Issue with font size discussion revision

[dsemb]

Having smaller font for replies in discussion threads decreases readability. This is a poor redesign and makes using a smaller screen very difficult if not impossible. This is as an accessibility issue and should offer an option to be turned off. 

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @dsemb ...

I'm not seeing smaller font in a discussion reply that I just tried out in my own sandbox course.  See the yellow circled area.  Seem to be the same font size to me.

[dsemb]

Chris,

Does it reduce in your course once you reply to the original post in a thread answering the discussion topic like my course screenshot and the feedback provided in April on the beta version? The "Reply" and "Mark as Unread" in the threaded reply is the original 12pt font while the reply itself is in a 10.7 font (when pasted into word). Every reply to a post from here on down is 10.7pt font. 

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Discussions-Increase-font-size-for-replies-in-discus...

 

 

[Chris_Hofer]

@dsemb ...

For clarification, you pasted text from Word into the Canvas Discussion topic reply?   If that is the case, then I can see why the font size might be different.  Word does some pretty funky things sometimes when copying content from there and pasting into Canvas.

In my testing, I did not change any of the font sizes in both the original topic or the reply.  They are both 12pt font.

[dsemb]

From Canvas to word just to get an idea of the difference in size with a number to reference, I am aware of the font substitutions when pasting into Canvas. I copied from the original text in Canvas to word and it comes up as 12pt, copying the reply text from Canvas to Word pastes as 10.7pt. You can see in the screenshots and the link that the replies to a post (not the prompt) all have a smaller font, smaller than the Canvas links to reply or mark as read/unread

[dsemb]

 

Here is a clip of student's post with a clip of a classmates response to that post placed side by side for reference.