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July 16, 2020
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Framemaker changes the font of variables to Times New Roman

  • July 16, 2020
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Hi,

Framemaker version: 2019

Settings: main font is Arial.

Issue: even if we don't use Times New Roman in our project, Frammaker changes the font of some variables to that font. It is a random behaviour apparently.

Question: Is it there a way to remove Times New Roman from all the files of my project, like in bulk?

 

Thanks.

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    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    July 16, 2020

    As you probably know, recent versions of FM have a View»Pods»Fonts that shows all the fonts in the current document, and a button [A↷A] to replace all instances.

    I just did this, file-by-file, for the pesky Times New Roman, in a current project.

    What I didn't try first, though, was cleaning up the master template file for the project, and seeing what a bulk import might do.

    There may also exist other tools, some aftermarket.

     

    The number of places that unwanted formats can lurk is impressive: Master Pages, Reference Pages, cells nowhere visible of Table formats (Catalog and not).

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      docsframeAuthor
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      July 17, 2020

      Hi Bob,

       

      I've made the text of removing Times New Roman font from every single chapter of one of my .fm files. Everything OK, but when I saved my changes, close the file and open it again, Times New Roman was there again.

       

      I will try now doing that in the Master Pages.

       

      Thanks.

      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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      July 20, 2020

      Bob, I have tried this to figure out where the TNR reference comes from.

      empty.mif contains only the header line, but nothing else.
      When opening empty.mif in FM-16 (or any older) I get an empty page, also an empty (no text frame) Left Master Page, and 6 Reference pages HTML/Headings with the conversion tables. And here you find use of these fonts: Minion Pro and Times New  Roman. Arial is used in the labels of the page Reference for the graphic frames used for paragraphs (e.g. the line for footnote).

      Even after changing all fonts (e.g. Arial to Noto Sans, TNR to Noto Serif etc.) TNR is back after the next open of a document.

      But I could get rid of it after saving that file to MIF. Checking for MIF did not provide any use of TNR. and opened the MIF: TNR was gone...

      I only have managed to get rid of Minion Pro and TNR with the font change panel. Arial requires to be changed where it is used.


      Thanks Klaus. I suspected it might be hard-coded into FM somewhere, and that being the apparent case, I'm impressed that there is a way to get rid of it.

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