Another font size bug (no minimum size)

[Gumboots]

As an example, if someone wanted to post a paragraph of abusive text without it being noticed by moderators or most members, it can easily be done by using a font size of 1%. It will still be indexed by bots as normal post content, but will not be visible to humans unless they view the post in the editor.

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[size=1]As an example, if someone wanted to post a paragraph of abusive text without it being noticed by moderators or most members, it can easily be done by using a font size of 1%. It will still be indexed by bots as normal post content, but will not be visible to humans unless they view the post in the editor.[/size]

[Mick]

blahdy blah blah << Your right.

[warmweer]

As an example, if someone wanted to post a paragraph of abusive text without it being noticed by moderators or most members, it can easily be done by using a font size of 1%. It will still be indexed by bots as normal post content, but will not be visible to humans unless they view the post in the editor.

Nice find: size below 5 doesn't show up.

example: As an example, if someone wanted to post a paragraph of abusive text without it being noticed by moderators or most members, it can easily be done by using a font size of 1%. It will still be indexed by bots as normal post content, but will not be visible to humans unless they view the post in the editor.

Try quoting to verify that I effectively used [size=4] after example: (as I did with Mick's post)

[size=5] is visible (see below)

As an example, if someone wanted to post a paragraph of abusive text without it being noticed by moderators or most members, it can easily be done by using a font size of 1%. It will still be indexed by bots as normal post content, but will not be visible to humans unless they view the post in the editor.

[Brf]

Hmm. In Chrome, I see your size-4 as a little squiggle, same as size-5. If I magnify, I can make out words, although I cannot read them.

[warmweer]

hmm, strange.
The printscreen below shows what I see using FF (the rendered page).
The arrow shows that there's nothing there (but I can see it in edit_ or quote_mode).

And yes, in Chrome, and also Opera, Edge and Brave I can also see that something is there in normal view.

OK, it actually seems to depend on the zoom settings. Increasing that in FF suddenly makes it visible.

[Mick]

Somebody should volunteer to make a bug report (I volunteer Gumboots)

[Gumboots]

My 2c: minimum font-size should be about 70%. At that size it is just usefully legible for me (average/not super good eyesight). Below that it starts getting impossible to read without zooming or using the editor.

As a temporary (grossly verbose, but effective) kludge I have been running this:

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/* ---------------------------- */
/*	BBC font size restrictions.	*/
/* ---------------------------- */
/*	Applicable sections:
		section-posting
		section-search
		section-ucp
		section-viewtopic
/* ---------------------------- */
/*	Set maximum size to 160%.	*/
span[style*="font-size:16"],
span[style*="font-size:17"], span[style*="font-size:18"],
span[style*="font-size:19"], span[style*="font-size:200"] {
	font-size: 160% !important;
}
/*	Set minimum size to 70%.	*/
span[style*="font-size:1%"], span[style*="font-size:2%"],
span[style*="font-size:3%"], span[style*="font-size:4%"],
span[style*="font-size:5%"], span[style*="font-size:6%"],
span[style*="font-size:7%"], span[style*="font-size:8%"],
span[style*="font-size:9%"], span[style*="font-size:10%"],
span[style*="font-size:11%"], span[style*="font-size:12%"],
span[style*="font-size:13%"], span[style*="font-size:14%"],
span[style*="font-size:15%"]:not([style*="font-size:150%"]),
span[style*="font-size:16%"], span[style*="font-size:17%"],
span[style*="font-size:18%"], span[style*="font-size:19%"],
span[style*="font-size:2"]:not([style*="font-size:200%"]),
span[style*="font-size:3"], span[style*="font-size:4"],
span[style*="font-size:5"], span[style*="font-size:6"] {
	font-size: 70% !important;
}

The maximum size restriction is just because, personally, I don't like people using 200% in posts. Emphasis is fine. Yelling is stupid.

[Gumboots]

(I volunteer Gumboots)

Ok, Gumboots did it.
See: https://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-17119
Happy now?

[Mick]

Thank you

[[Dimetrodon]]

Agreed, though I think the overly large size is a bigger problem, though the small size can also be a problem. Also, how many people will actually read this post. NOO! It looks blank!

[Mikolaj Kowalczyk]

You could also change font color to post background color


YOU CAN NOT SEE THIS TEXT SEE


If a somebody want to umm mess a round with your forum they will always be a way to do it.

[Gumboots]

Sure, although that shows up on selection whereas tiny text doesn't.

You can also use four digit hex to make transparent text, to automatically hide it on any style.

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[color=#0000]You can also use four digit hex to make transparent text, to automatically hide it on any style.[/color]

And yes, there are always ways to mess with people's heads, but if we're going to have a maximum font size IMO it makes sense to set a reasonable minimum too. Anyway it's up to the devs. I already have a CSS kludge that does what I want it to do (ie: sets minimum to 70% and is backwards compatible with existing posts).