[opensuse] Fonts in Thunderbird
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages. I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work. Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ? Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/20/2013 03:19 AM, michael norman wrote:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
Mike
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On 03/20/2013 10:19 AM, michael norman wrote:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
- for me, when reading Received e-mails, hitting Control ++ or Control -- works well to adjust font-size to taste .................... best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
michael norman wrote:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
That sounds like a bug: http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/ -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free DNS hosting, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/03/13 19:19, michael norman wrote:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
Mike
You are allowing the messages to use their own font and not the fonts YOU set in Display>Fonts>Advanced, right? BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 with KDE 4.10.1 & kernel 3.8.3-1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-03-20 08:19 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
There are several ways, besides those mentioned by others. Which controls a particular message depends in part on the message itself, which may be specifying its own fonts (rich text or HTML) or not (plain text), and may be using an encoding you haven't adjusted your preference for. Your font size preferences only affect messages that do not attempt to specify fonts, unless you either uncheck the allow messages to use other fonts preference box, or in your view menu select message body as plain text. Note that not all font sizes are visible at once in prefs. The top selector defaults to Western encoding, but there are many other encodings in that list that are controlled separately. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/03/13 14:26, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-20 08:19 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
There are several ways, besides those mentioned by others. Which controls a particular message depends in part on the message itself, which may be specifying its own fonts (rich text or HTML) or not (plain text), and may be using an encoding you haven't adjusted your preference for. Your font size preferences only affect messages that do not attempt to specify fonts, unless you either uncheck the allow messages to use other fonts preference box, or in your view menu select message body as plain text. Note that not all font sizes are visible at once in prefs. The top selector defaults to Western encoding, but there are many other encodings in that list that are controlled separately.
Felix and Basil Thank you both I have now fixed my problem. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-03-20 17:39 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I have now fixed my problem.
Fixed by doing what? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20/03/13 18:05, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-20 17:39 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I have now fixed my problem.
Fixed by doing what? Going to preferences display fonts advanced setting the font I wanted and disabling the allow messages to display other fonts and use fixed width options. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 20.03.2013 20:09, michael norman wrote:
On 20/03/13 18:05, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-20 17:39 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I have now fixed my problem.
Fixed by doing what? Going to preferences display fonts advanced setting the font I wanted and disabling the allow messages to display other fonts and use fixed width options.
Please, be aware that the font size preferences have to be set separately for every character encoding that you expect to read. That means, I had to define a readable "Minimum font size" for "Western", "Central European" and "User defined" until all emails display in the same size in this mail list. Otherwise some mails use the "minimum font size" and others use the tiny size that is used for unicode messages. That took me a while to figure out. In addition I have removed the check mark from "Allow messages to use other fonts" and set "Use fixed width font for plain text messages" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-03-24 14:43 (GMT+0100) Volker Apelt composed:
On 20.03.2013 20:09, michael norman wrote:
On 20/03/13 18:05, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-20 17:39 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I have now fixed my problem.
Fixed by doing what?
Going to preferences display fonts advanced setting the font I wanted and disabling the allow messages to display other fonts and use fixed width options.
Please, be aware that the font size preferences have to be set separately for every character encoding that you expect to read.
Quite likely he is aware. The references trail leads back to: 2013-03-20 10:26 -0400 5149C725.4010907@earthlink.net @ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-03/msg00753.html -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 21/03/13 04:39, michael norman wrote:
On 20/03/13 14:26, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-20 08:19 (GMT) michael norman composed:
I am using Thunderbird on 12.3 to read my gmail messages.
I have tried unsuccessfully to change the font size of received messages. The settings in preferences do not work.
Is there a way of changing dont sizes in messages ?
There are several ways, besides those mentioned by others. Which controls a particular message depends in part on the message itself, which may be specifying its own fonts (rich text or HTML) or not (plain text), and may be using an encoding you haven't adjusted your preference for. Your font size preferences only affect messages that do not attempt to specify fonts, unless you either uncheck the allow messages to use other fonts preference box, or in your view menu select message body as plain text. Note that not all font sizes are visible at once in prefs. The top selector defaults to Western encoding, but there are many other encodings in that list that are controlled separately.
Felix and Basil
Thank you both I have now fixed my problem.
Mike
I didn't 'fix it' for you - I merely asked you a simple question and you did the rest :-) . I'm glad you've got it sorted out. But also keep in mind that you can get additional fonts if the fonts you now have are not quite to your liking. (Bearing in mind that fonts come in 2 main flavours: those produced especially for the monitor screen and those produced to look good in print.) BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 with KDE 4.10.1 & kernel 3.8.3-1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Felix Miata -
michael norman -
Per Jessen -
Volker Apelt