Thunderbird message list font

[Gordon Messmer]

Ian Pilcher wrote:
> 
> One issue I do have is the *extremely* bold font that is being used in
> the Thunderbird message list.  Google found a page that explains how to
> change it by editting userChrome.css, but I was wondering if there was a
> GNOME setting somewhere that affects this.

One option is to revert the system defaults to their old settings:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-October/msg03199.html

If you don't like mucking with the system config files, you can also 
copy /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-latin.conf to ~/.fonts.conf, and reorder 
the font preferences in your own home directory.