I've gotten used to inserting occasional comments, asides and footnotes in my own posts using a smaller font. I tried doing the same a few minutes ago and was surprised to find that the tag I normally use for the smaller font -- [size="1"] -- actually made the font bigger. When I tried [font="Arial"][size="1"], that just left the font approximately the same size as before.

Would someone please tell me if --> this sample text (1.)<-- looks bigger or smaller than the surrounding text? How about --> this sample text (2.)<-- ? If one or the other doesn't look smaller to you, does it look the same, or bigger? what browser and settings are you using? Thanks!