Brian,
The defaults are stored in the registry when VFP is first installed at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\7.0\Desktop\ - FontName, FontSize, FontStyle and (I think) FontCharSet. I believe it starts with a standard Windows font - Arial ?
Since FoxFont 9 was used with SET DISPLAY TO VGA25 on my system, and this was only "officially" available with an install of FPW, I'm not sure what VFP would or could use instead.
Rick