# After the recent rebuild update, the homepage font became very small
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** foundation-theme
**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614 "2026-05-22T10:02:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/1 "2026-05-22T10:02:17Z")
After the recent rebuild update, the font size for subcategory names and the latest topic titles on the homepage (when categories are set as the homepage) has become very small. How can I increase the font size within the red box on this page?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/2 "2026-05-22T13:14:14Z")
i noticed this too with modernized foundation. looks like you have modernized foundation enabled? if you revert to old foundation, i think it goes back to the larger size.
recent changes that were made to the foundation theme might have had an effect on font size:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/90ab88850dfb42cbca3c9387b8227ab2a12af6ea#diff-70ae040915a6d5126b21d7586423dcdcdbe862fb4462ceb4d1d33b1acc97848f](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/90ab88850dfb42cbca3c9387b8227ab2a12af6ea#diff-70ae040915a6d5126b21d7586423dcdcdbe862fb4462ceb4d1d33b1acc97848f)
i used this to fix it on my site
```scss
.uc-modernize-foundation-theme {
--d-topic-list-data-font-size: inherit;
}
```
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/3 "2026-05-22T13:59:51Z")
Yes, I’m using the modern theme. However, I tried reverting to the old version, and that didn’t work either. Please give it a try.
The current font size is too small and looks very out of place. I suggest changing it back 😦
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/4 "2026-05-22T14:00:31Z")
both worked for me. perhaps it is another issue for you? 🤷🏻♀️
i’m not Team staff so i cannot revert anything.
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### Author:  [@Orioni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Orioni)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/5 "2026-05-22T14:29:51Z")
Can confirm. Same issue when using Foundation, and when the homepage uses categories and features topics.
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/6 "2026-05-22T14:42:22Z")
disabling / re-enabling the modernize foundation theme in `upcoming changes` effect in `categories with featured topics` mode:
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/7 "2026-05-22T15:21:00Z")
Thanks, Lilly. It was due to the **Modernize Foundation theme**. I have switched back to the default **Foundation theme**.
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/8 "2026-05-22T15:22:47Z")
You’re right. I probably didn’t update the cache on my work computer, so even after switching back to the default **Foundation theme** , the font was still small. It’s fine now. I’ll stick with the default theme for now and switch back once the **Modernize Foundation theme** is fixed.
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/9 "2026-05-22T15:25:06Z")
Try disabling the **Modernize Foundation theme** and then clearing your browser cache.
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/10 "2026-05-22T15:29:47Z")
I’m not sure if it’s just my imagination, but when I switch back to the default **Foundation theme** , even though the font is larger, the line spacing still feels a bit narrower than before the upgrade. 🤣
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/11 "2026-05-22T15:55:59Z")
i suspect that perhaps the removed/replaced `padding` property affected some of the vertical spacing:
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/12 "2026-05-22T16:08:00Z")
Seems so. Even after reverting to the default **Foundation theme** , the line spacing in the recent topics row on the right side of the category page still seems a bit narrow. @jordan.vidrine, could you fix this? 😀
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/13 "2026-05-26T07:55:10Z")
Temporarily resolve this using a custom component:
[Optimizing the Foundation theme homepage display - Custom / Other - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/foundation-theme/403802)
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### Author:  [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/14 "2026-05-26T20:21:40Z")
I am finding it difficult to see a spacing issue in the red areas you’ve shown me in your screenshot. I am sorry about this and it may just be due to my ability to only read english text.
Do you have an example of what is expected visually?
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/15 "2026-05-27T00:38:12Z")
In summary:
1. Increase the font size of the subcategories and weekly post count (green box)
2. Increase the font size of the “Latest Topics” text on the right
3. Increase the font size of the “Categories”, “Topics”, and “Latest” (blue box) text
4. Increase the spacing in the black box
5. Increase the line spacing for topic rows on the right (yellow box area)
6. Ensure the heights in the red box area are consistent
Below is the default display:
Below is the result after I modified the component CSS:
The component CSS code can be found in this post:
[Optimizing the homepage display of the Foundation theme - Development - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/foundation-theme/403802)
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/16 "2026-05-27T05:55:36Z")
This might be more obvious:
Official default:
After customizing the component:
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### Author:  [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/17 "2026-06-02T18:41:07Z")
Can you look at the markup and let me know which elements have seen a decrease in font size? The foundation updates only should be decreasing meta-data on the topic list.
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/18 "2026-06-05T15:16:41Z")
> [@Optimizing the homepage display of the Foundation theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/foundation-theme/403802?u=sniper756):
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> Solve the issue in this post [After the recent rebuild update, the homepage font became very small - Contributions / User Experience - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614) Optimize the homepage display using a custom component: Before optimization: After optimization: Custom component CSS code: /\* ========== Ensure consistent top and bottom margins for category rows ========== \*/ .category-list tbody tr td { padding-top: 10px !important; padding-bottom: 10px !import…
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### Author:  [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/19 "2026-06-08T11:19:58Z")
Yes, I will be addressing this. Thank you
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### Author:  [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild/403614/20 "2026-06-09T20:20:54Z")
This should be fixed here → [FIX: Do not apply topic-list-data font-size to category page elements by jordanvidrine · Pull Request #40714 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/40714)
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