<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On 5 Feb 2013, at 07:14, Paul <<a href="mailto:claws@thewildbeast.co.uk">claws@thewildbeast.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 19:30:38 +0000</span><br><span>Richard Bown <<a href="mailto:richard@g8jvm.com">richard@g8jvm.com</a>> wrote: </span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>If I use a different font, do MS mailers change the font to their</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>system default, or is it left in its original font ?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>So if I sent in a gothic font for instance, would the reply back to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>me show the part originated by me in the gothic font ?, or would CM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>change it to system default ?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>In Claws Mail you write plain text messages only. It doesn't matter</span><br><span>what font you see on your screen, the message is just plain text,</span><br><span>Claws Mail never sends any information about what font to render the</span><br><span>message in on the recipient's sytem. The recipient sees it with</span><br><span>whatever font they have configured their system to use.</span><br><span></span><br><span>with regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>Paul</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">This is also covered in the FAQs:</div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/General_Information#Does_Claws_Mail_allow_me_to_write_HTML_styled_messages.3F">http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/General_Information#Does_Claws_Mail_allow_me_to_write_HTML_styled_messages.3F</a></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">It might be worthwhile adding a dedicated question for less tech savvy users - it seems claws' user base is growing recently and this is something new users might not expect - unless they chose claws exactly because it does email like it was meant to - in the "Composing Mails Or News" section of the FAQ. </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Something like:</div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">Q: Can I change the font when composing messages?</div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; ">A: basically Paul's text from above plus a reference to the general topic of HTML messages.</div></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>It isn't worth a nickel to two guys like you or me, </span><br><span>but to a collector it is worth a fortune </span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Users@lists.claws-mail.org">Users@lists.claws-mail.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.claws-mail.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.claws-mail.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>