

While many emails are short, there’s plenty that are more elaborate with headings and sub-headings – just like a Word document. The standard advice assumes you only type emails with one formatting type (+Body). Just like Word documents, Outlook emails have more than one Style. They are too ‘fancy’ and likely to look quite different for non-Outlook receivers.ĭefinitely turn off the three options Vivid Colors, Active Graphics and Background Image before making a selection. Most of these themes are NOT suitable for emails. The Theme button will show you all the Word themes. Also the display font for plain text messages.

Here you can choose the Body fonts for new and reply/forward messages. Go to Options | Mail | Signatures and Stationery | Personal Stationery. It works, but doesn’t tell the whole story. Here’s the standard advice for changing the default font. You have to be careful selecting fonts in emails because the receiver might not have the same or similar font.

You must have a great life if a mere email font can ruin it.īut the article itself makes a good point. The clickbait headline Your E-mail Font Is Ruining Your Life has been appearing on news sites – it’s a silly headline, of course. We’ll show you more about email fonts than Outlook help usually does. There’s a quick way to change the default email font in Outlook but, as is often the case with Office, the standard advice is incomplete.
