Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Creating a New Font Definition

The easiest way to change font definitions is to just edit the existing font definitions. However, some times you might prefer more flexibility.

For example, if you want to assign a new font to specific parts of your output, you can't do that with the existing font definitions. In the default style template, the same font attributes are used for both titles and footnotes. So if you want to write the footnotes in a small, unobtrusive font, you have to also use the same font for the titles.

There are a couple of ways to create a style template with large bold titles and small subtle footnotes. One way is to create a new version of the fonts style element. The PROC TEMPLATE step that follows includes a new attribute, ...