On 22/07/2013, at 8:14 AM, Rick Armstrong <a...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Whats the best fonts and size to use in Mail so that the other side (PC) sees > your email in some sort of consistancy. I sometimes Bold and Italicise as > well as underline and colour. > Message list font: > Message font > Fixed-width font > On the 27" iMac 14pt is reasonable on screen but what does another 20" see > (will the font be too large). > EXAMPLE: If I send an email in Comic Sans - whats happens when received. > Thanks, Rick. the thing to understand about email is that you have little to no control over what your recipient will see when they get your message. All formatting is carried by their email client, and will depend on its ability to interpret what you have sent. Apple Mail sends formatted email as RTFD, not HTML. If the recipient is not set up to be able to handle RTF format the the results will be unpredictable. This was the reason Microsoft originally developed the HTML format in Outlook Express, and the world has suffered for the practice ever since. The email protocol is very old in computer terms, and the only true standard is plain text. This is the only format which is guaranteed to be received in the same format you sent it. Anything else is subject to the abilities of the receiving software. If you really need to send a fully formatted, intricately laid out message, the only guaranteed method is by attaching it as a PDF. Again, your recipient will need to have the ability to receive attachments, something else which cannot be taken for granted, especially if your recipient is a Windows user who is paranoid about security. Seriously, just use plain text for email. It always works. And Comic Sans?? There are parts of the internet where a secret message bomb would be sent to blow your computer up for merely mentioning the possibility! Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
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