Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this problem? Having my e-mail text shrink to teeny tiny (7pt) on a Windows machine gives them all yet one more reason to mock my funny little Macintosh :-( sgr
> From: Joel Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:49:59 -0600 > To: sgr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: HTML mail have different font seize in Outlook! > > Entourage uses a different style of HTML code than Outlook uses; font sizes > in Entourage are in the format 'font-size:12.0px' while Outlook font sizes > are in the format 'FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2'. Other Windows > programs use 'font size=12pt'. The different format in Entourage often > results on Windows programs correctly displaying the font and at almost the > proper size, but characters are slightly malformed. > > >> From: sgr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Organization: http://groups.google.com >> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage >> Date: 1 Nov 2004 10:53:36 -0800 >> Subject: Re: HTML mail have different font seize in Outlook! >> >> I have exactly the same problem, particularly the sizes getting >> smaller in replies! >> The Entourage MVP site says (and I quote) ... >> "It has to do with the way that monitors connected to Windows systems >> display images. Windows displays the screen picture at 96 dpi, while >> the Mac displays the screen picture at 72 dpi. Because of this, >> messages that look normally sized on the Windows computer will be >> small on the Macintosh. On the other hand, messages that look >> normally-sized on the Macintosh are magnified when they are shown on >> Windows displays" >> I'm not so sure. >> Any other opinions would be valued. >> sgr >> >> >> >> Jens Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >>> Hi! >>> >>> When I send HTML mails from Entourage to some colleagues via our company >>> Exchange Server, the font seize is reduced in some Outlook clients. >>> >>> I usually use Arial 12, but also tried other fonts (e.g. Vernada). In some >>> Outlook clients the font size appears as seize 9 or smaller instead of 12. >>> When I check the source code it seems the same as in clients where the font >>> size is being displayed correctly - except that the font size does get >>> changed (reduced) when replying. >>> >>> As mentioned, it's only in some Outlook clients. I tried it with several >>> colleagues and my own Outlook installation at a customer site (where I have >>> a Windows box). >>> On some clients it shows up OK on some the smaller font sizes are being >>> displayed. >>> >>> And the really strange thing is that the fonts of original text get smaller >>> when I have a conversation, that is a reduction in font size of the quoted >>> text in nearly every reply to one of my replies. >>> >>> As soon as someone with an Outlook client that's "affected" opens the mail, >>> the font seize gets changed permanently (so I can see it in the replies). >>> >>> Anyone have any idea what's happening here? >>> >>> I thought it might be the character set at first. But I changed this in >>> Entourage (from automatic to ISO) and on two of the Outlook clients, but no >>> change... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jens -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
