Re: changing display font size in Thunderbird

On 5/12/2015 6:19 AM, Brian Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> It continues to seem odd to be discussing Thunderbird on a Mulberry 
> list, but I continue to believe that Thunderbird is the most likely 
> successor to Mulberry for me, and I'm trying to learn about it.
> 
> I have finally succeeded in changing the font size in message list displays:
> 
> * Find the Mozilla profile folder (on my Mac it's in 
> ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles
> * create in it a subfolder named "chrome"
> * create chrome/userChrome.css if it doesn't already exist
> * Add this css entry:
> 
> /* Global UI font */
> * { font-size: 11pt;
>    font-family: Lucida;
> }
> 
> I can now read my Thunderbird inbox listing without my glasses. Hooray.

Did you peek at the settings in Tools > Options > Display > Formatting?

To get exactly what you want for everything you will also need to click
the Advanced button and playh with those.

But yes, modifying settings and/or the UI with the userChrome.css and
the user.js files is extremely powerful - but you also have to be
careful, these settings can sometimes (depending on the settings
involved) have unexpected consequences, especially during upgrades....