Mail fonts keep changing

I type an email using Helvetica or Arial, send it off and all looks fine. When I see a copy of the email in someone's response my email looks terrible as the fonts have all changed to some other type like Times Roman or some other similar ugly font.
I can't fathom why this would happen, has anyone got any ideas as this is very frustrating?

You can spedify fonts all you like, and the only ones you can really control are your incoming email message fonts. You can try to control the outgoing fonts, but the recipient's preferences on reading their emails will supuercede your appearance wishes. IMHO.

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