Trevor O Sullivan
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Oct 12, 2008, 8:56:25 PM10/12/08
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Logged on to Gmail this morning and the font was huge and very bold. I
also had to scroll to the right to get to the end - Did they change
something, I pressed the older version button beside settings and
while still having a large font I dont
have to scroll all the way to
the right. The fonts very bold tho. Everything was fine yesterday
Can anyone help ? Did Gmail change something
TRevor
Nick Chirchirillo
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Oct 12, 2008, 10:32:13 PM10/12/08
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It sounds like the font size option of your browser was changed.Try setting that back to normal, and everything should be fixed.
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Xavier Mathews
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Oct 13, 2008, 8:37:58 AM10/13/08
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Do you know how to change Browser font. Also make sure that this is just happening in g-mail. You may need to check your Labs!
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Mathews
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GG Client Based Tech Support Specialist
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Sean Murphy
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Oct 14, 2008, 9:40:42 PM10/14/08
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Depends on the browser. For Firefox, open up "Options" and select the "Content" tab, and Fonts & Colors are in the middle. I forget for Internet Explorer, but it is almost certainly in "Internet Options" somewhere...
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Xavier Mathews
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Oct 15, 2008, 1:55:53 AM10/15/08
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Thats right different browsers have different font changing options!
Xavier A. Mathews
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GG Client Based Tech Support Specialist
Hazel Crest Illinois
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Barbara
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Nov 10, 2008, 10:57:30 PM11/10/08
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Someone please, please PLEASE help me. I have the same problem [Logged
on to Gmail this morning and the font was huge and very bold. I also
had to scroll to the right to get to the end] and I have tried changin
stuff on the oprtions of firefox but nothing happened. I cannot see
any difference while trying to use large
fonts while composin a new
mail and also, the face never changes. Please, help me!!!
On Oct 14, 10:40 am, "Sean Murphy" wrote:
> Depends on the browser. For Firefox, open up "Options" and select the
> "Content" tab, and Fonts & Colors are in the middle. I forget for Internet
> Explorer, but it is almost certainly in "Internet Options" somewhere...
>
> -I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
>
Ryan Morehart
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:22:00 AM11/11/08
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Try hitting ctrl-0 [while focused on the firefox window]. That will
reset Firefox to its default font size, which may fix the problem.
Ryan
www.PrettyGirlieThings.com
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:36:10 AM11/11/08
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Try the Older Version option in the top right corner. Sign off and then sign back in.
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Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:47:49 AM11/11/08
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Nothing happened.
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miran osabnik
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:27:13 AM11/11/08
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Im not shure for Firefox, however in IExplorer chose >Tools in the top
menu then at the bottom of the window that oppens youll see
a button >>Fonts , where you choose the size, color, type... of font.
I supose its the same or very similar in firefox.
2008/11/10 Barbara :
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Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:45:50 AM11/11/08
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Just tried and only the site font changed. Composin a new mail is still the same.
Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 1:24:20 AM11/11/08
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But the problem, Miran, is that the font while composin a new mail just don´t change! I mean, only the colors do, but the face and the size don´t. I tried ctrl 0 and the front page [inbox] got back to normal font, without being bold, but on composin it´s just not working
Julie
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Nov 11, 2008, 4:38:50 AM11/11/08
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I see that you are using the wonderful/awful [delete as appropriate]
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Barbara. wrote:
>
> But the problem, Miran, is that the font while composin a new mail just don´t change! I mean, only the colors do, but the face and the size don´t. I tried ctrl 0 and the front page [inbox] got back to normal font, without being bold, but on composin it´s just not working
>
miran osabnik
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Nov 11, 2008, 5:52:05 AM11/11/08
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non kapish... wonderfull/awfull del as apr. ...
Ok, im a'shamed that i didnt see this be4. If the colors change but the size still doesnt, i have a 100% solution. It always works for me and im shure it will work for you and for everyone on every computer. Just write all the text, select the size, and if the letters - font is still to large, step back 3 meters - thats size 10, if it is still to large, go back another two meters, and youll have letters the size of 8.... Simple, isnt it...
Ciao
Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 5:34:14 AM11/11/08
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Girl, I´ve tried that. And the problem happened before the gmail faces were introduced. It´s been a while I have this problem but I only found you guys today.
Nick Chirchirillo
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Nov 11, 2008, 8:41:41 AM11/11/08
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When you go into Firefox's preferences, under the Content section, what size is selected for the font?
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Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 7:55:52 AM11/11/08
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I think I haven´t explained myself well. The font not only does not get smaller but it also does not get bigger. it´s the same size and face. I cannot change the size or the face. All I can do is changin colours and highlights.
Nick Chirchirillo
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Nov 11, 2008, 12:52:48 PM11/11/08
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Well, from what I can see, your size is still the standard size, which again leads me to believe that your browser is displaying the font at a larger size than it is because of a preference that was set. Double check your preferences in the content section, and make sure that the correct font size is selected.
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Barbara.
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Nov 11, 2008, 7:08:28 PM11/11/08
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Here´s my Firefox´options:
As default font: Arial and Size: 16
Then, when I click in "advanced":
Fonts for: Western
Proportional: San Serif Size: 16
Serif: Times New Roman
San-serif: Arial
Monospace: Courier New Size: 13
Minumum font size: none
It´s marked the option "allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"
And the default character encoding is Western [ISO-8859-1]I have tried everything else and still the font is the same. =[
www.PrettyGirlieThings.com
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Nov 12, 2008, 1:05:25 AM11/12/08
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If you are using Firefox, on the top tabs, click on View, Zoom and try to decrease the font and see what happens?
Barbara.
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Nov 12, 2008, 3:18:03 AM11/12/08
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Everything decreases, including all other open tabs. I cannot change this font, this one that I am typin and you guya re reading. =] I cannot change its face and its size. =[ No matter which face I try and size, nothin changes.
Julie
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Nov 12, 2008, 5:54:05 AM11/12/08
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I think that you need to explain in a bit more detail.
You said that the large text is only in the compose window?
How are you trying to change the font size, if you can explain in detail, we can perhaps follow what you are doing and see where the problem lies.
Barbara.
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Nov 12, 2008, 6:20:05 AM11/12/08
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Yeah, Julie, I really think that I am not being able to express me well.
Then I found you guys.
Ryan told me to press ctrl 0 in order to reset Firefox to its default font size. The problem with gmail main page was over: the menu and the description of the messages [who sent them and their subject] were back to the normal size and face.
Now, the problem that remains: while I am composing a new e-mail. I have noticed that gmail provides some options of faces [san serif, serif, wide, narrow, comic sans ms, courier new, garamond, georgia, tahoma, trebuchet and verdana] and also some options of sizes [small, normal, large, huge]. However, I cannot make any change. Even if I choose "comic sans ms" for font face, nothing happens. The same happens when I try to change its size. Nothing happens, the font remains the same.
Everything else does work great [bold, italic, align...], the only problem is that I would like to change the face and the size and I don´t know why, I just can´t.
I hope I have explained better.
You guys have a great day and thanks for being so nice!
Zack [Doc]
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Nov 12, 2008, 8:28:56 AM11/12/08
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Have you tried switching to plain text [like this message], and then
perhaps even back to Rich formatting?
2008/11/11 Barbara.
>
> Yeah, Julie, I really think that I am not being able to express me well. Ok, let´s start again. Sometime ago, I noticed that my gmail had changed. The font was bigger and bold [the left menu was bigger and bold and the description of the messagse in
the inbox too]. I thought it would change, but it didn´t. I tried to change the fonts on the menu tools->option [I use Mozilla Firefox 3] but it didn´t work.
>
> Then I found you guys.
>
> Ryan told me to press ctrl 0 in order to reset Firefox to its default font size. The problem with gmail main page was over: the menu and the description of the messages [who sent them and their subject] were back to the normal size and face.
>
> Now, the
problem that remains: while I am composing a new e-mail. I have noticed that gmail provides some options of faces [san serif, serif, wide, narrow, comic sans ms, courier new, garamond, georgia, tahoma, trebuchet and verdana] and also some options of sizes [small, normal, large, huge]. However, I cannot make any change. Even if I choose "comic sans ms" for font face, nothing happens. The same happens when I try to change its size. Nothing happens, the font remains the same.
>
>
Everything else does work great [bold, italic, align...], the only problem is that I would like to change the face and the size and I don´t know why, I just can´t.
>
> I hope I have explained better. I´m sorry for any misunderstanding.
>>>>>>> 2008/11/10 miran osabnik
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> non kapish... wonderfull/awfull
del as apr. ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok, im a'shamed that i didnt see this be4. If the colors change but the size still doesnt, i have a 100% solution. It always works for me and im shure it will work for you and for everyone on every computer. Just write all the text, select the size, and if the letters - font is still to large, step back 3 meters - thats size 10, if it is still to large, go back another two meters, and youll have letters the
size of 8.... Simple, isnt it...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ciao
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2008/11/10 Julie
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I see that you are using the wonderful/awful [delete as appropriate] faces. So one thing that you could try is clicking on « Plain Text. You can then click on Rich formatting » to see if the text goes back to normal.
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Nick Chirchirillo
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Nov 12, 2008, 8:44:13 AM11/12/08
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Have you tried switching browsers?
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Barbara.
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Nov 12, 2008, 7:25:29 PM11/12/08
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I am in another computer right now and the font got bigger and changed the face,Ok, so the problem ismy computer. But what can it be? May be a
cookie? In my computer, it doesn´tmake any difference on using Mozilla or IE. And Zack,I did try switchin plain text to rich formatting, but nothing happened. :[
Zack [Doc]
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Nov 12, 2008, 10:06:31 PM11/12/08
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Have you tried clearing the cache and cookies. You'd be surprised at
the number of things that
manages to fix.
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Hikchick
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Nov 12, 2008, 11:39:42 PM11/12/08
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would you be using 'better gmail' addon in firefox?I had font trouble when FF came out with their newest version .I turned off the addon and
the font trouble stopped.I understand that they fixed that bug and my 'better gmail' addon is back on.Just a suggestion...maybe look into it....hope ya find something....Jane
Hikchick * AKA * Jane