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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:03:35 -0800
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Font size in Thunderbird

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I'm using TB 2.0.0.9, and I cannot find anything that allows me to set the font
size in the composition window, at least for plain text composition. Alt+o does
nothing as far as can tell. I can't see a "Format" option anywhere!

For composition in HTML, however, an extra toolbar is added between the Subject
and the body which has icons for changing the font size, among other things.
This inserts HTML strings to control the font which are sent with the message
and control what happens on the receiving end. There is lots of wasted bandwidth
in doing this. Whether it matters with broadband is up to you. I save lots of
e-mail in my TB folders, and I'd rather NOT have the HTML taking up space!

YMMV

Colin Campbell wrote:
> I think you can use Alt+o (Format), choose "Size", then choose "large",
> as I did after typing "I think". The default was "medium".
>
> Does the message come through to you showing the larger font size?
>
> I kind of like the "large" font size....
> Colin
>
> Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>> How can I increase the font size in a Compose window in Thunderbird
>> 1.0.7? I can increase the quoted text and the regular text in a
>> message window, but I can't figure out how to change the text in a
>> Compose window.
>>
>> Is it still true that polite emailers still send only in plain text,
>> or has HTML finally prevailed even for us purists?
>>
>> Martin
>>
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Tom Brown, Catherder
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