Messages - bold font can't be changed to regular

Hello,
I've purchased a new macbook pro 13" with Yosemite system a week ago,
and for some reason, all messages that appear in the Messages app window are written in bold Arial font.
I can't change it to regular.
When I right click in the below form (where one can type a message), font type and size are changeable while actually typing, but only in that very "form", meaning it's not applied to the above messages that are sent. I don't know if I made myself clear enough...
May anyone help please?
Many thanks in advance!
All the best,
Loan

Hi,
iChat and then early version of Messages used to have a Preferences pane called "Messages" that allowed you to change the Font, the colour of the Background (Balloons) and the Colour of the Text.
There was also a Format Menu that allowed you to change things in that outgoing Messages before it was sent.
These has disappeared in Yosemite's version of Messages.
However if you go to System Preferences > Accessibility and set the Reduced Transparency item and restart Messages you will see that you can chose fonts in the Messages Menu > Preferences > General section.
You cannot override the blue or green outgoing balloons or the white font colour for outgoing messages nor effect the Incoming ones (always Black on grey)
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