Test post to attempt fix for default enlarged HTML quoted (blockquote) text in Contempo Light theme of Blogger

Last updated on 23 Mar. 2023

Minor update on 21 Oct. 2025

This is a test post to resolve a problem I am facing of automatically enlarged HTML quoted (blockquote) text with Contempo Light theme of Blogger. Now I seem to have got a fix.

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21 Oct. 2025 Update

More detailed post with perhaps better fix for this problem: Fixing Oversized Blockquote Text in Blogger’s Contempo Light Theme - ChatGPT assisted.

End 21 Oct. 2025 Update

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22nd Mar. 2023 Update:

Note that quoted text (HTML blockquote text) would show in normal size when I was using the Simple Bold theme of Blogger. Recently I switched to Contempo Light Theme as it provided search button in mobile view. For details, please see my recent post: In Blogger, showing search button (facility) in mobile view by changing Theme from Simple Bold to Contempo Light, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2023/03/in-blogger-showing-search-button.html . This was impacting my previous posts having blockquote text! So I felt I need to invest time in exploring how to fix this issue.

Googling for it did not give me suitable results. I decided to dig deeper into Blogger theme advanced customization and HTML which eventually led me to a fix given below. But I will know for sure only after using it for a few days. Further, I have to observe whether it breaks something else.

The solution is to edit the Contempo Light Theme HTML.

Default lines for BlockQuote in Contempo Light Theme HTML are:

blockquote{

color:$(blockquote.color);

font:$(blockquote.font);

font-size:x-large;

text-align:center

}

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Only one of the above lines has to be commented - the font-size line. After it has been commented, the modified lines for BlockQuote in Contempo Light Theme HTML are:

blockquote{

color:$(blockquote.color);

font:$(blockquote.font);

// font-size:x-large;

text-align:center

}

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Currently I have commented out the font-size statement. The screenshots showing the effect of that are given below.

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