".
If the text happens to contain an equality sign "=", specify {{resize|N|2=text}} or {{resize|1=text}}.

Examples

{{resize|1.2em|This text is 0.2em larger than normal}}    This text is 0.2em larger than normal
{{resize|80%|This text is 80% normal size}} This text is 80% normal size
{{resize|This text defaults to 90% normal size}} This text defaults to 90% normal size

Redirects

{{80%|...}} instead of {{resize|80%|...}}.
{{small|...}} instead of {{resize|85%|...}}. An alternative to <small>...</small>.
{{smaller|...}} instead of {{resize|90%|...}} (or {{resize|...}}).
{{95%|...}} instead of {{resize|95%|...}}.
{{105%|...}} instead of {{resize|105%|...}}.
{{larger|...}}
 {{bigger|...}}
instead of {{resize|110%|...}}.
redirects to {{larger}}.
{{big|...}} instead of {{resize|115%|...}}. An alternative to <big>...</big>.
{{large|...}} is equivalent to  <span style="font-size:large;">...</span>.
{{150%|...}} instead of {{resize|150%|...}}.

TemplateData for variants

The templateData for each variant of the template can be found at

See also

  • {{huge}}, for diacritic marks only; similar to {{big}} but considerably larger and also compensates for vertical alignment.
  • {{background color}} (or {{background}}), to add a span of text with a given background color.