Unable to set default compose mail font in Apple Mail

So, I've gone through all the preferences and set them to the correct font (Folio STD-Light). When I compose a new message it uses Folio STD-Medium. "Medium" is not set in any of my font preferences in the Mail > Preferences pane. Where is it pulling this font from? Is it in a hidden plist file somewhere?
The only way I can get the correct font, is to set it each time in the "fonts" button each time I write an email. That gets old quickly.
Any help?

If you are trying to determine the fonts seen by your recipients, there is no way to do that using Mail > Preferences. It must be done for each outgoing individually in the New Message pane. Or you can use custom stationery.
Of course it only makes sense to select a special font for your emails when you know for sure that the recipient also has it on their machine.
If the ability to set a default font to be seen by recipients is really important, I recommend switching to Entourage or Thunderbird.

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