239605 - Windows font-sizes in control panel have no effect on Netscape Mail

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Matthias]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Win95; U)
Build Identifier: 

I use Netscape Mail 7.1 on Win2k. I have a TFT-monitor and have to use a 
resolution 1280x1024. The fonts are too small and I switched to a custom 
font-size of 134% in windows control-panel. I also changed the specific font 
size of some window-elements directly in control panel. But the settings don't 
have any effect on the font-sizes of my e-mails. I enlarged the size in Netscape 
preferences > appearance > fonts and it worked. 
The problem is that the selected font size in Netscape affects not only the 
fonts on the screen but also the printed e-mails. These fonts are much too 
large. I found out that I can use a zoom-factor in the print-preview menu. I set 
it to a factor of 80% and the printed text had the right size. 
The problem is that when I close Netscape 7.1 an restart it again this setting 
is not saved. It's always set to "fit to screen". I would be much better when 
there would be a way to save this setting. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Andreas Kunz]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The fonts are too small and I switched to a custom 
> font-size of 134% in windows control-panel.

Where exactly is this possible?
Does this setting affect text in notepad.exe? And mail bodies in Outlook Express?

> I also changed the specific font 
> size of some window-elements directly in control panel. But the settings don't 
> have any effect on the font-sizes of my e-mails.

Well, you only changed certain windows elements - and those DID change the size.
However, I don't see how it's possible to change window text size in Windows2000/XP.

> I enlarged the size in Netscape 
> preferences > appearance > fonts and it worked. 

That's what it's for...
Not sure if it is supposed to affect printed mails...

> The problem is that when I close Netscape 7.1 an restart it again this setting 
> is not saved. It's always set to "fit to screen". I would be much better when 
> there would be a way to save this setting. 

Yes, but that's a totally different bug (please only one issue per bug!).

Comment 2

[Matthias]

(In reply to comment #0)
> The fonts are too small and I switched to a custom 
> font-size of 134% in windows control-panel.

> Where exactly is this possible?
> Does this setting affect text in notepad.exe? And mail bodies in Outlook 
Express?
The global font sizes like small/large/custom have effect on most applications 
like notepad.exe, Excel etc. I don't use Outlook Express


> I also changed the specific font 
> size of some window-elements directly in control panel. But the settings don't 
> have any effect on the font-sizes of my e-mails.

> Well, you only changed certain windows elements - and those DID change the 
size.
> However, I don't see how it's possible to change window text size in
> Windows2000/XP.
Yes, there's no possibility to change text sizes with these settings, but with 
the global font sizes (small / large / custom)

> I enlarged the size in Netscape 
> preferences > appearance > fonts and it worked. 

> That's what it's for...
> Not sure if it is supposed to affect printed mails...
I'm not sure, too, but it does :-(


> The problem is that when I close Netscape 7.1 an restart it again this setting 
> is not saved. It's always set to "fit to screen". I would be much better when 
> there would be a way to save this setting. 

> Yes, but that's a totally different bug (please only one issue per bug!).
But this would be one solution for the problem!

Comment 3

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