change default font on Notes section?

Agreed, this is the simplest request. Accessibility is so important. In my industry, accessibility is required. This is a really straightforward ask. Accessibility by default is so important. In the medical profession, the first rule is do no harm. For designers that are just learning about this, they may not know the optimal minimum font size for legibility. Your company does, and could make a big difference. Please prioritize this. Help us ensure we reach our entire learner population by default. 

Greetings, April!

You can change the default font for the Notes tab in the Player. Here's how:

1. Go to the Home tab on the Storyline ribbon and click Player.
2. When the player properties open, click Colors & Effects on the ribbon.
3. Select your desired font for Player font:
4. Click OK to save your changes.

I created this short recording in case you're also a visual learner. Let me know if these steps help you out!

Katie,

Is there a way to change the DEFAULT setting?  When I start a new course the fonts are back and have to be changed again...

Hi Jerry,

There's not currently a way to set a default font for the player. When opening a new file, the modern player will be set to Lato and the classic player to Open Sans.

You can always save a template file that contains the desired player settings to start with!

You can try accomplishing this by overriding the font in CSS.

Option 1 - Modify published output, look for a file named output.min.css and add css like this, modifying font and other properties as you wish:

.note-title {
 font-family: 'Helvetica' !important;
 font-size: large !important;
}
.note-content p span {
 font-family: 'Helvetica' !important;
 font-size: small !important;
}

Option 2 -  Execute this javascript in your project somewhere (e.g., first slide), it will inject the style into the page when run. Perhaps easier to maintain than option 1.

var style = document.createElement('style');
style.textContent = `
 .note-title {
   font-family: 'Helvetica' !important;
   font-size: large !important;
 }
 .note-content p span {
   font-family: 'Helvetica' !important;
   font-size: small !important;
 }
`;
document.head.appendChild(style);

Notes:

• If Articulate changes their html / class names output in the future, you'll need to examine the html and update the css above accordingly.
• Above was tested for the 'classic' player, the class names might be different for the 'modern' player.
• If you need to find the class names you can do so by
  • viewing the course in chrome/firefox/etc
  • opening the notes & right clicking the notes content in chrome/firefox/etc
  • selecting 'inspect element' -- basic html/css knowledge required

Hi, Marnie.

Thank you for reaching out!

I added your comments to the feature request, so they'll be shared with the team.

I also recommend reaching out to our support team through a case so we can investigate why you're having constant crashes when using the Notes in Storyline. 

I think I put a request for this update in 2 years ago and would love to have a resolution for the size of the notes font. Just putting another plug into the system. 

Hi Heather,

Thank you for reaching out! We are currently tracking this request, and I've added your comments to the case. We'll be sure to update this discussion on our progress!

Hello, I would also like to add my request/vote for a feature that allows changing the default for the size of font in notes. It's incredibly inefficient to have to adjust the font size individually, on hundreds of slides. Thank you!

I would also like to request/vote for a feature that allows changing the default size and font for what appears under the "Notes" tab. 

I also vote for several other suggestions that recommend adjusting the default on your end to 12 in the next update until there are enough votes or you decide to take action on the many requests for this issue.

Thanks!!