PDF guide

How to change a font in a PDF

Choose a clear typeface for a form, give a heading more character, or match a note to the rest of a document. Folio includes ten popular open-source font families alongside five classic PDF choices.

Choose a font for new text

1. Open your PDF in Folio and choose Add text.
2. Click the page or drag a box where the text should go.
3. Enter the text and open the Font menu. Choose a family, size and colour, then click Add text.
4. Review its appearance on the page. Click the new box to change the font again, or drag it to a better position.

Ten additional font families

The classic options remain: Sans serif, Sans serif bold, Serif, Serif italic and Monospace. These use standard PDF typefaces. The new families are offered in their included upright style; they are not licensed substitutes labelled as Arial, Calibri or other proprietary fonts.

Change the font of existing words

Select Edit text and click a line. The font menu starts with Match original. Choose another font to replace it. Different families have different character widths, so the replacement may take up more or less space even at the same point size. Check nearby text and adjust the size or wording when necessary.

Will the font work for the person receiving the PDF?

Folio embeds the selected additional font in its PDF output. The recipient does not need to install the font to view that output. New text remains searchable and its box remains movable in Folio unless you flatten it during download.