This Nicolium 2.00 patch:

a. Isn't suitable [yet] for upstream.
b. Might be useful, with changes, to others.

This patch tries to implement or support 4 goals:

1. Increase default font sizes.

2. Add a  little  padding inside the  post border  [when the border is
visible].

3. Try to  prevent the font size from jumping when a post  is focused.
This change is only partly successful.

4. Change the color of the border around focused posts from red [which
the author finds distracting] to blue.

--- nicolium-git.old/packages/nicolium/src/styles/layout.scss
+++ nicolium-git/packages/nicolium/src/styles/layout.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,37 @@ html {
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+/*Adjust global body post size safely using percentages */
+html {
+    /* font-size: 103.125%; */
+    /* font-size: 104%; */ 
+    font-size: 5mm;
+}
+
+body {
+  /* Try to make font sizes more consistent in different */
+  /* contexts. This change needs work.                   */
+  --font-size-lg: 1rem !important;
+  --font-size-xl: 1rem !important;
+  --text-lg: 1rem !important;
+  --text-xl: 1rem !important;
+}
+
+/* Modify sidebar columns to increase font size. */
+
+aside, 
+nav,
+[class*="sidebar"],
+[data-component*="sidebar"] {
+  font-size: 0.95rem !important;
+
+  /* Cascades the scale uniformly down through navigation */
+  /* button/link nodes */
+  a, button, span {
+    font-size: 0.95rem !important;
+  }
+}
+
 html:has(body.with-modals),
 body.with-modals {
   touch-action: none;
@@ -1911,3 +1942,15 @@ body {
     }
   }
 }
+
+.status:focus, 
+.status:focus-within,
+.focusable:focus,
+[focusable="true"]:focus,
+.status.is-active,
+.status.active,
+.detailed-status {
+    outline: 2px solid #3b82f6 !important;
+    border-color: #3b82f6 !important; padding: 3mm;
+    box-shadow: none !important;
+}
==== end of sub -patch ====
--- nicolium-git.old/packages/nicolium/src/pages/settings/preferences/appearance.tsx
+++ nicolium-git/packages/nicolium/src/pages/settings/preferences/appearance.tsx
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ const AppearancePreferences: React.FC<ISettingsPage> = ({
     [settings.theme?.interfaceSize, settings.locale],
   );
   const interfaceSizeValueText =
-    interfaceSizeValueTitles[INTERFACE_SIZES.indexOf(settings.theme?.interfaceSize ?? 'md')];
+    interfaceSizeValueTitles[INTERFACE_SIZES.indexOf(settings.theme?.interfaceSize ?? 'xl')];
 
   const borderRadiusIntensityValueTitles = React.useMemo(
     () => [
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ const AppearancePreferences: React.FC<ISettingsPage> = ({
           >
             <div className='appearance__slider'>
               <StepSlider
-                value={INTERFACE_SIZES.indexOf(settings.theme?.interfaceSize ?? 'md')}
+                value={INTERFACE_SIZES.indexOf(settings.theme?.interfaceSize ?? 'xl')}
                 steps={4}
                 onChange={onInterfaceSizeChange}
                 titles={interfaceSizeValueTitles}
==== end of sub -patch ====
==== end of full patch ====