Bummer.  .  .  one happening forum and no reply.  .  .  okay.  .  .  fyi.  .  .  found it.  .  .  it is under templates and look for chat_send.  tpl and we changed the html tag from text to text area.   Also, look under css folder and font style can be changed there as well.  .  .  hope this is helpful to someone.  .  .