BookSmart
default font?Okay, I have searched on ‘changing fonts’ and ‘default font’ in the FAQ – but all I get is a hit on how to highlight the text in question to change to the font you want – pretty basic stuff which I knew already. But my problem is that for every single page in my book, when I go to add text, it comes up as font ‘Georgia’ in an 8-point type. And then I have to tediously go in and change it. ‘Georgia’ would not be my choice of font but it’s ok and I could live with it if it was a reasonable size, but who on earth can read an 8-point font? Not these old eyes, LOL. So what I’m looking for is how do I globally change the font so that whenever I add text to my page – an Options or Preferences page. Can’t seem to find it.
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This has been discussed on the forums in the past and the answer is…you can’t change the default..yet The new release due out this month (fingers crossed) should allow more control over this and many other areas. A much needed improvement for sure.
Dale |
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I have been trying to create a book for months now and have terrible problems with the font drop down menu…even prior to the current version of Booksmart. Online suggested solutions have not worked. The problem is that the font dropdown menu squishes the font list all together so that it is absolutely unreadable. I tried another dload onto my laptop as well and get the same problem. I am told that I and one other person have pointed this out. Is it something in my DNA that is causing this or can it ever be fixed. It is so annoying to work with that I have given up trying to make a book. So to Blurb…in the next version will this be fixed????? Sallie Kravetz |
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Hi Sallie, I am not sure what Operating System you are working with BookSmart app. As for changing font to your preference or to be more creative design to your requirement in on those pages, I notice that when to change font and all that, itself presents some inflexibilities pretty much. But what I have found a couple of workaround solutions, to change font on every page rather a drag, pain way and time consuming step for every page. To make that happen, I usually highlight all text content on that page to be assigned with specific font I want it to be done. Same concept goes with “header” and book title and all that. This thought in my head just popped up, I’ll write a suggestion and feedback in a bit. I think it is probably too late for feature or software enhancement request for upcoming updated BookSmart application. If you prefer the alternative approach, if you have Photoshop or InDesign or Illustrator, you can design your own layout with beautiful font, and then do auto transfer, full bleed transfer to BookSmart. I don’t know if that works for you, just a thought or suggestion. Hope that helps. As for time consuming and do font changing manually, may I suggest you some fresh brewed coffee. ;) Cheers, Brian |
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My advice…if you are creating a photobook, make your pages in Photoshop , for example,if your book is 8×10 create a blank document 8×10 300dpi, SRGB, design your page, fonts included then export as a jpeg maximum quality. Then after all your book is made in PS. launch Booksmart and choose full bleed pages, That’s it. Hope this helps, any conflict between your font of choice and Booksmart will be gone. Tito Trelles |
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Anyone figure this out yet? I’m working on pages with 9 photos on each page with captions under each photo. Having to change the font every time I type a caption is going to be tiresome. There must be a way to change the default font. Help anyone? |
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This Forum post discusses this topic in more detail with our VP of Design. Hope this helps. -Ben Senior Technical Support Specialist |
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Version 1.9 is now out. BookSmart will now remember the last font used, in a sense changing the default font. For example, if you change your font to Garamond in one caption box then the next caption box you click will remain Garamond instead of changing back to Georgia or Trebuchet as it does in BooKSmart 1.8 |
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I have the new 1.9.1 version and I keep getting the font Georgia size 9….I do not want that. I want TImes New Roman size 12. I keep using that consistantly, but how do I set Times New Roman as the default? It is so time consuming when everything looks great,,,,then that pesty Georgia 9 keeps creaping up….and my titles for each new chapter go back to small and not centered anymore. Help! |
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Sorry Chad- it sure doesn’t work in my 1.91 Mac version. I didn’t even realize that you guys thought you fixed it. If there’s some special process to make the font change stick- let us know. But just selecting and using a font and size in no way makes that that the default. I’ve been working in Flirty and always get Georgia 8, even after I’ve changed it. |
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I also am unable to set a default font for a project. Georgia 9 seems to be the default here too. |
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Okay, this is hysterical. I want Georgia but keep getting Time New Roman! I have to change the font manually on each and every one of my pages! Yep, all 150+ of them! Donna |
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Donna- |
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Great idea! I did that and it did default to Georgia. But it also defaulted to 9pt and left justifiction so I have to change everything to 12 point and centered. Sure would be nice if there was a "apply this to all pages" option…..
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Dear Blurb… if you’ll let us know (even informally) how you store the font in the book files, I’d be happy to write a small program to change it for everyone to use…. even if this changes in the next release. This is driving me nuts too!!! Dev |
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Dev. Write me at HERB
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Lets try this 200mph at 200mphmedia.net. |
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