Mac mail font issue

Hi, I just started using Mac Mail. I have adjusted the font size in preferences, yet when I reply to a message, the font appears tiny. It says it is 12 point, so I don't what to increase it beyond that, but it looks more like 8 pt. on the screen. Is there any way to increase the size?

carlger wrote:
Mails sent in for example verdana 10 will appear in different fonts and sizes om the recepients outlook - mostly new times roman - the default font for outlook.
A 3rd party program - messagefont.com - tries to solve the problem.
It is not 100% reliable for me though.
I have therefore reverted to outlook - much to my annoiance.
Thanks much for that info.
The basic problem is that doing something in Mail > Preferences does not send mail in verdana 10 or anything else specific. You have to set that in each outgoing message, and that is too burdensome for many users. Messagefont is supposed to fix this problem, but I guess it is not perfect.

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