# What is the difference between fontsize and textsize?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-fontsize-and-textsize/62228>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-fontsize-and-textsize/62228 "2021-06-01T20:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-fontsize-and-textsize/62228/1 "2021-06-01T20:56:40Z")

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`textsize` is in Label, `fontsize` is in Theme. Why are there two?

[https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/makielayout/label.html](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/makielayout/label.html)

[https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/theming.html](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/theming.html)

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-fontsize-and-textsize/62228/2 "2021-06-01T21:19:53Z")

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Ah, that came from me and @jules using different words for it unintentionally.  
We need to clean that up…