Scott, Under settings on the first page you can change the Body text. I have the same trouble as you do so I have mine set to Verdana normal but I am experimenting with large. This styles the default font of your replies and that is it. It is a good start but styling the text of incoming messages would be very nice as well. I have played with the css in the past and I'd be happy to contribute to an effort to create a style sheet that would change the reply and incoming message font and sizes. There are a lot of ways to collaborate but a simple one to start with would be through a google document at least to develop a text file of the necessary css. The other thing that I found is that google is constantly evolving their code.
dan On Thursday, April 19, 2012 5:51:46 PM UTC-5, Scott wrote: > > pagiiiingHi Dan, > > I just realized there is a third area I need to change the font and size, > and that is in a reply to an email like this mailing list generated one. My > text seems to inherit the font you have set, which I believe is part of the > compact settings. > > I played with those settings, and have extensively in the past. I never > knew the specific name. Thanks for pointing me in that direction, > > So far, I know the css changes for each of compact, cozy, and comfortable. > Luckily I am a selfish jerk and will only care about the css for cozy as > that is the one I use :) But changes to the file would be a simple copy and > past of some clash names. > > I see a note on googles settings page which takes me to info about the > themes, stating that most were made internally, and some by other design > firms. I wonder if they sen in flat mockups or were given working html > source files to create the deign. > > If the later, then it would be more likely that I can create my own theme, > or there could even be a thriving third party theme development niche that > I am unaware of. I have a feeling that thriving comity is the Greasemonkey > scriptures that seem to be able to make Fx and Chrome bend to their inner > will. > > Safari should certainly allow such injection style changes via a > default.write type of enabler command. > > If anyone has delved a little into the css, theme hacking, theme > development, I would appreciate it if you could let me know. Ideally the > Cozy Theme would be my target test theme, and then sure, why not, apply > those changes to the other two themes and we can have a website that spits > out the relevant css file where you pick the font, size, background color, > add your logo, and all sorts of annoying things people do to their email. > One thing we could do is add a permanent legal disclaimer, about a 500 > word long paragraph should do. Maybe an unsubscribe link so small only a > retina display could render it; barely — and then use that as a validator, > rather than unsubscribing. > > Ayup, I think this would be something everyone would want. Bright red > emails, yellow text, legal disclaimers, the whole 9. And the cool part, > only the sender see's the colors and sized, the recipient, those fall to > defaults. > > Thanks to any helpers out there on this one. I will do some research > today and try to post back. I only have today to put time into this. > > -- > Scott > > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:18 AM, dan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can't you do this from within Gmail now with the settings item? >> >> On Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:58:32 AM UTC-5, Scott wrote: >>> >>> Hello Mailplaners, happy flying, >>> >>> I have created a custom css file as follows... >>> >>> /* Change font size to large for text area where you type >>> Also change line height to be a bit more reable >>> >>> - The proginal selector from google was td, .lw-avf, which changes >>> ALL >>> the fonts, not just the text area, removing the "td" scope seemed to >>> solve that problem. >>> td, .lw-avf { >>> font: 1em/1.25em Consolas, Monaco, "DejaVu Sans Mono", >>> monospace; >>> } >>> */ >>> >>> .lw-avf { >>> font: 1em/1.5em Consolas, Monaco, "DejaVu Sans Mono", monospace; >>> } >>> >>> >>> What is strange about this, is desirable results happen from a MP window >>> of "New Separate", however a "New" window, or window within the MP window >>> manager defaults back to the normal font set of MP. I don't see what is >>> different in the two window styles. >>> >>> I can't use the slider in prefs to adjust fonts larger as the entire app >>> is changed, making fonts far too large on everything else. To get an idea >>> of where I am at with this, it is that I would rather use my Text Editor of >>> choice to create my emails, using something like Markdown to write them. I >>> also gain all the text editing power of my text editor of choice. I can >>> daily do bulleted lists, nested even, and really create a well drafted >>> email. Then I have to copy and paste the results. Some way to send output >>> from a text editor, which would have a file somewhere, probably saved in >>> /tmp or similar. MP then has a file it could suck in through some >>> scripting ability. >>> >>> The problem here is the paste, and paste to match style. Perhaps I can >>> toggle those keyboard commands and respective pasting actions in the System >>> Keyboard settings and call them via Keyboard Maestro or some other keyboard >>> manager. >>> >>> Really, all I am after is a way to "Adjust font of email composition >>> text area". It would also be nice to be able to change the font to >>> anything monospace. Anything monospace is fine. Many of my emails contain >>> script/code, and I like it to line up nice and neat. >>> >>> I guess the real culprit is my aging eyes and resistance to get >>> glasses/contacts. I used 9pt monaco for everything up until age 36, and >>> finally bumped it to 11 point — but that took a lot out of me to make that >>> change. :) >>> >>> Any suggestions on that other css selector that won't clobber a bunch of >>> other layout issues in gmail would be fantastic to help me get where I want >>> with this. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> -- >>> Scott >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "mailplaneapp" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mailplaneapp/-/hZlXBzC1htwJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. 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