Font formats (Templates)

If you have the ARIS Enterprise Admin license privilege and the Configuration administrator function privilege, you can manage font formats that are used in model templates on this tenant.

A font format is a kind of template to represent a font. This set of global parameters defines the appearance of text characters in a specific style and size for a particular language.

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You can do the following:

Add template Create font format

Add font formats which you can apply to templates.

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration > Configuration Configuration > Conventions.

  2. Click Font formats.

  3. Click Add font format Create font format.

    All attributes are displayed in the language with which you logged in.

  4. Select the configuration language in which you want to enter the name. The font format is automatically applied to the selected language.

    Use configuration languages to specify the names and descriptions of all items that are managed in the Configuration section for this tenant, such as method items, filters, templates, font formats, content type sets, and evaluation scripts.

    The Configuration administrators create the set of configuration languages that are available on a tenant.

    Warning

    You must enter a name in each related language. If you do not enter the name for a specific language, the font format is displayed as (Untitled) and anyone who uses the language will not be able to find the font format.

  5. Select the font that you want to use for this font format in the selected language. Do not select fonts written in red. These fonts cannot display letters in the selected language.

  6. Select the related script. The script defines the font family for which the font is used, for example, Western or Japanese.

  7. Select the color, style, and the font size as required.

  8. Select Use as default if you want to use the font format as default for this database.

  9. Click Apply.

The font format is added.

You can use, use the font format in model templates.

Edit Edit font format

You can rename and change font formats.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Font formats.

  4. Selected items Select the font format and click Edit font Edit..

    All attributes are displayed in the language with which you logged in.

  5. Select the configuration language in which you want to enter the name. The font format is automatically applied to the selected language.

    Use configuration languages to specify the names and descriptions of all items that are managed in the Configuration section for this tenant, such as method items, filters, templates, font formats, content type sets, and evaluation scripts.

    The Configuration administrators create the set of configuration languages that are available on a tenant.

    Warning

    You must enter a name in each related language. If you do not enter the name for a specific language, the font format is displayed as (Untitled) and anyone who uses the language will not be able to find the font format.

  6. Select the font that you want to use for this font format in the selected language. Do not select fonts written in red. These fonts cannot display letters in the selected language.

  7. Select the related script. The script defines the font family for which the font is used, for example, Western or Japanese.

  8. Select the color, style, and the font size as required.

  9. Select Use as default if you want to use the font format as default for this database.

  10. Click Apply.

The font format is changed.

Copy Copy font format

To copy font formats which you can apply to templates, Selected items select the font format and click Copy Copy.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Selected items Select the font format and click Copy Copy.

The copied font format is added to the list. The number added indicates the copy.

You can edit the copied font format.

Delete Delete font format

You can delete font formats that are no longer in use.

Procedure

  1. Click Application launcher Application launcher > Administration Administration. The Configuration Configuration view is shown.

  2. Click Conventions.

  3. Click Font formats.

  4. Selected items Select the font format and click Delete Delete.

  5. To confirm the action, click Delete.

The font format is deleted and no longer available.

If you deleted a font format that is applied to templates in use, related attributes are displayed using the default font format of the related database.