FONTALIAS System Option: Windows

Assigns a Windows font to one of the SAS fonts.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Graphics: Driver settings
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= GRAPHICS
Default: varies (see table in the Details section.)
Windows specifics: all

Syntax

-FONTALIAS “SAS-font” “host-specific-font

Required Arguments

SAS-font
specifies the SAS font that you want to replace. The name of the font must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
host-specific-font
specifies the Windows font that you want to assign. The name of the font must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Details

Use the FONTALIAS system option for each font that you want to override.
The default font aliases for Windows are as follows:
Default Font Aliases
SAS font
Windows font
Times
Times New Roman
Helvetica
Arial
Courier
Courier New
Symbol
Symbol
Script
Script
AvantGarde
Arial
Bookman
Times New Roman
Schoolbook
Times New Roman
Palatino
Times New Roman
Dingbats
Symbol

Example

The system option -fontalias "Times" "Courier New" tells SAS to use Courier New wherever the Times SAS font is requested.