Click OK, and save the new file as Adobe Illustrator Startup _CMYK or Adobe Illustrator Startup_RGB in the Plug-ins folder. Select Basic Character Formats and choose the desired font from the Font Family pop-up menu. Select the Normal Character Style and choose Character Style Options from the palette pop-up menu. Open one of the default startup files (Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK or Adobe Illustrator Startup_RGB, depending on which type of document you intend to use). (This creates a copy of the original startup file in case you need it again.) 3.
In the Adobe Illustrator CS/Plug-ins folder, copy the current default startup file – Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK or Adobe Illustrator Startup_RGB – and save it with a different name. All right, lets go do that now in Illustrator. Well even turn off that pesky hyphenation. Well also set the default font, get rid of Myriad 12 point, well change everything we need to. Before changing the default font in Illustrator CS, you need to create a custom startup file by editing the Normal Character Style in Illustrator’s startup files. Hi there, in this video were going to set the defaults for the Swatches in Adobe Illustrator. When you have a client that always uses the same font, do you ever get tired of having to always change the font when you start typing in Illustrator? Fortunately, you can change Illustrator’s default font.
