No bold in mail?

Hi,
For several weeks now after the 10.6 update every time I select some text in a new email and press apple + b for bold nothing changes! Even when I go via the font menu and change it still the bold style is not shown. Im using standard fonts which work in other applications. I've tried reinstalling Mac Mail which hasn't helped.
Any ideas?

For several weeks now after the 10.6 update every time I select some text in a new email and press apple + b for bold nothing changes!
See this thread for a possible fix:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10098577&#10098577

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