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Font size on mailbox window is now too small.  Changing the setting seems to do nothing.

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Just a very short while ago, Thunderbird updated to 115.3.1 from whatever it was just before that.  This is under 64-bit Windows 10 Pro.

  Now, the font size on the mailbox window is way too small, and I cannot seem to change it.

  Searching through all the settings, I found this one setting that appeared to possibly be relevant, but change it seems to have no effect at all that I can see.

  Is there a relevant setting somewhere else, that I am failing to see?

  The font size was just fine before this latest update.

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Just a very short while ago, Thunderbird updated to 115.3.1 from whatever it was just before that.  This is under 64-bit Windows 10 Pro.   Now, the font size on the mailbox window is way too small, and I cannot seem to change it.   Searching through all the settings, I found this one setting that appeared to possibly be relevant, but change it seems to have no effect at all that I can see.   Is there a relevant setting somewhere else, that I am failing to see?   The font size was just fine before this latest update. https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2023-10-03-20-39-22-911af7.png

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Try View/Font Size from the Menu Bar or the 3-bar AppMenu.

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I seem to have somehow double-posted.

  Moderators, please feel free to delete one post, and move any replies to the other.

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Try View/Font Size from the Menu Bar or the 3-bar AppMenu.

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That seems to have done it.

  But a question remains, is why updating to the latest version caused the font size to suddenly become so small in the first place.

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I don't know why some users see a sudden change in fonts after the upgrade, as I didn't see it myself. Instead of doing an in-place upgrade, I always install new major releases in a separate directory and create a new profile, leaving the previous release and profile accessible and independent.

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And the setting that I did find, to what is that supposed to apply?

  In a quick attempt to make sense of it, I wasn't able to find anywhere that changed according to that setting.

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I don't know what that settings applies to, but I've never changed it. The important settings are in the Advanced section.