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Thunderbird fonts too small, lines too narrow, can user css fix line width too?

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The default font size in Thunderbird message lists and menus is unreadably small. Trying to impose a readable font and readable font size using the following user css makes the text overlap because the lines are still too narrow:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

/* Global UI font */

   { font-family: Andika !important; }
   { font-size: 16pt !important; } 

Is there a hack to make the lines wider, so text will not overlap text?

The default font size in Thunderbird message lists and menus is unreadably small. Trying to impose a readable font and readable font size using the following user css makes the text overlap because the lines are still too narrow: @namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul); /* Global UI font */ { font-family: Andika !important; } { font-size: 16pt !important; } Is there a hack to make the lines wider, so text will not overlap text?

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I need to modifify #threadTree for the message list and #folderTree for the folder list.

height: 20pt !important, margin-top: 12pt !important, and margin-bottom: 12pt !important have no effect.

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Okay, this cleared things up:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1137191

I get some screwy alignment, but readable text size and spacing with this user css:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

/* Global UI font */

  • { font-family: Andika !important; }
  • { font-size: 16pt !important; }

/* Message List */

  1. threadTree {
   font-size: 16pt !important;

}

treechildren::-moz-tree-row {

  margin-top: 4pt !important;
  margin-bottom: 4pt !important;

}

/* Folder List */

  1. folderTree {
   font-size: 16pt !important;

}

treechildren::-moz-tree-row {

  margin-top: 4pt !important;
  margin-bottom: 4pt !important;

}

I hope it helps someone else!

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does the percentage scaling work better perhaps.

{ font-size: 16pt !important; } font-size: 150%;!Important. OR font-size: Large

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Large works about the same as 16 pt.

150% doesn't fit on the screen. The top of one letter pokes up from the bottom.

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How to increase font size of list of email folders (not the reading pane or email contents)?

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cma6 said

How to increase font size of list of email folders (not the reading pane or email contents)?

There are add-ons for that https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/search/?q=theme+and+font&appver=&platform=