Safari 6.0 default font

Safari 6.0 has a default text font that looks like courier 12.
I can find no way to change this to something I find easier to read.
Any suggestions?

Macintouch.com suggests using a style sheet (CSS):
In Safari Preferences > Advanced, you can select a "style sheet" - for example, a file called myprefs.css that specifies your CSS style choices (as in the sample below, which specifies several non-serif fonts and a larger-than-normal font size). -Ric Ford]
[myprefs.css]
body
font-family:Geneva,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 1.5em;

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