can't change font in Mail

In Finder, click on Go menu and select Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G).

You can also get to the ~/Library folder by holding option (or sometimes shift for no apparent reason) when clicking on the Go menu.

HI,

Are you typing after that to see any text in the new Font ?

Or are you highlighting existing text to change the Font but it is not Changing ?

9:47 PM Sunday; February 17, 2013

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi,

When I click the Select Button and choose a Font the Name in the box changes.

Is this not happening for you ?

10:03 PM Sunday; February 17, 2013

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hi,

Unfortunately at this point I run out of any further knowledge on the Mail App.

I know more about iChat and the Messages apps.

Hopefully one of the regular posters on the Mail App will also chip in with some comments.

10:20 PM Sunday; February 17, 2013

Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

Hey,

Did you ever resolve this problem. I just noticed it today. It's terribly annoying.

Message was edited by: shawnperson Restarted Mail now works. Although it's strange that it wasn't working. I tried changing the font in several other apps and they all worked.

Feniz (and Shawn)--

Please see this thread. I'm hoping you might find help there.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3759058?answerId=17678445022#17678445022

I have a work around you might try.

Add a signature to your email account with whatever font you want. Two steps...like this.

1. Create a new email message:

2. Add a new signature (Mail -> Preferences -> Signatures) and Paste Clip Board into the new Signature editor:

That's All Folks!

Now, when you create new messages, you should find that the format you are looking for is already setup. All you have to do is tweak the Name,

Hope this helps!

roymmcm

FenixRizing04,

I just ran into the same issue today on my 2011 MacBook Air running Mail on OS X 10.10.1. The signature workaround is clever, but I stumbled across a more straightforward approach. First, quite Mail. Then go to ~/Library/Preferences and look for a file named com.apple.mail-shared.plist. (It might not have "-shared" as part of its name, though.) Delete this file. (This won't break anything; it's just a preference file that Mail creates, and it will generate a new one the next time you launch the app.) Launch Mail, and then you should be able to change the default fonts to your liking. It worked for me.

I hope that helped!

All,

I tried mattai's solution and it worked immediately and like a charm.

I give extra credit to rommcm for cleverness but mattai's "delete the preferences" solution worked for me. Many thanks, it was driving me nuts!

Where do I go to type in ~/Library/Preferences? I tried typing it in Finder but didn't get anything.