# Codeblock text seems smaller

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/codeblock-text-seems-smaller/334132>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Tags:** ux\
**Created:** [November 2, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codeblock-text-seems-smaller/334132 "2024-11-02T04:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codeblock-text-seems-smaller/334132/4 "2025-01-21T13:04:24Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> ![The image shows a grey text box with a large amount of text. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/2/f/72f9b96863f5b035dcb7d3a7c166388c2b8c27d2.jpeg)

This screenshot doesn’t give any information on the font-size compared to other texts.

> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> Why do preformatted code sizes seem even smaller

Are you sure?

The code highlight file hasn’t changed since the last improvement linked by Dan:

> **[History for app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code\_highlighting.scss -...](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/8896cd746fa065ec8a29bc4f09d11d830ad4fbc6/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code_highlighting.scss)**
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> A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. - History for app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/code\_highlighting.scss - discourse/discourse

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