'Increase size of list-style-bullet type

Is there a way to increase the size of just the bullet list-style-type using CSS? I don't want to increase the size of the bullet text, just the bullet type. I can't use images or JavaScript either. It has to be something I can embed inside <style> tags within the <head> tag.

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Solution 1:[1]

I have had to do something similar. My method was to add a span tag around the text within the li:

<li><span>Item 1</span></li>
<li><span>Item 1</span></li>

Then you can increase the font-size of you li and reduce the font size of your span:

li {
  font-size: 20px;
}
li span {
  font-size: 14px;
}

You may need to adjust line-heights and margins to accommodate for the extra li sizing. But this method will also allow you to colour the bullets separate from text.

Solution 2:[2]

To increase the size of the bullet you can use

li::marker 
{
    font-size: 2rem;
    font-weight: bolder;
}

and to change bullet character, the content property will work

li::marker 
{
    content: '\2746';
    font-size: 2rem;
    font-weight: bolder;
}

Solution 3:[3]

When you say you can't use images, do you mean you can't edit the li tags to add images, or that you can't use an image at all?

On the li elements, you can set the list-style-image property.

li {
 list-style-image: url('/imagepath.png');
}

This can still go in your head tag without editing the markup of the list.

Solution 4:[4]

no way that I'm aware of.

but you could fake it by using :before

ul,li{list-style:none;}
li:before{content:"o";font-weight:bold;}

Solution 5:[5]

put any background color for the (ex: .menu li a )tag and add padding for that you will get like a box then border-radius and then for ( .menu li ) apply padding for left and right for spacing... (explained in reverse order)

#header .nav-primary ul li{float:left;display:block;margin:0;padding:0 22px;}
#header .nav-primary ul li a{text-decoration:none;color:#030;background:#CBCBCB;border-radius:5px;padding:5px 0px;}

Solution 6:[6]

Was looking for a solution to this too and found that if you nest a p inside li, you can style the bullets and bullet text separately. 

<div>
  <ul>
    <li><p>Hello</p></li>
  </ul>
</div

div ul li {
 /*this will style the bullets*/
}

div ul li p {
/*this will style the text*/
}

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Solution 1 Tom Clarke
Solution 2 brandonjp
Solution 3 Brandon
Solution 4 Kae Verens
Solution 5 Toon Krijthe
Solution 6 deeble

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