Chris

Alang wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:53:37 +0000, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Alang wrote:
>>> Still need a news reader.
>>> Tried again with Pan and installed Tbird too.
>>> Tbird has problems with text size. My eyesight isn't too good. I can
>>> set the body text in agent to a readable size. Can't do it in Tbird
>>> because it sets quoted text at different sizes. Makes the message all
>>> but unreadable without constantly altering text size.
>> You can do this in TB. Have a look in Edit -> Preferences -> Display tab
>> -> Formatting Tab
>>
>> Under the Fonts & Encodings section you can set whatever font and size
>> you like. I've just changed my fixed width font (my preferred font) to
>> 14pt and it works fine.
>
> I think that was what I did anyway. I know I tried different
> font/sizes. The quoted text came out in different sizes. Made it
> difficult to read.

Ah, that'll be the drop-down boxes for 'Style' and 'Size' in the 'Plain
Text Messages' section. The size box only has options for 'Bigger' and
'Smaller'. Is that the one you tried? I must say it is an odd feature...

The one I meant was the one below that where you can actually specify
the actual font size.