What are font formats?

You can use font formats to specify how database content is to be displayed. You define font formats on the 'Administration' tab.

You can define font formats for tenants (configuration) and databases according to the various purposes for which you intend to use them.

Font formats for the configuration

Font formats in the Configuration are used to create templates. These templates are available in each database of the tenant. This allows standardized design of attribute texts. When you assign templates to models, the content is displayed with the defined font format.

To make models compliant with the conventions of your Corporate Identity, make sure that the correct template is assigned. When users assign a template to a model, all font formats in use contained in the template will be created automatically in the database's font format management. However, this only happens if font formats are actually used for object attributes in models from the database. This prevents unused font formats from blowing up the database volume.

If no template was assigned, the default font format of the database is used. The font formats you create in individual databases can only be used in those databases.

Configuration administrators create these configuration font formats in the Configuration > Conventions > Font formats group.

Font formats for databases

Font formats of a database define the representation of database content in models. They are only available in the database for which they were created. This enables you to individually design models and deviate from the conventions defined for your company.

To make models compliant with the conventions of your Corporate Identity, make sure that the correct template is assigned. When users assign a template to a model, all font formats in use contained in the template will be created automatically in the database's font format management. However, this only happens if font formats are actually used for object attributes in models from the database. This prevents unused font formats from blowing up the database volume.

If no template was assigned, the default font format of the database is used.

Users with the Font format management function privilege create font formats for databases in the Font formats group.

Default font format

Attributes are represented with the current default database font format if models have not been assigned any template.

Administrators can consolidate font formats for a database using a report.

Fonts for Attribute Editing

Fonts that you assign in databases when creating database languages define the default font formats for the relevant language. If you edit a font format in a database, this font is displayed in the preview. If you reset a font format, the default font format for the selected language is assigned. This ensures that all characters are displayed correctly.