After years and years of using Netscape/Mozilla/Seamonkey products, I realized one thing...
Plaintext message display settings are tied up with the default monospace font settings for HTML pages. That is, when reading plaintext mail, news and blog messages, you get the same font as you get when you are reading a monospaced-formatted block in a webpage (as long as the webpage designer didn't specify the font, that is). I'm not sure that's a good idea. Those are different problems -- a monospaced text block inside a proportionally-spaced page should have its font and size chosen in order to harmonize aesthetically with the proportional-spaced text -- and maybe, deliberately choosing a font that highlights the fact that it *is* monospaced, such as a typewriter-style font. As monospaced text is usually a small part of it, readability can take a hit in order to satisfy aesthetics. That's probably why the default font size (on Windows, that is) for monospaced fonts is 13 while for the other fonts is 16 -- most monospaced fonts "looks" larger, so it's set to a smaller size to compensate. In a full-text message, readability concerns should dominate. So we should be able to choose a font and size on its merits alone, without concerning ourselves on how would it "fit" with other fonts. So it's not unreasonable to desire, say, a larger font for messages, or one that looks less like a typewriter or computer terminal. (I have seen a few monospaced fonts that manage to "disguise" the fact that they *are* monospaced remarkably). So... is there any way to set a font preference for plaintext messages separately from the one used on HTML rendering? (Perhaps it could be used also for non-HTML rendering on the browser window, such as text files). Or should I open a RFE bug? -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... BOFH excuse #235: The new frame relay network hasn't bedded down the software loop transmitter yet. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.3 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
