After zapping the PRAM

on my G3 slot when I start up, the initial Apple Icon, the blue boot progress bar and the login window have become larger. In the past, after zapping the PRAM, on subsequent restarts these would return to their normal size, but not this time. I don't want to start indiscriminately trashing .plists. Anyone know how to restore these settings? After login, size or anything else that would be affected by a PRAM reset appears to be normal.

Fixed: did a Safe Boot and restarted. Everything back to normal. Don't understand what about a Safe Boot was responsible for fixing this.
+It loads only required kernel extensions (some of the items in /System/Library/Extensions).+
+It disables all fonts other than those in /System/Library/Fonts (Mac OS X v10.4 or later).+
+It moves to the Trash all font caches normally stored in /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/(uid)/ , where (uid) is a user ID number such as 501 (Mac OS X v10.4 or later).+
+It disables all startup items and login items (Mac OS X v10.4 or later).+
EDIT: font caches? fonts?
EDIT: but the spinning gear and the progress bar animations were enlarged. Nothing to do with fonts, I would have thought.
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