Change Default Fonts for New Documents
Tips and Tricks, Tutorials | April 16th, 2009
Looking through some of my past work, I noticed I used the font Myriad a lot. At first I wondered why, then I came to the realization, it might be because Myriad is the default font in Illustrator. After that, I changed my default font for new documents. It is really easy to do, so read on to find out how.
Step 1
Chose File > Open and navigate to the folder Username/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CS4/New Document Profiles (Mac) or Documents and Settings/User/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings/New Document Profiles (Windows). Here, you can open one of the default document profiles you want to change the default font of (Basic CMYK, Basic RGB, Mobile and Devices, Print, Video and Film, or Web).
Step 2
For this step you will have to open the Character Styles panel by choosing Window > Type > Character Styles. Select the Normal Character Style in the Character Styles panel, choose Basic Character Formats from the panel menu, choose the desired font from the Font Family menu, and press OK.
Step 3
Save and close the file. To use the new template, choose File > New and select the default document profile you changed.
This tip originally appeared in the March/April 2009 issue of Layers: The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe.
Great tip
. Thanks.
Yay! I’ve been wondering about this in the back of my head – always Myriad as the default. Finally can get rid of it lol Very much appreciated ^_^
Delete Myriad! it is a nice typeface but it is time to set yourself free from this burden of typography if it was my choice ‘comic sans’ would be set as default as that would one force you to change it and second make you automatically consider a typeface that works not to just use the default.
Thank you.
Thanks so much for the tip. I knew how to do this with CS2, but I think the method has changed since then. Goodbye Myriad, hello Helvetica Bold!
Thank you so much! This has driven me crazy for years! Happy to have a solution.
great tips and thanks …
Usefully tutorial.
I’m never know before.
Thanks for your tip. I owe you a beer!
Can I ask what font you used for the green type (not the sans serif one, rather the one with the beautiful curves, gently arcing serifs and sweet, sweet ligatures [i.e. under Step 1 you used the font for 'Open Default Document Profile'])?
Thank you!!
A.
I used the font Fertigo.
thank you…i hate Myriad font…
Helvetica is PERFECT Typeface for Illustrator.. Thanks a Ton!!
WINDOWS 7 USERS:
The path you will need is as follows:
C:\Users\USER NAME HERE\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings\en_US\New Document Profiles
NICE Thanx!