gmail-fixed-width-chrome-extension

Extension to read email messages with fixed with font.

This is based on a blog post from Leonardo Soto about making gmail messages use a fixed-width font.

#How to load this extension:

clone this repository or download it as a ZIP (older releases here),
visit chrome://extensions,
make sure "developer mode" is checked,
click "load unpacked extension" to select your git clone.

Which fonts are used:

There are some factors that I considered

loading fonts that are available on your system,
loading fonts that are considered best for programming use,
falling back to a fixed width font I particularly liked (Inconsolata from Raph Levien) with a permissive license.

#Wait, I like this other font better...

clone this repository
use your favorite fixed-width font in the gmail-fixed.css file
reload the extension :)

or

get a tool to rename fonts e.g. FontForge.
copy your favorite fixed width and rename it gmail-fixed-width.