According to the (conflicting) documentation of TinyMCE, the editor takes on the size of the textarea (or other) element that it replaces. It also says that you can set the
Add a 'body_id' using tinymce.init and then use that id in 'content_css' to give the editor the desired css behavior. Like so:
tinymce.init({
selector: "textarea",
content_css: '/css/app.css',
body_id: 'new-journal-editor'
});
And then in app.css:
#new-journal-editor {
height: 123px;
width: 123px;
}