Default font

[jackamus]

Is there a way to change the default 'Text box' font from Times to something else for all new documents? I hate Times!!!!

[firstdefence]

For me on Mac it's Arial, there is nothing in Preferences to set a different font, maybe create a document template? 

example set to blackletter: Blackletter template for textbox.afdesign

[jmwellborn]

2 hours ago, jackamus said:

Is there a way to change the default 'Text box' font from Times to something else for all new documents? I hate Times!!!!

I saved this from a forum posting by Dave Harris, one of the Affinity staff,  several months ago.   Wish I could find it on the forums, but can't, so I will just quote him:

"If you want to change which style is set on text by default, then apply that style to some text and use Edit>Defaults>Save.  Probably best to do this in a pristine document so you don't save more changes than you intend -- it will save all the object defaults, including shape fills and strokes, etc.

"Save Styles as Defaults makes the current stylesheet the default for new documents.  Changing the Base style changes the formatting that all the default paragraph styles inherit from.  It doesn't in itself apply a style."

I am on MAC too, and positively hate Arial.   So I used the Edit>Defaults>Save option described above and it works famously.

Hope this helps.  

[R C-R]

For more about defaults, you can refer to the Object Defaults help topic. Among other things, note that they "are stored separately for stroke and fill attributes, artistic text attributes, and frame text attributes."