How to Set the default font for adding and editing text in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

How to Set the default font for adding and editing text in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

2. Set the default font for adding and editing text

When you add text in a PDF, by default Acrobat picks nearby font attributes for the new text. Similarly, when you edit existing text in a PDF and the font is not available on the system, by default the font fall-backs to a specific font in a particular script. For example, font fall-backs to Minion Pro in roman script fonts. This default behavior can lead to fonts with an inconsistent appearance in a PDF document. To make it consistent throughout all the PDFs, you can choose a specific font for both adding text and editing text using the Font Options under the Content Editing preferences.

1. In Acrobat, on the Edit menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog box is displayed.
   (Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+K keys on Windows or Command+K keys on macOS.)
2. In the dialog box, click Content Editing under Categories. The Font Options are displayed as shown in the screenshot below.

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2. Select an appropriate font in the drop-down lists:
3. Fallback Font for Editing
4. Default Font for Add Text and Font Size
5. Click OK to save the changes and close the Preferences dialog box.
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