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Fonts

An important part of a better experience through themes is choosing the correct fonts.

bug 465633 is looking into shipping a better font with Thunderbird

Deja Vu

The Deja Vu font is freely available under a license that is likely compatible with the Mozilla license. It supports a large number of glyphs, likely making it our default font choice for every platform it's installed in.

Platform Fonts

Most platforms have a specific set of fonts included by default. Thunderbird should take advantage of the best and most available platform fonts by choosing them in order.

Windows

Mac

Mac OS X 10.3: Fonts list

1. Monaco
2. Helvetica
3. Times

Linux

1. Deja Vu
2. Bitstream Vera
3. Liberation