Default font in Apple Mail changed

Out of the blue this afternoon, the default font in Apple Mail switched to Helvetica Condensed. I can select a different font, but anything in the Helvetica family just jumps back to Helvetica Condensed. I restarted my MacBook Pro without success. MacBook Pro M3 Tahoe 26.1 (25B78).


Any idea what else I could try to resolve this?

Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, 2025)

Posted on Nov 14, 2025 4:30 PM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2025 4:53 AM

Not sure if it will help but try a SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.

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Default font in Apple Mail changed

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