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In Hudmainmenu_config.xml(under menus\prefabs\darn), what values do you have for notices?
E.g.
<!-- Notices (def. 1,15,15,1,0) -->
<_msg> 1 </_msg>
<_msg_x> 15 </_msg_x>
<_msg_y> 15 </_msg_y>
<_msg_gi> 1 </_msg_gi> <!-- General Icon -->
<_msg_ca> 0 </_msg_ca> <!-- Align Center -->
These is the default values, the first tag is to turn it on(1) or off(0). By default it's in the top left though, but i think this is what you're talking about.
For the size, you need to go into hudsubtitlemenu_config.xml(under menus\prefab\darn again).
<!-- Notice text "You found, etc" (def. 3,254,244,183,255,0,0,&true;) -->
<_ntfont> 3 </_ntfont>
<_ntred> 254 </_ntred>
<_ntgreen> 244 </_ntgreen>
<_ntblue> 183 </_ntblue>
<_ntalpha> 255 </_ntalpha>
Change the value for ntfont to 1 to make it large like vanilla, 2 to make it even smaller then DarN's default. This won't change the icon size though, I haven't found out how to do that yet.