The References heading is in a much smaller font than other headings in html output

[tony-an-phd]

Description

When I had the references from a .bib file, the heading for the References becomes much smaller than the rest h1 header in both Edge or Firefox. I copied the header markdown code from Firefox for References in the qmd file:

---
title: "The Reference in HTML has a smaller heading"
format:
  html:
    number-sections: true
    theme: default
    toc: true        # Optional: to add a table of contents
    toc-depth: 2     # Optional: controls depth of table of contents
    code-fold: true

bibliography: t.bib

---

# Introduction

The heading for the chapter References has a much smaller font in html
output. See @this2024. 

# Conclusion

The t.bib including the following:
```bibtex
@book{this2024,
  author    = {Author},
  title     = {Testing references},
  publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons},
  year      = {2024}
}
```

The rendered html for reference is 
```html
<h2 class="anchored quarto-appendix-heading" id="3-references">
    3 References
    <a class="anchorjs-link " aria-label="Anchor"
        data-anchorjs-icon="" 
        href="#3-references" 
        style="font: 1em / 1 anchorjs-icons; margin-left: 0.1875em; 
        padding-right: 0.1875em; padding-left: 0.1875em;">
    </a>
</h2>
```
# References 

This is what it looks like

>quarto check
Quarto 1.6.36
[>] Checking environment information...
      Quarto cache location: C:\Users\anthony.an\AppData\Local\quarto
[>] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.4.0: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.70.0: OK
      Deno version 1.46.3: OK
      Typst version 0.11.0: OK
[>] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[>] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.6.36
      Path: C:\Users\anthony.an\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin
      CodePage: 1252

[>] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2024.11
      Chromium: (not installed)

[>] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: C:\Users\anthony.an\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\windows\
      Version: 2024

[>] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[>] Checking Python 3 installation....(None)

      Unable to locate an installed version of Python 3.
      Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/

[>] Checking R installation...........(None)

      Unable to locate an installed version of R.
      Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/

[mcanouil]

What's the question?

[tony-an-phd]

The subject line says that, the header for Reference should be h1, therefore it should be bigger as the rest of the level 1 section headings. I guess it's not really a question, reporting a bug. You can compare the pdf heading which rendered correctly.

[mcanouil]

It's not a bug.

See the documentation on appendix theming: https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/appendices.html#appendix-style

See code

---
title: "Quarto Playground"
format: html
number-sections: true
toc: true
appendix-style: none
references:
  - type: article-journal
    id: WatsonCrick1953
    author:
      - family: Watson
        given: J. D.
      - family: Crick
        given: F. H. C.
    issued:
      date-parts:
        - - 1953
          - 4
          - 25
    title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
      deoxyribose nucleic acid'
    title-short: Molecular structure of nucleic acids
    container-title: Nature
    volume: 171
    issue: 4356
    page: 737-738
    DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
    URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/171737a0
    language: en-GB
---

# Heading 1

This is a playground for Quarto [@WatsonCrick1953].

# Heading 2

{{< lipsum 1 >}}

# References