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# Basic Fonts

Specifies the settings for the basic fonts in your documents.

You can also change the basic fonts for Asian and complex text layout languages if their support is enabled in LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - Languages and Locales - General.

These settings define the basic fonts for the predefined templates. You can also modify or customise the default text templates.

To access this command...

Open a text document, choose LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - Basic Fonts (Western).

Open a text document, choose LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - Basic Fonts (Asian). Asian language support must be enabled.

## Basic fonts

### Default

Specifies the font to be used for the Default Paragraph Style. The Default Paragraph Style font is used for nearly all Paragraph Styles, unless the Paragraph Style explicitly defines another font.

### Size

Specifies the size of the font.

### Heading

Specifies the font to be used for headings.

### List

Specifies the font and font size for the List paragraph style, which is inherited by all derived paragraph styles.

When you choose Format - Bullets and Numbering Format - Bullets and Numbering to format a paragraph with numbers or bullets in a text document, the program assigns these Paragraph Styles automatically.

### Caption

Specifies the font used for the captions of images and tables.

### Index

Specifies the font used for indexes, alphabetical indexes, and tables of contents.

### Standard

Resets the values visible in the dialogue box back to the default installation values.

A confirmation does not appear before the defaults are reloaded.