diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/SettingsRepository.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/SettingsRepository.kt
index 2d04e60..e7204c7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/SettingsRepository.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/SettingsRepository.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ data class AppSettings(
      * but exits (or whose process dies) before adding an account isn't forced to agree again.
      */
     val licenseAccepted: Boolean = false,
+    /**
+     * The font family CSS / point size last used in a sent formatted message (issue #78), so the next
+     * brand-new composition ([org.libremail.ui.compose.ComposeViewModel]) can default to it. Either
+     * may be null on its own (e.g. only a size was ever recorded); both null means nothing has been
+     * remembered yet, so new messages stay plaintext exactly as before this preference existed.
+     */
+    val lastFontCss: String? = null,
+    val lastFontSizePt: Int? = null,
 )
 
 private object Keys {
@@ -89,6 +97,8 @@ private object Keys {
     val RETENTION_MONTHS = intPreferencesKey("retention_months")
     val DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID = stringPreferencesKey("default_account_id")
     val LICENSE_ACCEPTED = booleanPreferencesKey("license_accepted")
+    val LAST_FONT_CSS = stringPreferencesKey("last_font_css")
+    val LAST_FONT_SIZE_PT = intPreferencesKey("last_font_size_pt")
     val BATTERY_PROMPT_HANDLED = booleanPreferencesKey("battery_prompt_handled")
     val CONTACTS_PROMPT_HANDLED = booleanPreferencesKey("contacts_prompt_handled")
     val CONTACTS_PERMISSION_REQUESTED = booleanPreferencesKey("contacts_permission_requested")
@@ -116,6 +126,8 @@ internal fun Preferences.toAppSettings(): AppSettings = AppSettings(
     retentionMonths = this[Keys.RETENTION_MONTHS] ?: 0,
     defaultAccountId = this[Keys.DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID],
     licenseAccepted = this[Keys.LICENSE_ACCEPTED] ?: false,
+    lastFontCss = this[Keys.LAST_FONT_CSS],
+    lastFontSizePt = this[Keys.LAST_FONT_SIZE_PT],
 )
 
 @Singleton
@@ -221,6 +233,18 @@ class SettingsRepository @Inject constructor(@ApplicationContext private val con
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Records the font family/size last used in a sent formatted message (#78), so the next brand-new
+     * composition can default to it. Either argument may be null on its own; passing null for one
+     * clears just that key rather than persisting a sentinel value.
+     */
+    suspend fun setLastFont(fontCss: String?, fontSizePt: Int?) {
+        context.settingsDataStore.edit {
+            if (fontCss != null) it[Keys.LAST_FONT_CSS] = fontCss else it.remove(Keys.LAST_FONT_CSS)
+            if (fontSizePt != null) it[Keys.LAST_FONT_SIZE_PT] = fontSizePt else it.remove(Keys.LAST_FONT_SIZE_PT)
+        }
+    }
+
     private suspend fun put(key: Preferences.Key<Boolean>, value: Boolean) {
         context.settingsDataStore.edit { it[key] = value }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModel.kt
index bf13bfe..1760d10 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModel.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.libremail.domain.model.OutgoingAttachment
 import org.libremail.domain.model.OutgoingMessage
 import org.libremail.domain.repository.AccountRepository
 import org.libremail.domain.repository.MailRepository
+import org.libremail.richtext.RichBaseStyle
+import org.libremail.richtext.RichStyle
 import org.libremail.richtext.RichTextContent
 import org.libremail.richtext.RichTextHtml
 import org.libremail.ui.navigation.Routes
@@ -122,16 +124,20 @@ class ComposeViewModel @Inject constructor(
             // signature. Reply/forward drafts already carry theirs, so they take the draft branch above.
             viewModelScope.launch {
                 val available = accountRepository.observeAccounts().first { it.isNotEmpty() }
+                val settings = settingsRepository.settings.first()
                 // The persisted default (#163) only counts if it still names an account that exists.
                 // Deleting the default account normally clears this via
                 // SettingsRepository.clearDefaultAccountId, but a stale id could still reach here (e.g.
                 // a Backup restore onto a device that never had the account) — validate rather than
                 // trust it, so it just falls through to the incidental "first account alphabetically"
                 // behavior instead of crashing or composing from a nonexistent account.
-                val defaultAccountId = settingsRepository.settings.first().defaultAccountId
-                val validDefaultAccountId = defaultAccountId?.takeIf { id -> available.any { it.id == id } }
+                val validDefaultAccountId = settings.defaultAccountId?.takeIf { id -> available.any { it.id == id } }
                 val effectiveId = _state.value.fromAccountId ?: validDefaultAccountId ?: available.first().id
                 applySignature(effectiveId)
+                // Seed the message-wide default font (#78) after the signature is applied, so the whole
+                // body — including the signature just appended — picks it up. New compositions only:
+                // replies/forwards resume as drafts and take the branch above, left untouched.
+                seedRememberedFont(settings.lastFontCss, settings.lastFontSizePt)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -201,6 +207,45 @@ class ComposeViewModel @Inject constructor(
     /** Keeps an HTML body only when it actually carries formatting, so plaintext stays plaintext. */
     private fun normalizedHtml(html: String): String? =
         if (html.isBlank() || !RichTextHtml.fromHtml(html).hasFormatting()) null else html
+
+    /**
+     * Seeds a brand-new composition with the last-remembered font (#78) by wrapping the current body
+     * in a [RichBaseStyle], so the whole message — including any signature just applied — defaults to
+     * it. A no-op when nothing has been remembered yet, so a message that would otherwise stay
+     * plaintext-only isn't forced into an HTML body for no visible reason (an empty [RichBaseStyle]
+     * still flips [RichTextContent.hasFormatting]).
+     */
+    private fun seedRememberedFont(fontCss: String?, fontSizePt: Int?) {
+        if (fontCss == null && fontSizePt == null) return
+        _state.update { s ->
+            val content = (s.bodyHtml?.let(RichTextHtml::fromHtml) ?: RichTextContent(text = s.body))
+                .copy(baseStyle = RichBaseStyle(fontCss, fontSizePt))
+            s.copy(bodyHtml = RichTextHtml.toHtml(content))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remembers the font used in a just-sent formatted message (#78): the message-wide base style if
+     * one is set, else the last `FontFamily`/`FontSize` span in the body (the formatting nearest the
+     * end of the message). A no-op for a plaintext send ([bodyHtml] null) or a formatted one that never
+     * touched the font — an unrelated send must never clear a previously remembered preference.
+     */
+    private suspend fun rememberFontPreference(bodyHtml: String?) {
+        val html = bodyHtml ?: return
+        val (fontCss, fontSizePt) = lastFontIn(RichTextHtml.fromHtml(html)) ?: return
+        settingsRepository.setLastFont(fontCss, fontSizePt)
+    }
+
+    /** The base style if set, else the last matching inline font span; null when neither is present. */
+    private fun lastFontIn(content: RichTextContent): Pair<String?, Int?>? {
+        content.baseStyle?.let { return it.fontCss to it.fontSizePt }
+        val css = content.spans.lastOrNull { it.style is RichStyle.FontFamily }
+            ?.let { (it.style as RichStyle.FontFamily).css }
+        val sizePt = content.spans.lastOrNull { it.style is RichStyle.FontSize }
+            ?.let { (it.style as RichStyle.FontSize).pt }
+        return if (css != null || sizePt != null) css to sizePt else null
+    }
+
     fun addAttachments(items: List<OutgoingAttachment>) =
         _state.update { it.copy(attachments = it.attachments + items) }
     fun removeAttachment(uri: String) = _state.update {
@@ -331,6 +376,7 @@ class ComposeViewModel @Inject constructor(
             ),
         ).fold(
             onSuccess = {
+                rememberFontPreference(s.bodyHtml)
                 draftId?.let { mailRepository.deleteDraft(it) }
                 _state.update { it.copy(sending = false) }
                 finish()
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/AppSettingsTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/AppSettingsTest.kt
index f003dc8..05af2f7 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/AppSettingsTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/data/settings/AppSettingsTest.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.libremail.data.settings
 
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.booleanPreferencesKey
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.emptyPreferences
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.intPreferencesKey
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.preferencesOf
 import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -16,11 +17,17 @@ import kotlin.test.assertEquals
  * Also covers `licenseAccepted` (#172), the same kind of default/fallback mapping but for a plain
  * boolean: unset must read back as "not yet accepted" so a fresh install (and any pre-#172 install
  * that never wrote the key) is routed through `Routes.ONBOARDING_LICENSE` rather than skipping it.
+ *
+ * Also covers `lastFontCss`/`lastFontSizePt` (#78): the last-used compose font/size, read back by
+ * `ComposeViewModel` to seed brand-new compositions. Both are plain nullable round-trips — unset
+ * must read back as null (never a font is a valid, common state), not some sentinel.
  */
 class AppSettingsTest {
 
     private val fetchPolicyKey = stringPreferencesKey("fetch_policy")
     private val licenseAcceptedKey = booleanPreferencesKey("license_accepted")
+    private val lastFontCssKey = stringPreferencesKey("last_font_css")
+    private val lastFontSizePtKey = intPreferencesKey("last_font_size_pt")
 
     @Test
     fun `in-memory default fetch policy is WIFI_ONLY`() {
@@ -59,4 +66,33 @@ class AppSettingsTest {
         val prefs = preferencesOf(licenseAcceptedKey to true)
         assertEquals(true, prefs.toAppSettings().licenseAccepted)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `in-memory default has no remembered font`() {
+        assertEquals(null, AppSettings().lastFontCss)
+        assertEquals(null, AppSettings().lastFontSizePt)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a never-set font preference reads back as null`() {
+        val settings = emptyPreferences().toAppSettings()
+        assertEquals(null, settings.lastFontCss)
+        assertEquals(null, settings.lastFontSizePt)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a persisted font family and size round-trip independently`() {
+        val prefs = preferencesOf(lastFontCssKey to "Georgia, serif", lastFontSizePtKey to 14)
+        val settings = prefs.toAppSettings()
+        assertEquals("Georgia, serif", settings.lastFontCss)
+        assertEquals(14, settings.lastFontSizePt)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `only the size can be set while the family stays null`() {
+        val prefs = preferencesOf(lastFontSizePtKey to 18)
+        val settings = prefs.toAppSettings()
+        assertEquals(null, settings.lastFontCss)
+        assertEquals(18, settings.lastFontSizePt)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModelTest.kt
index a4dd10f..2ba791d 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/org/libremail/ui/compose/ComposeViewModelTest.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 package org.libremail.ui.compose
 
 import androidx.lifecycle.SavedStateHandle
+import io.mockk.Runs
 import io.mockk.coEvery
 import io.mockk.coVerify
 import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.just
 import io.mockk.mockk
 import io.mockk.slot
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ import org.libremail.domain.model.ServerConfig
 import org.libremail.domain.model.Signature
 import org.libremail.domain.repository.AccountRepository
 import org.libremail.domain.repository.MailRepository
+import org.libremail.richtext.RichBaseStyle
+import org.libremail.richtext.RichTextHtml
 import org.libremail.ui.navigation.Routes
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertFalse
@@ -70,6 +74,9 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         settings: Map<String, AccountSettings> = emptyMap(),
         mailRepository: MailRepository = mockk(relaxed = true),
         defaultAccountId: String? = null,
+        lastFontCss: String? = null,
+        lastFontSizePt: Int? = null,
+        settingsRepository: SettingsRepository = fakeSettingsRepository(defaultAccountId, lastFontCss, lastFontSizePt),
     ): ComposeViewModel {
         val accountRepository = mockk<AccountRepository>()
         every { accountRepository.observeAccounts() } returns MutableStateFlow(accounts)
@@ -80,8 +87,6 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         }
         val signatureRepository = mockk<SignatureRepository>()
         coEvery { signatureRepository.getDefault(any()) } answers { signatures[firstArg<String>()] }
-        val settingsRepository = mockk<SettingsRepository>()
-        every { settingsRepository.settings } returns flowOf(AppSettings(defaultAccountId = defaultAccountId))
         return ComposeViewModel(
             savedStateHandle = savedState,
             mailRepository = mailRepository,
@@ -93,6 +98,26 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A [SettingsRepository] mock carrying [AppSettings] built from the given fields, with
+     * [SettingsRepository.setLastFont] stubbed so callers that don't care about it (most tests) don't need to.
+     */
+    private fun fakeSettingsRepository(
+        defaultAccountId: String? = null,
+        lastFontCss: String? = null,
+        lastFontSizePt: Int? = null,
+    ): SettingsRepository {
+        val repository = mockk<SettingsRepository>()
+        val appSettings = AppSettings(
+            defaultAccountId = defaultAccountId,
+            lastFontCss = lastFontCss,
+            lastFontSizePt = lastFontSizePt,
+        )
+        every { repository.settings } returns flowOf(appSettings)
+        coEvery { repository.setLastFont(any(), any()) } just Runs
+        return repository
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `appends the sending account default signature to a new message`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
         val vm = viewModel(signatures = mapOf("imap:a" to signature("imap:a", "Cheers, Alice")))
@@ -171,6 +196,38 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         assertEquals("", vm.state.value.body)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `seeds a brand-new composition with the remembered font`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        // No signature configured, so the body is empty going in — the seeded base style still wraps it.
+        val vm = viewModel(lastFontCss = "Georgia, serif", lastFontSizePt = 14)
+
+        val html = vm.state.value.bodyHtml
+        assertTrue(html != null, "expected a seeded HTML body, was null")
+        assertEquals(RichBaseStyle("Georgia, serif", 14), RichTextHtml.fromHtml(html).baseStyle)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `seeds the remembered font onto a new message's signature`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val vm = viewModel(
+            signatures = mapOf("imap:a" to signature("imap:a", "Cheers, Alice")),
+            lastFontCss = "Georgia, serif",
+            lastFontSizePt = null,
+        )
+
+        val content = RichTextHtml.fromHtml(vm.state.value.bodyHtml!!)
+        assertEquals(RichBaseStyle("Georgia, serif", null), content.baseStyle)
+        // The signature text itself must still be present, just wrapped by the base style.
+        assertTrue(content.text.contains("Cheers, Alice"), "text=${content.text}")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `stays plaintext-only when composing new with no remembered font`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val vm = viewModel(signatures = mapOf("imap:a" to signature("imap:a", "Cheers, Alice")))
+
+        // No font preference stored: the plain signature must not gain an HTML body just from seeding.
+        assertNull(vm.state.value.bodyHtml)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `does not append a signature when resuming a draft`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
         val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
@@ -196,6 +253,32 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         assertEquals("<p>Draft <b>body</b></p>", vm.state.value.bodyHtml)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `does not seed the remembered font onto an existing draft`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { mailRepository.getDraft("d1") } returns Draft(
+            id = "d1",
+            accountId = "imap:a",
+            to = "x@example.org",
+            cc = "",
+            subject = "Hi",
+            body = "Draft body",
+            updatedAt = 0L,
+            bodyHtml = "<p>Draft <b>body</b></p>",
+            attachments = emptyList(),
+        )
+        val vm = viewModel(
+            savedState = SavedStateHandle(mapOf(Routes.COMPOSE_ARG_DRAFT to "d1")),
+            mailRepository = mailRepository,
+            lastFontCss = "Georgia, serif",
+            lastFontSizePt = 14,
+        )
+
+        assertEquals("Draft body", vm.state.value.body)
+        // Only brand-new compositions seed the remembered font; a resumed draft's HTML is untouched.
+        assertEquals("<p>Draft <b>body</b></p>", vm.state.value.bodyHtml)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `resuming a draft restores the bcc recipients`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
         val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
@@ -232,6 +315,67 @@ class ComposeViewModelTest {
         assertEquals("Hello", sent.captured.body)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `persists the message-wide base style font on send`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { mailRepository.sendMessage(any()) } returns Result.success(Unit)
+        val settingsRepository = fakeSettingsRepository()
+        val vm = viewModel(mailRepository = mailRepository, settingsRepository = settingsRepository)
+
+        vm.onToChange("bob@example.org")
+        vm.onBodyChange("Hello", "<div style=\"font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:14pt\"><p>Hello</p></div>")
+        vm.send()
+
+        coVerify { settingsRepository.setLastFont("Georgia, serif", 14) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `persists the last font span when the message has no base style`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { mailRepository.sendMessage(any()) } returns Result.success(Unit)
+        val settingsRepository = fakeSettingsRepository()
+        val vm = viewModel(mailRepository = mailRepository, settingsRepository = settingsRepository)
+
+        vm.onToChange("bob@example.org")
+        vm.onBodyChange(
+            "Hello there",
+            "<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Hello</span> " +
+                "<span style=\"font-size:18pt\">there</span></p>",
+        )
+        vm.send()
+
+        // Each axis independently takes the last matching span: family from "Hello", size from "there".
+        coVerify { settingsRepository.setLastFont("Arial", 18) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `does not persist anything when the sent message has no font styling`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { mailRepository.sendMessage(any()) } returns Result.success(Unit)
+        val settingsRepository = fakeSettingsRepository()
+        val vm = viewModel(mailRepository = mailRepository, settingsRepository = settingsRepository)
+
+        vm.onToChange("bob@example.org")
+        vm.onBodyChange("Hello world", "<p>Hello <b>world</b></p>")
+        vm.send()
+
+        coVerify(exactly = 0) { settingsRepository.setLastFont(any(), any()) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `does not persist anything for a plaintext-only send`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
+        val mailRepository = mockk<MailRepository>(relaxed = true)
+        coEvery { mailRepository.sendMessage(any()) } returns Result.success(Unit)
+        val settingsRepository = fakeSettingsRepository()
+        val vm = viewModel(mailRepository = mailRepository, settingsRepository = settingsRepository)
+
+        vm.onToChange("bob@example.org")
+        vm.onBodyChange("Hello world", null)
+        vm.send()
+
+        coVerify(exactly = 0) { settingsRepository.setLastFont(any(), any()) }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `prefills the form from mailto navigation arguments`() = runTest(testDispatcher) {
         val vm = viewModel(