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Font formats

If you have the Viewer or Designer role plus the Architect role and the Project room management function privilege, you can manage font formats that are used in model templates on this project room.

A font format is a type of template to represent a font. This set of global parameters defines the appearance of text characters in a specific style and size for a particular language.

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You can do the following:

Add font formats which you can apply to templates.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Font formats.

  4. Click Add font format Create font format.

    All attributes are displayed in the language with which you logged in.

  5. Select the configuration language in which you want to enter the name. The font format is automatically applied to the selected language.

      Warning

      You must enter a name in each related language. If you do not enter the name for a specific language, the font format is displayed as (Untitled) and anyone who uses the language will not be able to find the font format.

    1. Select the font that you want to use for this font format in the selected language. Do not select fonts written in red. These fonts cannot display letters in the selected language.

    2. Select the related script. The script defines the font family for which the font is used, for example, Western or Japanese.

    3. Select the color, style, and the font size as required.

    4. Click Apply.

    The font format is added.

    You can use the font format in model templates.

    You can rename and change font formats.

    Procedure. Procedure
    1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration.

    2. Click Conventions.

    3. Click Font formats.

    4. Select the font format and click Edit font Edit..

      All attributes are displayed in the language with which you logged in.

    5. Select the configuration language in which you want to enter the name. The font format is automatically applied to the selected language.

        Warning

        You must enter a name in each related language. If you do not enter the name for a specific language, the font format is displayed as (Untitled) and anyone who uses the language will not be able to find the font format.

      1. Select the font that you want to use for this font format in the selected language. Do not select fonts written in red. These fonts cannot display letters in the selected language.

      2. Select the related script. The script defines the font family for which the font is used, for example, Western or Japanese.

      3. Select the color, style, and the font size as required.

      4. Click Apply.

      The font format is changed.

      You can copy font formats and apply them to templates,

      Procedure. Procedure
      1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration.

      2. Click Conventions.

      3. Under METHOD, click Font formats.

      4. Select the font format and click Duplicate Duplicate.

      The copied font format is added to the list. The number added indicates the copy.

      You can edit the copied font format.

      You can delete font formats that are no longer in use.

      Procedure. Procedure
      1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration.

      2. Click Conventions.

      3. Click Font formats.

      4. Select the font format and click Delete Delete.

      5. To confirm the action, click Delete.

      The font format is deleted and no longer available.

      If you deleted a font format that is applied to templates in use, related attributes are displayed using the default font format of the related database.