thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Add option to allow changing the font used to display emails
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Description
Expected behavior
When I receive a string of letters, for example a password reset, I expect to be able to distinguish the letter L form the letter i.
Actual behavior
I can not believe how often I still see this issue, it is 2018!
the current font k9 uses on my android phone shows the lower L and the capital i as the same vertical line. It is not possible to distinguish them visually. This is incredibly frustrating, because any computer user has know this issue for over a decade, and it still exists in various softwares
The solution is so simple: give preference to fonts with show a capital i as a capital H rotated 90 degrees.
Please consider selecting a different default font for K9, or somehow modifying the letter I on the current font.
I know the font is usually supplied by the operating system, and changing fonts can have a range of consequences, but I am sure we can work out a solution for this.
Environment
K-9 Mail version:
5.600
Android version:
7.0 3.18.31
Account type (IMAP, POP3, WebDAV/Exchange):
IMAP
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Research direction
The issue names no source file or test. Start by locating the Android email-rendering UI and its font configuration; done means the selected or default font clearly distinguishes ambiguous letters while email display remains usable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- accessibility, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100