640140 - Font size changing from that set on Options page

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 250539

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Firefox/3.6.15
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9

I want to set my font to always be Helvetica, Arial - small.  I have done this in the Options/Composition menu.
If I compose a new e-mail, it starts off with that font, but if I then start a bullet point list, the font changes to Variable Width - medium.
If I manually change the font back to the one I want, then click on another window, when I come back to the message, it reverts back to Variable Width.

If I reply to an e-mail, my font does not default to that selected, but again changes to Variable Width.

I want my font to always be the same by default.  I don't want it to change just because I am replying to an e-mail, or I have started a bullet point list.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set font in Options/Composition menu
2.start composing a new e-mail
3.click on the bullet points button and carry on typing - font will change
4.manually reselct original font.
5.click away from the message window.
6.click back on the message window and start typing again - font will have changed.

2a. Reply to an e-mail, font will not be that selected in step 1.
Actual Results:  
Font changed

Expected Results:  
Font shouldn't change

Comment 2

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It looks like this bug has been around for a while.  When is it going to be fixed?

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> It looks like this bug has been around for a while.  When is it going to be
> fixed?

When someone will provide a patch ... Patches are very welcomed.