# What does the font in a RichText refer to?

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**Created:** [July 12, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/what-does-the-font-in-a-richtext-refer-to/87309 "2026-07-12T13:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chrillek/32/29340_2.png) [@chrillek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/chrillek)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/what-does-the-font-in-a-richtext-refer-to/87309/1 "2026-07-12T13:02:53Z")

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The current scripting dictionary say:

```plaintext
RichText Object [see also Extended Text Suite] : Rich (styled) text
elements
contains…
properties
font (text or missing value) : The name of the font of the first character.

```

Apart from the question why the first character of a RichText might not have a font (`missing value`)…

This description seems to say (to me) that if I _set_ a RichText’s `font` property to something, only the **first character** of the text would be set to that font.  
Which is not what I see: If I assign something to an RT’s `font` property, the **whole** text is set to that font.  
Is that intended? Am I misreading the scripting dictionary?

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/what-does-the-font-in-a-richtext-refer-to/87309/2 "2026-07-12T17:39:52Z")

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Retrieving the font returns indeed the font of the first character (as the second character might already use a different font). Changing the font affects the complete rich text though.