diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
index ff74497f14..accf7ef33d 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * @link http://www.egroupware.org
  * @author Hadi Nategh <hn@egroupware.org>
  * @copyright Hadi Nategh <hn@egroupware.org>
- * @version $Id$
  */
 var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || (function () {
     var extendStatics = function (d, b) {
@@ -99,6 +98,11 @@ var et2_htmlarea = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 theme: 'silver'
             },
             formats: {
+                // setting p (and below also the preferred formatblock) to the users font and -size preference
+                p: { block: 'p', styles: {
+                        "font-family": (egw.preference('rte_font', 'common') || 'arial, helvetica, sans-serif'),
+                        "font-size": (egw.preference('rte_font_size', 'common') || '10') + 'pt'
+                    } },
                 customparagraph: { block: 'p', styles: { "margin-block-start": "0px", "margin-block-end": "0px" } }
             },
             min_height: 100,
@@ -135,6 +139,10 @@ var et2_htmlarea = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 "MS=trebuchet ms,geneva;Verdana=verdana,geneva;Webdings=webdings;" +
                 "Wingdings=wingdings,zapf dingbats",
             fontsize_formats: '8pt 10pt 12pt 14pt 18pt 24pt 36pt',
+            // this displays all p and li with the users default font and -size (only kosmetik, as TinyMCE does not return or set these styles!)
+            content_style: (egw.preference('rte_formatblock', 'common') || 'p') + ',li' +
+                ' { font-family: ' + (egw.preference('rte_font', 'common') || 'arial, helvetica, sans-serif') +
+                '; font-size: ' + (egw.preference('rte_font_size', 'common') || '10') + 'pt }',
             setup: function (ed) {
                 ed.on('init', function () {
                     this.execCommand('fontName', false, egw.preference('rte_font', 'common'));
@@ -143,6 +151,11 @@ var et2_htmlarea = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
                 });
             }
         };
+        var rte_formatblock = (egw.preference('rte_formatblock', 'common') || 'p');
+        if (rte_formatblock !== 'p') {
+            settings.formats[rte_formatblock] = jQuery.extend(true, {}, settings.formats.p);
+            settings.formats[rte_formatblock].block = rte_formatblock;
+        }
         // extend default settings with configured options and preferences
         jQuery.extend(settings, this._extendedSettings());
         this.tinymce = tinymce.init(settings);