SMALLER PRINT IN GMAIL NOW

[Ted Chadbourne]

WHEN I NOTICED IN LOWER RIGHT "SWITCH TO THE NEW LOOK', BEFORE SWITCHING, WHILE THERE, AND AFTER SWITCHING BACK, ALL TEXT IS SMALLER.  AS I TYPE THIS IT IS SET FOR "NORMAL" BUT IS SMALLER.

TOP 3 LINES IN BLUE ARE ORIGINAL SIZE, BUT BELOW THAT, ALL IS SMALLER INCLUDING OPTIONS AT LEFT, BLUE MAIL HEADER BOX AND TEXT ENTRY AREA YOU'RE READING NOW.

[Nick Chirchirillo]

When I noticed that you typed this whole message in caps lock, I stopped reading it.

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On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Ted Chadbourne <ted.cha...@gmail.com> wrote:

WHEN I NOTICED IN LOWER RIGHT "SWITCH TO THE NEW LOOK', BEFORE SWITCHING, WHILE THERE, AND AFTER SWITCHING BACK, ALL TEXT IS SMALLER.  AS I TYPE THIS IT IS SET FOR "NORMAL" BUT IS SMALLER.

TOP 3 LINES IN BLUE ARE ORIGINAL SIZE, BUT BELOW THAT, ALL IS SMALLER INCLUDING OPTIONS AT LEFT, BLUE MAIL HEADER BOX AND TEXT ENTRY AREA YOU'RE READING NOW.

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[James Breen]

Interesting, but this still does not tell me how to increase font size without caps lock. How is that done? Thanks. Jim of the Poconos.

[Andy]

> Interesting, but this still does not tell me how to increase font size
> without caps lock. How is that done?

Using all Caps is considered SHOUTING. Not nice.

Most web browsers have options to increase/decrease the displayed font
size. If you use either Chrome or Internet Explorer, I think the
shortcuts to do that are the Ctrl with the + or - keys. Or if your
web browser has a menu bar, look under the View drop-down menu.

If using a PC with Windows, you can also change your Windows desktop
settings to have a screen resolution with fewer pixels. The more
pixels you put on a screen, the smaller everything must be. And there
are settings within Windows that affect font display sizes too.

Bottom line is, if you are the one having a hard time seeing the text,
it doesn't help *you* to make all of *us* suffer with all caps.

To the original question: I also tried out Gmail's new (and
horrendously bad) "new look" ... very briefly, it was SO bad ... then
switched back; and I don't see any difference in font sizes now. If
you do, I'd suggest a reboot, and/or the usual "clear your cache and
cookies" remedy.

Andy

[Andy]

Oh, and if you really do want to increase the font size of an email you are sending, do it by switching to "Rich formatting" (in the line immediately above the text box for the message you are sending), then click on the icon with the two T's in it.  Like this.

Andy

[Randy Harmelink]

With FireFox, I just tell the browser to change the size of the text I'm viewing...

There are even shortcuts for it: Ctrl + and Ctrl - (using numeric keypad + and -).

[Michael Methot]

James, you change the font size the same way you always have, the font size button at the top of the message window. As far as I am aware, the little T/big T button has been there for at least the five years I've been using Gmail.

Ted, how would you notice that the text is smaller "before" switching to the new look? Please clarify your problem further, and let us know the details of your operating system, browser, and what exactly what you were doing when you noticed the problem, lose the spam caps, and read your message out loud before you send it. If you have trouble reading your message as if you were talking to someone, you need to revise it.

Mike

[Marko Vukovic]

Ctrl-mousewheel also changes the zoom (not font size). I find in my line of support that users often do this by accident, mostly zooming out making everything tiny. Ctrl-0 (zero) will restore the default zoom.

This zoom feature is present in Chrome, Firefox, IE and Safari.

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Randy Harmelink <rharm...@gmail.com> wrote:

With FireFox, I just tell the browser to change the size of the text I'm viewing...

There are even shortcuts for it: Ctrl + and Ctrl - (using numeric keypad + and -).

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Marko

[Randy Harmelink]

On a related issue -- I was unhappy with how spread out everything was in the new look. But I found out you can click on the little tool widget on the message toolbar line and change the "Display Density" between "comfortable", "cozy", and "compact". I really dislike the default "comfortable" setting.

https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1670219

[Michael Methot]

Oops, sorry James, I forgot some people still use plain text when
composing emails. In that case, if you want your recipient to see
larger text, do what Andy said.

[James Breen]

My original Internet Explorer/gmail actually had a visible font setting in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. One just changed with the mouse the percentage. I agree with the input about Caps lock is rude and nuts looking. As if someone ran out of Prozac. (grin). I have a Veteran friend that does caps locks all the time. He claims he types faster due to non usage of any shift keys. True but I told him it looks crazy. I don't bold, nor caps....just a control over the font size. For my selfish reasoning? I can see it better as I type and/or read emails. Thanks for the give and take. Jim, Pocono Mountains, Pa.

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Andy <AI.e...@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, and if you really do want to increase the font size of an email you are sending, do it by switching to "Rich formatting" (in the line immediately above the text box for the message you are sending), then click on the icon with the two T's in it.  Like this.

Andy

[Sean Murphy]

    I agree - although even the compact setting seems to waste a lot of space. It's better but I still prefer the old spacing.

Oh well. 

[Sarah]

Marko, that is what my suspicion would have been - an accidental keyboard or mouse gesture.
However, I recall dodo mentioning that she had decreasing font size within messages, that was only apparent on her machine, not when emails were sent & viewed by others.

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[Zack (Doc)]

Agreed... that's been my main complaint on every feedback I've sent in the past 3 days.