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I have an unordered list defined in groff, but the system I'm on can't render the unicode bullet character, so I wanted to use a small o, and I've tried to use \s-2 to decrease the typesize by two, yet, when I open said file with man, the o doesn't look any smaller than the rest of the text around it.

Here's the code I'm using:

.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
\fIFiles\fP:
.br
.IP \s-2o 4
\fI\s+2File 1\fP
.IP
\fIFile 2\fP
Alexej Magura
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    Are you using `man` directly from the terminal, or are you using something like `man -H` or `man -X` to get output intended for something other than the terminal? Most terminal emulators can’t change font size. – Daniel H May 17 '17 at 19:25
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    Separately, it looks like it’s better to use `·` ([U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT](https://codepoints.net/U+00B7)), and use `man --ascii` to replace it with a lowercase `o` if necessary. – Daniel H May 17 '17 at 19:27
  • @DanielH indeed, I'm just using `man` on the terminal. – Alexej Magura May 18 '17 at 15:09
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    In that case I would be shocked if you *could* affect the font size that way. – Daniel H May 18 '17 at 15:11
  • @AlexejMagura You should have added the command used to format and display the manual page. – U. Windl Apr 05 '22 at 12:41

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