is a global option that gives a list of substitutions to try for font family names.


FontSubstitutions
is a global option that gives a list of substitutions to try for font family names.
Details

- A typical setting is {"Geneva"->"Helvetica"}.
- FontSubstitutions is used only for FontFamily settings, and not for FontWeight, FontSlant, and so on.
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Add Styling to Math
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), FontSubstitutions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FontSubstitutions.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "FontSubstitutions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FontSubstitutions.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). FontSubstitutions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FontSubstitutions.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_fontsubstitutions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FontSubstitutions}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FontSubstitutions.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_fontsubstitutions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FontSubstitutions}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FontSubstitutions.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}