>i am adding fields from the Data Environment to a form - using the form designer. but the fields always get added to the form in ARIEL - i was hoping that they would show up as another font - and also be sized based on that font...

Ken,

Create subclasses of the VFP base classes, and use the font of your choice in you new classes. Then, in Tools|Options|Field Mapping tab, modify the settings there to point to your classes in your class library.

BTW, it is a good idea to create a subclass of every VFP baseclass, and use your classes...even if you leave all the settings in those new classes as defaults. That way you can easily change functionality later.