Title: Reduce New Post Caption text
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Reduce New Post Caption text

 *  Resolved [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/)
 * [http://www.protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog](http://www.protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog)
   
   currently, _Hello Julie, Donna … and Hello world!_ Theme Whitepress with 0 Widgets
 * I want to be sure I edit the right thing, and the ems throw me.
 * >Appearance >Editor >style.css
    Is it #content #posts h2, which is set at font-
   size 1.1em which doesn’t sound big but the text is larger than I would like it,
   I would like something like sz20 pixels
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1391960)
 * Ems are a relative unit – which means that the displayed font size is relative
   to the default font set within the viewer’s browser. There is no direct, fixed,
   relationship between ems and pixels.
 *  Thread Starter [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1391988)
 * Do I understand correctly that I cannot change the new topic caption’s text size(
   smaller)? Can I force the size by using pixels? If so, what do I edit?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392021)
 * You can change whatever you want using CSS. The point I was trying to make is
   that you can’t set a size in ems and expect it to equate to 20px on all machines/
   browsers. Text sizes set in ems vary from user to user. That’s what ems are for–
   to set user-based font sizes. If you want the text to be 20px, then set it to
   20px.
 *  Thread Starter [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392053)
 * I might be wrong but it sounds like you think this would be a bad idea? Should
   I just go with the ems? I respect your opinion.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392073)
 * With the advent of a decent Zoom in IE8, I don’t think that text sizes specified
   in pixels is the access issue that it used to be. If a variable size font would
   significantly break your layout, then I think it would be reasonable to use a
   px font-size.
 *  Thread Starter [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392100)
 * Many thanks. I’m not sure that I’m identifying the location right … it is the
   very large text I would like to make smaller but h2 is set at 1.1 em … is that
   the right place?
 * [http://www.protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog](http://www.protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog)
   
   currently, Hello Julie, Donna … and Hello world! Theme Whitepress with 0 Widgets
 *  Thread Starter [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392115)
 * I still can’t find the place to edit for the title caption.
 * One other new thing … [http://protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog/](http://protocolconsultinggroup.com/blog/)
   
   there is a gray (#F6F6F6) bar at the top (next to Home) … I would like to change
   the background color … can you tell where where to find it?
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [linkot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkot/)
 * (@linkot)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392122)
 * Figured it out myself.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reduce-new-post-caption-text/#post-1392122)
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