I know this was months ago, but I've just had the same problem and the correct answer was google hit number 41...
in CF8 (but not CF7) the header and footer are forced within margintop and marginbottom. so no matter how big you make your text and images, if you leave the default margins they'll be tiny. try: <cfdocument format="PDF" pagetype="A4" margintop="5" marginbottom="2.5" unit="cm"> >Hey Everyone - >Just wondering if other people can duplicate this: > >If I put this in my CFDocument: ><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:36px;">I >am in the Body</div> > >The text fonts, weights, and sizes correctly. > >If I put this in my CFDocumentitem type="header" (inside my CFDocument): ><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:36px;">I >am in the Header</div> > >The text fonts and weights, but does not size (size is default size). > >If this can be duplicated, is this a bug, is this something I can work >around (and if yes, what would be the process to work around this problem?). > >Thanks - >Stephen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4