User talk:Drankinatty

MediaWiki Vector Font Size Changes in 1.23.3

After updating an older mediawiki install to 1.23.3, the font-size of the site was too big. This was surprising as update of a second install to 1.23.3 had no font-size problems. After grepping through the /skins/vector files the problem was found. One update to 1.23.3 the site that retained the proper font-size contained vector files dated Jan 27 2014, while the site where the font rendered too big had the same files dated Aug 27 2014. The specific file controlling vector font-size is variables.less

Aug 27 2014 variables.less - Font Size Too Big

The specific settings in the file controlling content font-size settings are:

@content-font-size: 0.875em;
@content-line-height: 1.6;
@content-padding: 1em;
@content-heading-font-size: 1.8em;

Jan 27 2014 variables.less - Desired Font Size

@content-font-size: 0.8em;
@content-line-height: 1.5em;
@content-padding: 1.5em 1.5em 1.5em 1.75em;
@content-heading-font-size: 1.6em;

After changing variables.less on the 1.23.3 install to match the earlier vector skin content sizes, the site looks great again.