I've worked with Quark and InDesign for the last 15 years, so I have a certain mindset on how things should "work"
I typeset several lines of text, selected them then changed the font and size.
If I re-select the text and type something else, it changes the font/styling to the default set up in the prefs.
Even if I put my cursor at the end of a line of text that's done in, say, verdana, and type something, the program will do the newly-typed text in Arial 12 pt
This is the first time I've run into this kind of behavior. Or am I missing something... basic?