RH2022 PDF: why is my text blue instead of black

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June 16, 2026
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It seems that with every project I try to update from RH2017 to RH2022, a new problem surfaces. Now, it’s a font-color issue: all the copy text in my PDF is blue instead of black. This hasn’t happened with any of the other half-dozen (at least) projects I’ve completed, and I haven’t done anything differently regarding font color.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Lon

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

This one is always worth a check. Exclude all topic CSS files.

My site www.grainge.org includes many free Authoring and RoboHelp resources that may be of help.

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larrymcelwain254

Participant

Hello, @LonTheWriter

This issue is often related to the CSS or PDF layout settings rather than the font itself. If the project was migrated from RH2017 to RH2022, some style definitions may not have converted correctly, causing the body text to inherit a blue color.

Check the CSS assigned to your PDF preset and verify that the body and paragraph styles are explicitly set to black. It may also help to compare the PDF preset and CSS with a project that generates correctly. In many upgrade-related cases, updating or reapplying the PDF CSS resolves the unexpected blue text output.

I hope this is helpful to you.

Best Regard,
Larry Mcelwain

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LonTheWriterAuthor

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I figured this one out, so ignore it...