Bigshed is dead right.
The font size for the forums is 2 (which equated to 12 point)
I was the one who confused the issue by calling it 2 point which it obviously is not.
For anyone wanting to know the standard fonts for composing of line they are as follows:
Font name: Arial
Font size #2 or 12 point and it looks like this.
Font name: Verdana
Font size #2 or 12 point and it looks like this.
Font name: Times New Roman
Font size #2 or 12 point and it looks like this
As a rule, if it says Fonts and Size at the top of the edit box it will be for the default font and size of Arial and #2
The font families used on these forums are: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif
Basically you can use any font that's available to you in the drop down, under Fonts. However not all computers will have the same fonts or font names installed so what you choose may look completely different on another computer, as it will be converted to one of the above font families.
So long story short stick to either of the top 2 fonts above and there shouldn't be a problem.
Clear as mud, eh.
Cheers - Neil :U