Love it or hate it, people use custom fonts when sending email from Outlook and other email clients all the time.
If you have a particular font that you always use, here is how to set Outlook to automatically use it by default everytime you write a new email.
Click File and open the Options menu.
Click the Mail tab and then select the Stationery and Fonts… button.
Here you can change the font for each type of message you’ll be typing. The categories are:
- New mail messages – These are used when you just click Compose and start a new blank email.
- Replying or forwarding messages – These are used when you reply to or forward an email.
- Composing and reading plain text messages – These are used in emails where most of the formatting is removed.
Select the font of your choice, style, and size. There are a few other options available as well such as color, bold, italics, underlining, strikethrough, script, and caps.
For even more formatting options, don’t forget to check out the Advanced tab.
Once you’ve customized your fonts they should automatically be used whenever writing emails in Microsoft Outlook. Have fun!
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Tom Pratt
good clear direction that worked. Thanks.
Paul
I change the settings but it reverts to the original ones. “Set Default” is greyed out so cannot use that. Help!!!!!
Don
Did you ever find a solution? Same problem driving me crazy on a friend’s computer. Trying to troubleshoot from another city if difficult. Friend is not technical enough to edit the Registry as some solutions suggest.
Linda Lyons
Thank you so much. I was able to follow your clear and specific directions and change my fonts and colors.
Thanks, again.
Laura Jephcot
I have Microsoft Outlook 2010. When I open an email it changes the font to one I don’t like at all. I want it to be the same font I’ve set as default for all incoming messages in the inbox. How do I get opened messages to stay the same font as unopened messages? [Tahoma 12pt Bold]
Thanks for any suggestions.
Dan
Is there a way to change the font in every folder with one operation? For some reason Outlook decided it liked an 8pt. font and now I have to change it manually in every single folder.
Elsy
Thank you so much that was clear and very helpful steps.