Apple Mail – emails print too small, but enlarging text cuts off sentences
I am using Apple Mail on a Mac and have a recurring problem when printing emails, either to a printer or to PDF.
Some received emails are displayed/printed in a very small font. When I reply to those emails, my reply can also print very small, even though my Mail settings are:
- Message Format: Rich Text
- “Use the same message format as the original message”: unticked
- Default font: Calibri 18 pt
If I increase the text size using Command + or increase the print scale, the font becomes more readable, but the right-hand side of the email is then cut off and the ends of sentences are missing.
The issue seems to be that Apple Mail is preserving the original HTML/fixed-width formatting rather than reflowing the text to fit an A4 page.
Is there a way in Apple Mail to:
- print emails at a larger/readable font size;
- automatically reflow the text to fit the printable width of an A4 page; and
- avoid having to save each email as Plain Text/RTF and open it in TextEdit before printing?
I am looking for a practical setting or workaround within Apple Mail, as I print and save emails to PDF regularly.
If helpful, I can also provide an example PDF showing the text being cut off on the right-hand side.