See if the info at these links helps fix it:
OLEXP: The Font Size Changes When You Press ENTER in a New Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q232001
OLEXP: Default Font Size Is Not Applied in a New HTML E-mail Message:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q240730
OLEXP: Large or Small Font Printing Message from Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q276435
OLEXP: Cannot Change Text Format Using Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q178895
OLEXP: Large Font Printing Message from Outlook Express:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q276435
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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
Please reply to newsgroup only.
"Alan S" wrote in message
news:tpY4e.2367$gF5.2225@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
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> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote in message
> news:uwlDjrkOFHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> "Alan S" wrote in message
>> news:%0A4e.1580$gF5.970@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com
>>> The mail sending format is HTML and the news sending format is plain
>>> text.
>>>
>>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:un9qt8TOFHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> "Alan S" wrote in message
>>>> news:Kjd4e.8032$c76.3603@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com
>>>>> Does anyone know if there is a way to set the reply signature font to
>>>>> Ariel
>>>>> instead of Times New Roman? My signature is in Ariel when I send
>>>>> messages
>>>>> but when I reply to them the signature shows up in Times New Roman and
>>>>> I
>>>>> can
>>>>> not find a setting to change it. I have tried both writing the
>>>>> signature
>>>>> in
>>>>> Outlook Express and using a text file from a different directory and I
>>>>> still
>>>>> have the issue. Any ideas? (Aside from the "you should change your
>>>>> mail
>>>>> client to ...")
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> - A -
>>>>
>>>> Plain text or HTML?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>>>>
>>> The mail sending format is HTML and the news sending format is plain
>>> text.
>>
>> Which are you asking about?
>>
> The font defaults to Times New Roman when I reply to anything, whether it
> is an email or a news item.
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
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