Comments on for post in leo.blog():: Fixed-width font on Gmail again

As of Feb. 24, Google retired the fixed-width font...

2010-02-25T22:18:25.142-03:00

As of Feb. 24, Google retired the fixed-width font feature from Labs: http://bit.ly/9zxgDD :-(

Germán (gpoo): Good tip! That would free me from ...

2010-02-14T23:39:46.841-03:00

Germán (gpoo):

Good tip! That would free me from updating the CSS trick each time GMail's UI changes.

Now, the Lab option works OK for displaying a particular message in fixed width font, but I don't see any option to compose mails using fixed width fonts (nor anything to read mails in fixed width by default) which is why I'm using the CSS trick.

Are those options hidden somewhere?

Go to 'labs' (right upper corner), search ...

2010-02-14T22:26:54.561-03:00

Go to 'labs' (right upper corner), search for 'Fixed width font' and choose 'Enable'. That should do the trick for any browser.

No, I guess it doesn't work with Chrome. You n...

2010-02-06T16:12:17.313-03:00

No, I guess it doesn't work with Chrome. You need to investigate how to apply user-specified CSS to web pages in Chrome. I'd be surprised if that's not possible.

Do you know if such a hack works for Chrome, and i...

2010-02-06T15:07:03.122-03:00

Do you know if such a hack works for Chrome, and if so how to do it?

I updated it to turn the compose area to fixed-fon...

2010-02-06T14:29:56.953-03:00

I updated it to turn the compose area to fixed-font a few days ago. It should work (at least work for me and for Adam).

You could also extend the tweak to the main area by inspecting the css classes of the areas you want to alter (using Firebug or another similar tool) and then adding the selector to the customized CSS file. Personally, I like the main index with proportional font so I won't change the recipe to support that.

Thanks! How do I apply this to the main UI? I....

2010-02-06T10:04:16.392-03:00

Thanks!

How do I apply this to the main UI? I.e., where all the messages are shown etc.

Is it possible to compose messages with fixed width fonts as well?

Rock! Works perfectly.

2010-02-05T16:44:04.613-03:00

Rock! Works perfectly.

Adam: I just updated the recipe to work with the c...

2010-02-05T13:58:31.188-03:00

Adam: I just updated the recipe to work with the composing area.

Thanks! Do you know how to make it so the textare...

2010-02-04T01:17:14.431-03:00

Thanks!

Do you know how to make it so the textarea for composing messages also uses a fixed-width font?

Excellent!

2009-07-20T18:20:26.277-04:00

Excellent!

Thank you for this! I've been dying to have fixed...

2009-03-25T22:35:00.000-04:00

Thank you for this! I've been dying to have fixed width fonts in GMail.