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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / April 2006Disabling small fonts
I seem to have a number of people sending me e-mail lately from Windows that ends up as tiny font sizes in Eudora. They are using Outlook Express. Presumably it defaults to style text, and the HTML shows it as font size 2 - not sure what point size this equates to, but it seems about 7 or 8. I have Eudora's Styled Text setting set to ignore "Size", "Small sizes" and "Font", but still it comes out tiny. Is this a bug, or is there some subtlety here that I am not aware of? Or, is there some way to set a minimum font size? Or maybe to make the displayed text bigger as you can do in Safari and Acrobat using Command/+ ? Thanks David > I have Eudora's Styled Text setting set to ignore "Size", "Small sizes" > and "Font", but still it comes out tiny. It's a well known Windows nasty. My Eudora 6.1.1, running in OS10, has all the boxes in 'Styled text'-> 'Pay attention to' checked, including 'size', *except* for 'Font' and 'Small sizes'. I have no problems with tiny fonts.  SignaturePeter [[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] In article <davidmor-945C0F.23045308042006@eth00.pnews.internode.on.net>, David Morrison <davidmor@excite.com> wrote: > I seem to have a number of people sending me e-mail lately from Windows > that ends up as tiny font sizes in Eudora. FWIW from http://tinyurl.com/g8tnx > These assumptions mean a Macintosh uses 18 pixels to render 18 point > text, a Windows system typically uses 24 pixels, a Unix system > typically uses between 19 and 25 pixels, and a Windows system using a > large fonts setting uses 30 pixels. > Thus, in terms of raw pixels, most Windows users see text that's 33 percent > larger than text on a Macintosh Under Settings... -> Styled Text -> 'When receiving styled mail, pay attention to' I only have 'Excerpts' checked. Consequently the display font and size that I see are set by me in the 'Fonts and Display' settings. (American Typewriter, 18) (Eudora 6.2.2, OSX 10.4.6) Cheers, Darrell SignatureTo reply, substitute .net for .invalid in address, i.e., darrell.usenet5 (at) telus.net > I seem to have a number of people sending me e-mail lately from Windows > that ends up as tiny font sizes in Eudora. [...] > > I have Eudora's Styled Text setting set to ignore "Size", "Small sizes" > and "Font", but still it comes out tiny. With those settings, the text shouldn't be tiny. I suspect a corrupted Settings file. You can rebuild the Settings by holding down all the modifier keys (command-option-shift-control) while you select Settings from the Special menu. This will retain your server info, but most of your other customizations will be lost. Before rebuilding the Settings, put a copy somewhere outside the Eudora Folder so you can easily get it back if it turns out the problem is not solved by rebuilding the Settings. You can make it a little easier to restore your customizations if you have Eudora create a list of them for you before you rebuild the Settings. Do this by opening a new message composition window and then choose "Insert system configuration" from the Help menu. SignatureKathy - read reviews of other newsgroups in news:news.groups.reviews help for new users at <http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/> Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval at <http://www.gnksa.org/> > > I seem to have a number of people sending me e-mail lately from Windows > > that ends up as tiny font sizes in Eudora. [...] [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > back if it turns out the problem is not solved by rebuilding the > Settings. Spot on. Interestingly, even with the size, small sizes and font boxes checked, it displays as normal text now. > You can make it a little easier to restore your customizations if you > have Eudora create a list of them for you before you rebuild the > Settings. Do this by opening a new message composition window and then > choose "Insert system configuration" from the Help menu. I wish there was some connection between the x-eudora-settings and the preference panels :-( Thanks for your help. David In article <davidmor-16CB92.23501909042006@eth00.pnews.internode.on.net>, > > > I seem to have a number of people sending me e-mail lately from Windows > > > that ends up as tiny font sizes in Eudora. [...] [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Spot on. Interestingly, even with the size, small sizes and font boxes > checked, it displays as normal text now. Urk!! I decided to put the old settings file back to check what they were all set to. Now it is showing the messages in the normal font instead of tiny. Must be some sort of caching going on. Cheers David > Urk!! I decided to put the old settings file back to check what they > were all set to. Now it is showing the messages in the normal font > instead of tiny. Must be some sort of caching going on. <laugh> Or maybe Voodoo. SignatureKathy - read reviews of other newsgroups in news:news.groups.reviews help for new users at <http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/> Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval at <http://www.gnksa.org/> |
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