Re: Font size when creating a new message

On 05/11/2007 22:20, in article
1194301216.883490.142770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jean06@xxxxxxxx"
<jean06@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am very new to Mac. When creating a new message, I use a 10 font
size, but it is too small to read while writing the message. when
reading a message, I can make the font bigger. Is there a way to
enlarge the font size while creating a new message, without it being
teh same size when sent?

Please help.

If you are creating nd sending in plain text rather than HTML, hat font size
you display in Entourage is immaterial no size info is sent with plain
text, just a stream of ascii characters. What your recipients see is
dependent on their mail client settings.

In HTML, things are different - there, what you see is something like what
they get. Trouble is, there are so many variations in the way different
clients encode HTML (is size set as an arbitrary 'size' attribute, a point
size, a pixel size or something else?) and in the ay they interpret those
settings (do they recalculate the intended size based on screen resolution,
on platform, since windows and mac do sizes differently, or on some other
arcane precepts?) that there I no way to tell precisely what the other
person will see. HML is nothing better than a rough guide - one that can
always be over-ridden by the receiving party. One more goo reason why Plain
Text is better :)

If you want to adjust the font selection for plain text or HTML, there's a
section in the Entourage preferences for this.


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