I tried to think of a way to answer this without being insulting. I’m not actually sure I can. Then again, I feel kind of insulted.<\/p>\n
In the first place, I personally find that textual tricks detract from my enjoyment and comprehension of writing. Smaller text is harder for me to read, in a literal sense. I have correctors set up in Stylish to make tiny text larger. I think those tricks have applications, but I find them mostly to be in poetry, and they should be used sparingly.<\/p>\n
In the second place, if a reader is concerned about the way my writing \/looks\/, maybe they should be reading someone else. My sole concern is that my writing conveys what I want it to convey, that the meaning is clear. Making the text larger or smaller, moving it across the screen, or changing fonts — these tools don’t provide anything to the meaning of my writing.<\/p>\n
In the third place, computerized writing already comes equipped with standard ways of providing emphasis. Italics, bold, and underline are standardized across many different platforms, browsers, and operating systems — did you know that almost all the ways to make the text smaller don’t work in Tumblr’s mobile app? But bold, italic, and underline do.<\/p>\n
I personally prefer not to even use those as a way of conveying emphasis. You will have noticed that I surrounded one word in the third paragraph with forward slashes. I tend to use those in place of italics, and I tend to use caps in place of bold. It’s faster for me, and I don’t have to argue with html or any given platform’s vagaries for interpreting ctrl+i and where it should end.<\/p>\n
Frankly, I know all the html tricks for changing text size. I’m a web developer. I know all the css tricks Tumblr doesn’t allow. These are design elements, not writing elements.<\/p>\n
Basically, the idea that I need to change the size of my text to make my writing look better is insulting. My writing stands on it’s own. It would be just as good if I handwrote it and snail mailed it to my partners. It would be just as good if I read it aloud. The smaller text does not constitute an improvement — and people who base their assessment of “quality” on that kind of thing aren’t people I want to write with anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I tried to think of a way to answer this without being insulting. I’m not actually sure I can. Then again, I feel kind of insulted. In the first place, I personally find that textual tricks detract from my enjoyment and comprehension of writing. Smaller text is harder for me to read, in a literal … Continue reading i just think u should use smaller text bcuz it makes replies look better. it can also add more meaning\/emphasis to ur writing if u know how 2 change sizes.<\/span>