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Default program font appearance

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Does anyone else have the issue where the interface just looks bad? It's like I'm using an old version of Microsoft office on a Windows 3.1 machine. I see in the settings I can change the font sizes for composing emails but how about the system interface? Others say "just download a theme" but could someone recommend one? This current font makes me want to delete this software and look for alternatives. I only checked out this software because Microsoft sucks. And I'm about ready to leave this one also.

Thunderbird version 142.0 (64-bit) Windows 11 build 26100.4652 Intel Core i5-9400F 32GB ram

Does anyone else have the issue where the interface just looks bad? It's like I'm using an old version of Microsoft office on a Windows 3.1 machine. I see in the settings I can change the font sizes for composing emails but how about the system interface? Others say "just download a theme" but could someone recommend one? This current font makes me want to delete this software and look for alternatives. I only checked out this software because Microsoft sucks. And I'm about ready to leave this one also. Thunderbird version 142.0 (64-bit) Windows 11 build 26100.4652 Intel Core i5-9400F 32GB ram
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I Like FluentBird. (seen in screenshot). If you like the screenshot I can tell you how to get it.


..And I like two birds

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ThundaMike
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I Like FluentBird. (seen in screenshot). If you like the screenshot I can tell you how to get it.


..And I like two birds

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sfhowes
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The global font can be set with css: 

* { 
	font-size: 10pt !important;
  	font-family: Cambria, serif !important;
}


or e.g. Open Sans, sans-serif

Help/Troubleshooting Info, Profile Folder, Open Folder, close TB, create a new folder named chrome, create a new document in chrome with a text editor, name it userChrome.css, Save as type: All files *.*, copy in the above code, change the size and font as desired. Double-click toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in Settings/General/Config. editor, restart TB.

Online css generator

video: How to create a css file (Firefox or TB)

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