diff --git a/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemo.pas b/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemo.pas
index 4b7ca658b..3f146b67b 100644
--- a/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemo.pas
+++ b/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemo.pas
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type
 
     class function GetStrings(const ACustomMemo: TCustomMemo): TStrings; override;
     class procedure SetColor(const AWinControl: TWinControl); override;
+    class procedure SetFont(const AWinControl: TWinControl; const AFont: TFont); override;
   
     class procedure SetSelStart(const ACustomEdit: TCustomEdit; NewStart: integer); override;
     class procedure SetSelLength(const ACustomEdit: TCustomEdit; NewLength: integer); override;
@@ -378,6 +379,14 @@ begin
   SendMessage(AWinControl.Handle, EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR, 0, ColorToRGB(AWinControl.Color));
 end;
 
+class procedure TWin32WSCustomRichMemo.SetFont(const AWinControl: TWinControl;
+  const AFont: TFont);
+begin
+  if not Assigned(AWinControl) then Exit;
+  Windows.SendMessage(AWinControl.Handle, WM_SETFONT, Windows.WParam(AFont.Reference.Handle), 1);
+  RichEditManager.SetDefaultTextStyle(AWinControl.Handle, GetFontParams(AFont));
+end;
+
 class procedure TWin32WSCustomRichMemo.SetSelStart(const ACustomEdit: TCustomEdit; NewStart: integer);  
 var
   range : Tcharrange;
diff --git a/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemoproc.pas b/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemoproc.pas
index 2bf2456fb..b3847a8f9 100644
--- a/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemoproc.pas
+++ b/components/richmemo/win32/win32richmemoproc.pas
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ type
     class function SetEventMask(RichEditWnd: Handle; eventmask: integer): Integer;
 
     class function GetTextLength(RichEditWnd: Handle): Integer;
+    class function SetDefaultTextStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle; Params: TIntFontParams): Boolean; virtual;
     class function SetSelectedTextStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle; Params: TIntFontParams): Boolean; virtual;
     class function GetSelectedTextStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle; var Params: TIntFontParams): Boolean; virtual;
     class procedure SetTextUIStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle; const ui: TTextUIParam); virtual;
@@ -333,6 +334,38 @@ begin
   Result := SendMessage(RichEditWnd, EM_GETTEXTLENGTHEX, WPARAM(@textlen), 0);
 end;
 
+class function TRichEditManager.SetDefaultTextStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle;
+  Params: TIntFontParams): Boolean;
+var
+  w : WPARAM;
+  fmt : TCHARFORMAT2;
+begin
+  if RichEditWnd = 0 then begin
+    Result := false;
+    Exit;
+  end;
+
+  w := SCF_DEFAULT;
+
+  FillChar(fmt, sizeof(fmt), 0);
+  fmt.cbSize := sizeof(fmt);
+
+  fmt.dwMask := fmt.dwMask or CFM_COLOR;
+  fmt.crTextColor := Params.Color;
+
+  fmt.dwMask := fmt.dwMask or CFM_FACE;
+  // keep last char for Null-termination?
+  CopyStringToCharArray(Params.Name, fmt.szFaceName, LF_FACESIZE-1);
+
+  fmt.dwMask := fmt.dwMask or CFM_SIZE;
+  fmt.yHeight := Params.Size * TwipsInFontSize;
+
+  fmt.dwMask := fmt.dwMask or CFM_EFFECTS or CFM_SUBSCRIPT or CFM_SUPERSCRIPT;
+  fmt.dwEffects := FontStylesToEffects(Params.Style) or VScriptPosToEffects(Params.VScriptPos);
+
+  Result := SendMessage(RichEditWnd, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, w, PtrInt(@fmt))>0;
+end;
+
 class function TRichEditManager.SetSelectedTextStyle(RichEditWnd: Handle; 
   Params: TIntFontParams): Boolean;
 var