Thanks for your attention Michael. I do have the latest Chrome (as you do) and it pretty much looks like Pilou's screen shot (too big and looks like bold is on). Yes, I could scroll wheel the size down, but the fact that it has to be done says somethings not right to me. But really, dont sweat it, I was only giving feedback FYI. :-) Yes, I refreshed the browser.

-->on further inspection, its mostly the forum that looks like this. although the sidebar on the main page looks similar.
-->also, i went 'under the hood' in chrome and 'obliterated' all the history data. still looks the same.