Adding More Fonts to Signatures
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Hi,
I would like the ability to add more fonts to the fonts drop-down list on the Signature section of the Settings screen. Right now there are only three. It would be nice to be able to utilise all the fonts installed on my Windows 10 Pro device within Vivaldi.
Thanks,
Mark King MCP
www.mark-king-basingstoke.co.uk -
@mking90031 The ability to set fonts is already there, therefore it makes sense making it fully available for signatures too. But I don’t get it in general. Who guarantees your recipient has the fonts you are using installed? In my opinion sans, sans‐serif and monospace should be enough, you can’t know how it will display for anyone anyway.
edit: Wait a minute, the only font choices in the mail composer are sans, serif and monospace, you can’t pick any font from your system, exactly because the recipient won’t be able to display them. One would have to set a fallback like on webpages for this to make any sense. I don’t see this happening.
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In this day most people have most of the fonts that are out there IMHO. If they don't then most email systems will have a default installed that will allow your email to be read. This is especially true for webmail systems. I have my fave fonts that I believe are compatible with most email readers whether it's desktop or browser based. Besides most email programs allow for a whole range of fonts and this includes webmail systems. It seems that Vivaldi wants to be a standalone player in limiting choice in how I present myself in my signature. I just want the freedom of choice. Anything wrong with that???
Yours,
Mark King MCP
www.mark-king-basingstoke.co.uk -
@mking90031 said in Adding More Fonts to Signatures:
In this day most people have most of the fonts that are out there IMHO
This is simply not true.
What you can do however is setting your font defaults in
vivaldi://settings/webpages, which will allow you to use your preferred font choices in all of Vivaldi, including Mail. -
Even on that screen you only have two choices. What if I wanted to use a font like Times New Roman. This is a font that is literally EVERYWHERE. I've seen it on Android, Mac and Windows. Shouldn't I be given the freedom to have the option of choosing that font over Sans Serif, Serif or Monospace? Even if the list is of, say, 10 or 20 of the common fonts that would still give me more choice and allow me to personalise my signature. I just think that Vivaldi should allow me to be as flexible as some of the other programs I've used in the past such as Thunderbird or my domain provider's webmail. Is that too much to ask??
Yours,
Mark King MCP
www.mark-king-basingstoke.co.uk -
@mking90031 I know too little about other programs. So what does Thunderbird do? Let you choose whatever font you have on your system and force that on your recipients, if available? Somehow I can’t imagine that. Why should the sender be able to force style on recipients? For mail all that matters is the content. It’s bad enough some companies send you silly pictures instead of text emails…
I want to leave this gem here ☛ https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/send-email-in-one-font-then-recipients-see-it-as-a/e486cd34-b6fd-4a15-81ab-03d34f7f6cf0
A teacher complaining the parents receive all the messages in cursive, when all they wanted is to send Comic Sans. Damn! -
Most email program send emails in two formats, plain text and rich text. Rich text is the one that allows for different fonts. If the recipient of an email can't display a rich text email then it will display the plain text version. I have yet to find an email program that couldn't display my emails. The usual problem that I get is when my emails end up in someone's Spam box by mistake. What would the world be like if there was no personal touches to email or, for that matter, in writings of the past?? Boring?
Yours,
Mark King MCP
www.mark-king-basingstoke.co.uk -
@mking90031 It would be better if all email was plain text only. HTML email wastes a lot of bandwidth, and may not be readable by the recipient if they need to use extra large fonts on their system.
Fortunately, this forum does not allow for different fonts, so everyone can read it easily.
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Hi,
I guess everyone would want everything to be bland & boring! Me, personally, I prefer to be different! I guess all the books & magazines you read have no pictures and small standard fonts! So what if some can't read a small font. HTML emails take up VERY little bandwidth when compared to, say, a UHD stream from Netflix. People complain more about not being able to stream from Netflix (or any other streaming service) than not being able to read emails. A 1 hour film streamed can use around 1 GB whereas a HTML email might use around 1 MB. Most email programs can override the font that the sender uses. So if the recipient needs an extra large they can set their email program to display all emails with a larger font. Windows itself can be configured with a larger fonts and other things if you have sight issues.
Yours,
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