Changing font size in Rmarkdown presentation using revealjs

Here is a minimal example:

---
title: "Untitled"
output: 
    revealjs::revealjs_presentation:
        css: styles.css
---

## Test slide

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

```{r}
head(mtcars)
```

The content of styles.css looks like this

.reveal section p {
    font-size: 0.5em;
}

.reveal section pre code {
    font-size: 0.7em;
}

This changes the font size globally