Changing fonts in Mail

Hi, can anyone tell me how to change fonts in MacMail when composing new messages?
Thanks,
Bob Tomsak

Did anyone solve this? I want to permantntly both the change the font and color of the font in all of my outgoing messages. I've managed to change the font and size, but the color is still basic black. So for every message I have to go to the menu bar, select font/color and change it. I'm on email just about 6 hours a day, and really, really don't want to have to do it this way. PLEASE - advice on permanent changes?
And what's with the "styles" button? There's no information on how to use anywhere that I've checked.

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