"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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The behavior is a known bug in Windows Live Mail and in Windows Mail (Vista)
with IE8 Beta 2 installed. I have not heard anyone say they've seen the
behavior in OE though.


Robear,

This symptom was reported with a high severity rating in IE8b1.
It has not been fixed in IE8b2.

I *can* get my preferred font (Arial) when Read all messages in plain text
is _checked_ but then I have no control over font size and the default font
size is very large.

Previously, that was the workaround I accepted to continue using IE8b1
but since then I have changed my DPI to 120 and now the large font is
too large, so in IE8b2 I am sticking with Read all messages in plain text
_unchecked_ (my preference for that setting for other reasons.) But this
means everything shows up in Times New Roman only.

BTW another related problem symptom is that when the Accessibility setting
to ignore web specified fonts and use my own font preferences is used,
OE's Home page text is *not* rendered with my preferred web page font
(MS Comic Sans ICIM); it also is rendered in TNR.

BTW2. IE8b2's install unexpectedly changed my font preferences to TNR
and Courier. I have since changed those to no effect for the problem symptoms
in OE and WLMail.


FYI

Robert
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

metrxseven wrote:
I am running WinXP SP3 with Outlook Express.

I also have Window Live Mail and that is also having the same problem

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Are you running WinXP SP2, WinXP SP3, Vista, or Vista SP1?

Are you referring to Outlook Express, Windows Mail (Vista), or Windows
Live
Mail?
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metrxseven wrote:
I also installed IE8 Beta 2. Could that have caused the font problem?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Change the Proportional Font and check Read in Plain Text. You won't
see
a
change in HTML.

"metrxseven" wrote in message
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When I go into tools-options-read-fonts to change the font in fixed
width
font from Courier New to Lucida Console nothing happens. The email
message
still displays in Courier New