When receiving e-mails containing HTML code in OS X Mail, you will notice that some e-mail messages comes with very small text. With this default write command it’s possible to set the minimum font size for text in HTML e-mails. In some cases changing the size of text will break the layout.
Use the following command:
defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 12
Show current font size:
defaults read com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize
0 = default
Revert to the default setting with:
defaults delete com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize
Hi, I tried this and it doesn’t work but returns the message:
unknown-70:56:81:94:2d:fb:~ FCP2$
which probably means that I’m working in the wrong directory or something. My user account is FCP2. I’m sorry but I don’t know how use Terminal.
It would be great to get this sorted, as the size text I receive on some e-mails is almost microscopic Best wishes John
Does anyone have a solution that works for OS X 10.9 Mavericks since this no longer works
It drives me nuts: it does not work in Mavericks and I am lost without it.
For Mavericks, use:
defaults write com.apple.mail NSFontSize 12
Didn’t work for me