| Some people aren't too picky about fonts and font | | | | color. While black text on a white background is |
| sizes, while others are. They want their e-mails to | | | | typically the standard, some prefer a different |
| look just right so that they can make a good | | | | combination of colors as it's easier on the eyes. |
| impression, and perhaps convey a consistent brand | | | | The section to really focus on is the Fonts & |
| for their business or themselves. | | | | Encodings. Click on the Fonts button which will open |
| In a program like Thunderbird, which is an email client, | | | | up another screen. This will let you set your various |
| for some it's a program that is going to be looked at | | | | font sizes and types of your choice. Some fonts like |
| all day while dealing with and answering emails. For | | | | Arial or Verdana are generally easier to read on a |
| those who are a bit picky about the fonts that you | | | | screen than Sans Serif or serif. If you typically need |
| have to stare at all day, Thunderbird does have | | | | reading glasses, consider making the font sizes much |
| some options for changing the font sizes and types | | | | bigger so that you can see them on your screen. |
| built into the program. | | | | Note that some fonts within HTML email are going to |
| Inside the Thunderbird application click in Edit then | | | | be whatever is set by the HTML in that email. |
| Preferences. This will open up a box on top of your | | | | Overwriting those setting would be difficult. These |
| email client. Currently there are 6 buttons on the top | | | | font changes will change plain text but won't be able |
| of this box. Click on the Display tab which is the | | | | to overwrite HTML settings. Even though you might |
| second from the left. | | | | not like these fonts, this is the font that is intended |
| Here is the screen that gives you your font and color | | | | for that email by whoever wrote it just like a certain |
| options. The first is your text color and background | | | | font might be on a web site. |