Creating Font Sets

Following are steps for creating a font set.

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How to Create a Font Set

  1. (Optional) Open the content file. You only need to do this if you are opening the Font Set Manager from a location other than the Stylesheet Editor.
  2. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:
    • Stylesheet Editor In the local toolbar of the Stylesheet Editor, click and select Manage Font Sets.

    • Ribbon Select Home > Opens more options. (at the bottom of the Font section). The Font Properties dialog opens. Click Font Sets.

    • Keyboard Shortcut Press CTRL+SHIFT+B. The Font Properties dialog opens. Click Font Sets.

    The Font Set Manager opens.

  3. In the Font Set Manager, click . The Define Font Set dialog opens.
  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the new font set.
  5. From the list on the left side of the dialog, double-click each font family that you want to add to the set, or select a font family and click to add it to the set. Fonts you have selected appear in the list on the right side of the dialog.
  6. (Optional) If you want to reorder the font families in your font set, select a font family from the list on the right side of the dialog, then use the and buttons to rearrange their order. When you are finished, the first font family should be the preferred font family that you want to be used, then the second, then the third, and so on.
  7. (Optional) If you want to remove a font family from the list of selected font families, select it and click .
  8. Click OK.
  9. Click OK in the Font Set Manager dialog.
  10. Click OK in the Font Properties dialog.
  11. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

Note You can pin font sets in the same way as you would pin regular fonts. Pinned font sets appear in the Pinned Fonts font group as well as in the Defined Font Sets group. See Pinning Fonts and Font Sets.

Note There is no need to link a font set to a stylesheet. After you create a new font set in a project, it is automatically available for use in any stylesheet you add to the project. See Selecting Fonts.

Note When you create a font set using the Font Set Manager, you are making the font set available in the project, but it does not actually set it. You still need to apply the font. Depending on where you initiate a font set, keep in mind that style settings may be inherited from other elements. For example, selecting a font set in the Branding.css or Branding Editor will apply the font more globally throughout the project than if you select a font set locally at a topic level.

What’s Next?

After you create a font set, you can select it when applying fonts to content. You can also select that font set from the Defined Font Sets group in the Font Family field in the Font section of the Home ribbon. See Selecting Fonts.