Verdana font on query & pasted 1st chapter

If an agent is going to hold a mistake like that against you, you probably don't want to work with them, imo. Now if you had deliberately used Comic Sans...

One reason why you should always send a test e-mail to yourself before you sent to the agent.

That said, sans-serif fonts are way easier to read online than serif fonts (probably why your computer converted it), so if she's reading online you might have done her a favor. San-serif font, even business text, is very common online, so this--unless she set explicit, strict instructions--is not a deal breaker.

I'm sure it'll be okay. I changed my Yahoo Mail default font to TNR-12 to prevent this. You can do this in Mail Options. It's worth it if you continue to use Yahoo Mail while you query.

...Heh, I've totally been sending mine in sans serif font because the're emails. Figured it didn't matter as it's only 5-10 pages. Any partials etc are in TNR, though. I'll change it in the future.

My Gmail always left my copy-pasted pages in Courier 12, but I never even thought to change the default serif font gmail uses for the body of the query letter itself. Never had a complaint. (I actually have my email default font set at Trebuchet now--I like to live on the edge--and no one has ever commented.) As long as it's clearly readable it's fine.

Don't worry about this, really. Even if the agent notices it, they know fonts can go awry in email. As Kathleen42 said, if they're going to get snitty over that, you probably don't want to deal with them anyway. (And yeah, if it had been sent in 16-point bright green Comic Sans or something it would be different.)

Good luck!

The great thing about email is that if the font annoys you, copy and paste and change it.... I did this all the time in slush.

Don't think it's anything you need to worry about, but in the future, you can convert your e-mail to plain text. (In Yahoo, the option is right above the text box.) Solves the font issue right away, and several agents specifically request plain text.

Don't worry. Verdana is at least readable. Wingdings on the other hand...not so much.