Desktop: Adjust font size for messages and usernames only

Hello!

The ability to zoom the entire UI is nice, but I am currently unable to get the font size to a comfortable level.

Currently I have to strike a balance between zooming in enough that I can read things, and not zooming in too much because all other UI elements also become larger, giving me a very small space for the actual chat. Right now I can fit about ten messages onto one screen, while having the font be slightly too small for comfort.

Would be incredibly nice if there was an option somewhere to adjust the font size of just message text and usernames. It would also be nice if I could adjust the font weight, as slightly bolder text is easier for me to read.

Context: I’m very near sighted, so my glasses give me a “large fov” - causing everything in my vision to be shrunk down quite a bit.

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Workarounds for now:

you can already make dc desktop use your system font in the appearance settings. Then you could have a slightly bolder font as system font.

Alternatively if you want to get into coding a bit of css, then you could make your own custom theme: deltachat-desktop/docs/THEMES.md at main · deltachat/deltachat-desktop · GitHub

Ah, neat! I’ll see if I can hack on some font fixes in a theme then. Thank you!

Not marking this as solved though, since presumably other (non-dev) users will have the same issue.