Apple Mail 6.3 auto defaulting to courier font

OS - 10.8.3 ---- I am using a gmail adress sending/recieving through Apple Mail 6.3. My preferences are all set to Arial 11, however when opejn by the recipient all the text in the message is converted to courier 13. It really does not look good. In terms of electronic firtst impressions, it is not going to work out very well. Thnak you very much for any thougts.

The font substitution is probably happening on the recepient's computer.
I suggest you try Arial 12, it's a more common typeface, so it may not generate font substitution at the other end.

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