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SAS System Options under Windows

FONTALIAS System Option: Windows



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

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

-FONTALIAS "SAS-font" "host-specific-font"

"SAS-font"

specifies the SAS font 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:

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.

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