set font size in POINTS (like Outlook) instead of pixels in the compose editor

[PyWolf]

Wanting to replace Microsoft Outlook with a client that's never open source, I've been trying to use Thunderbird for a long time, which I'd like to use as my primary client. The problem is that for years, a system hasn't been implemented to set the font size when composing a message in POINTS (like in Outlook) rather than pixels. This is very annoying because, since I use email for work, I need to be able to send and forward emails while maintaining text consistency according to aesthetic and graphic parameters chosen by the company. This is very difficult with the current composition system, which only allows you to choose the font type but not the exact size, except for a generic "small, medium, large..." proportional setting. Having repeatedly sent emails that I could see correctly but the recipient received with a graphically inconsistent and unsightly display (different fonts and sizes in various points of the body text), I followed every tutorial and advice I found online and in forums, but without finding a definitive solution. So I tried to create an extension that allows you to set a certain number of fonts (the most common and used) with the size in POINTS, but unfortunately the Thunderbird API does not allow you to fine-tune the aesthetics of the message, so I only partially solved the problem (I can only change the font and size throughout the entire message, not just in the spot I choose). If anyone has the same needs, I would point you to my extension called "Font PT Selector", but I would kindly ask you if it were possible to implement a function of this type directly in the Thunderbird editor, or to suggest how to modify the code to make it more precise, so that it allows you to change different fonts and sizes in various points of the text, thus making my newsletters decent and attractive, professional-level, allowing me to permanently replace Outlook with Thunderbird, as I strongly believe in the principle of open source. THANK YOU in advance for your attention.

[Jon]

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[Hevel]

I am in 100% agreement with this opinion. Mozilla occasionally pursues excessive minimalism. I find no significant inconvenience with Thunderbird’s reading functionality; rather, some aspects of its architecture seem much better than Outlook's.

But in terms of the email composition interface, it is evidently inferior to the pragmatic design of Outlook.

[Hevel]

@PyWolf

I am in 100% agreement with this opinion. Mozilla occasionally pursues excessive minimalism. I find no significant inconvenience with Thunderbird’s reading functionality; rather, some aspects of its architecture seem much better than Outlook's.

However, in terms of the email composition interface, it is evidently inferior to the pragmatic design of Outlook. In fact, I see the same interface right here while writing this comment. While this might not be a major issue for a community forum, Mozilla needs to recognize that a dedicated email client has fundamentally different requirements than a simple community board.