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Text size and colour of incoming and sending mail

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bold textTrying to change text size and colour In Thunderbird. Presint size appears to d approx 12 and color is light blue. Have gone to 'display fonts &colours, Fonts and colours.Changed Default font to "Ariel , Size to 20" changed colour to "Black" Going back to my email has nothing changed. Have tried restarting but still no change. I am vision im,paired so these changes are absolutely necessary Please help

'''bold text'''Trying to change text size and colour In Thunderbird. Presint size appears to d approx 12 and color is light blue. Have gone to 'display fonts &colours, Fonts and colours.Changed Default font to "Ariel , Size to 20" changed colour to "Black" Going back to my email has nothing changed. Have tried restarting but still no change. I am vision im,paired so these changes are absolutely necessary Please help

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You need to do the setting for 'Latin' and also for 'Other Writing Systems' (drop-down menu at top of the Advanced menu). That is, set the desired font and color in Latin and then repeat that in Other Writing Systems. Also,, UNcheck 'allow messages to use other fonts.' Let me know results