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HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css"
integrity="sha384-Vkoo8x4CGsO3+Hhxv8T/Q5PaXtkKtu6ug5TOeNV6gBiFeWPGFN9MuhOf23Q9Ifjh"
crossorigin="anonymous">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" th:href="@{/css/style.css}" />
</head>
<body>
<!-- THE IMPORTANT FORM: -->
<form >
<!-- INPUT WITHOUT BOOTSTRAP CLASSES -> Increasing the font works fine-->
<div>
<label>Title</label>
<input type="text"/>
</div>
<!-- TEXTAREA WITHOUT BOOTSTRAP CLASSES -> Increasing the font doesn't work -->
<div>
<label >Longer Description</label>
<textarea></textarea>
</div>
<!-- TEXTAREA WITH BOOTSTRAP CLASSES -> Increasing the font doesn't work -->
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="longerDescription" class="control-label col-sm-4">Longer Description</label>
<div class="col">
<textarea id="longerDescription" class="form-control" th:field="*{description}" required="required"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<!-- INPUT WITH BOOTSTRAP CLASSES -> Increasing the font works fine again -->
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="contact" class="control-label col-sm-4">Contact</label>
<div class="col">
<input type="text" id="contact" class="form-control" th:field="*{contact}" required="required"/>
</div>
</div>
CSS
body {
font-size: 150%;
}
input[type=text] {
height: 100px;
font-size: 200%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
textarea {
height: 100px;
font-size: 200%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}