By any chance are you using a laptop or an LCD screen?
I have found that if my screen resolution is lower than the
native (recommended) resolution, then the bold text in
Windows Mail will be too bold.

Gary VanderMolen

"Andy" <andy@indigo.ie> wrote in message news:fahci9$sb9$1@news.datemas.de...
> The bold font in windows mail on my vista PC is horrible - its too bold. The fonts I am talking about is on the startup where
> you have inbox outbox sent items etc.. and when I am composing messages in plain text. Do you know how it can be changed?
>
> I have tried adjusting windows appearance and effects and turning on and off cleartype and I have also adjusted the text sizes
> in windows mail but I still cannot get it to look good.
>
> Any ideas please?