font settings - Mozilla
This is a discussion on font settings - Mozilla ; Just wondering how others set up their fonts for display of messages
received. Under Tools=>Options=>Disply I have tried all sorts of
different combinations, but so far can't eliminate the annoying
behaviour where some email messages or newsgroup posts are so ...
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font settings
Just wondering how others set up their fonts for display of messages
received. Under Tools=>Options=>Disply I have tried all sorts of
different combinations, but so far can't eliminate the annoying
behaviour where some email messages or newsgroup posts are so small it's
hard to read, and others the font size is much too big. Many of them
are just as I want, which is good, but there seem to be three formats
that are used for messages received. Funny, even those with the big or
small fonts, if I do a Reply on them, the composition window shows them
in my preferred format. Sorry to be rambly here, but I don't really
understand how it works. FWIW, this is how I have things set up at the
moment...
Outgoing: Western (ISO-8859-1)
Incoming: Western (ISO-8859-1)
Apply default character encoding to incoming - not checked
Use default character encoding in replies - not checked
Proportional: Sans Serif 13
Serif: Times New Roman
Sans-Serif: Tahoma
Monospace: Tahoma 13
Display resolution: 96
Minimum font size: None
Allow messages to use other fonts: not checked
Composition & Addressing...
Compose messages in HTML format - not checked
Thanks for any feedback...
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Steve
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Re: font settings
On 07.07.2006 11:51 am, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Steve
Schapel to generate the following:? :
> Just wondering how others set up their fonts for display of messages
> received.
<< SNIP >>
> this is how I have things set up at the moment...
> Outgoing: Western (ISO-8859-1)
> Incoming: Western (ISO-8859-1)
> Apply default character encoding to incoming - not checked
> Use default character encoding in replies - not checked
> Proportional: Sans Serif 13
> Serif: Times New Roman
> Sans-Serif: Tahoma
> Monospace: Tahoma 13
this is possibly wrong - Tahoma is *either* proportional *or*
monospaced, but not both!
> Display resolution: 96
> Minimum font size: None
set this to 12 or 14 - trial-and-error to find to your liking
> Allow messages to use other fonts: not checked
CHECK this [ ] box
>
> << SNIP >>
>
> Thanks for any feedback...
>
FYI - "monospaced" is the equivillant to "typewriter spacing", that is,
equal space for *all* letters and numbers and not spaced according to
the width of an individual letter!
Monospaced is good when you write columns, where the letters / numbers
must be placed exactly underneath each other - in a lined-up column (as
in book-keeping etc)!
reg
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Re: font settings
Steve Schapel wrote:
> [...] but so far can't eliminate the annoying
> [behavior] where some email messages or newsgroup posts are so small it's
> hard to read, and others the font size is much too big.
> [...]
> Outgoing: Western (ISO-8859-1)
> Incoming: Western (ISO-8859-1)
> Apply default character encoding to incoming - not checked
> Use default character encoding in replies - not checked
> [...]
You might try checking these; however, that will mess up messages that
don't use iso-8859-1.
You could also try setting the minimum font size:
Tools=>Options=>Fonts=>Fonts=>Minimum font size=14.
