How to control fonts in Mail?

I have a persistent problem that I just cannot figure out. In mail prefs I set my font for the Mail message font to be Verdana 13 which is easier for me to read. Nonetheless, any time I click on the next line to type in, or click anywhere in the message, it ALWAYS outputs Verdana 12 and I have to manually change it. It looks like it is a bug but I am suspicious about coming to that conclusion as I may just be ignorant.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Richard

Regarding Mail, as already provided go to Mail > Preferences > Fonts & Colors.
You can change the Mailbox Font, Message List Font and Message Font.
The font and size that you select for the Message Font will be the font and size for received messages only when the sender of a message uses Plain Text for message composition. When a sender uses HTML for message composition, the sender controls the formatting. With such a received message open, at the menu bar go to View > Message and select Plain Text Alternative and the received message font will be changed to your chosen font for messages.
The message font selection will also be the font used when composing a message. RTF with Tiger Mail is really HTML but in order to implement HTML for message composition requires selecting a font via the font panel when composing a message or change the font size, color or add bold or italics for selected text, etc.
I don't believe you can change the font for Address Book. You can only change the font size choosing between Regular, Large or Extra Large.
The same for iTunes. You can select between Small or Large for Source Text and Song text.

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