Ability to set "no style" font

[EmmaGx]

So, I see many questions on the forum as to why we can't change the "no style" font ... most people seem to be stuck with Arial ... bad enough ... but for some obscure reason I'm stuck with "HANDWRITING" in all Affinity programmes ... this is just about the worst possible font to be stuck as a default font ... how did it happen? ... I have no idea, it's always been that way ... but I absolutely should be able to change it.  

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

You can change the default; you just don't do it by modifying the "No Style" settings.

1. Create a Text Frame.
2. In the Context Toolbar, specify the font you want, then type some text in the text frame.
3. Select the text.
4. Then, from the menu, choose Edit > Defaults > Synchronize from Selection, followed by Edit > Defaults > Save.

Being able to edit the "No Style" text settings might be nice. But it's not required to resolve the specific issue you have, so I thought I'd mention how to do it, now, as it appears you haven't found that information yet

[EmmaGx]

Thanks ... that works for some of the problems at least! ... but boy that's an obscurely hidden way of fixing a problem, when surely we should just be able to edit the "no style" setting the way we can edit all the other settings! 

Even after switching the text box and artistic text "defaults" handwriting is however still somehow the Affinity programmes' default font ... and I've absolutely no idea why that would be the case ... if I open a document with missing fonts, I have to switch all of the fonts to something sensible before I'm able to read it ... why isn't there something simple in the preferences to set a default!? ... most other programmes with a default go for something that's at least legible!