No, you can't, the shown font depends on the receivers' settings. To control the font, you must transfer the text as HTML, which means that you must change your program a bit. But since some companies block HTML messages, this is also not a perfect solution.

>is there a way to control the fonts in a text file and at what point do i introduce the control?
> I am generating a text that will comprise the body of an email
>
>example:
>lcBody = filetostr('c:\sample.txt') (can i control it here?)
>
>the starting point in all this is
>set alte to sample.txt (perhaps this is the place to set fonts)
>
>.MsgNoteText = tcBody (or perhaps here in the email body itself - but how would i do that?)