Re: t-bird fonts

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On Monday 18 December 2006 11:39, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>On 11/12/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Greetings;
>>
>> Currently using the latest tbird for FC5, generally it works but with
>> one big gotcha.
>>
>> I have miss-read the subject line on several occasions because the
>> font use to display the Subject: line can best be described as the
>> bold, blocky version of butt-ugly.ttf.  To me, its less readable than
>> almost any variation of the 5x7 font that used to be std on pin
>> pounder printers 20 years ago.
>>
>> Can someone please tell me where to effect a change in this particular
>> font?  Please?
>
>Gene, I don't have TB installed right now, but I remember from when I
>did use it that in Edit->Preferences-> ??? You can change the fonts
>for all the individual place (message pane, folders pane, etc...). It
>does _not_ use the default font for the system.
>
>Also, from experience, if you want a font that looks good at small
>(6-8px) sizes then use Microsoft's Tahoma. It's great for email
>clients.
>
I've tried, but nothing seems to effect that ugly, super bold, almost 
unreadable font it uses for the subject line.  All the rest I've been 
able to change to suit.

Thanks Dotan

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