# Create Customized Note Style **URL:** \ **Category:** Scapple for macOS\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441 "2014-07-31T06:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minorcharacter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@minorcharacter](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/minorcharacter)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/1 "2014-07-31T06:53:47Z")
I know this is a dumb question, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to create a customized default note style that will appear each time I add a new note onto a document. PLEASE HELP. Thanks much. ---
**Author:** ![MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mimeticmouton/32/34_2.png) [@MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/MimeticMouton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/2 "2014-07-31T22:49:08Z")
There’s a tab for “New Notes” that sets the defaults in Scapple \> Preferences (or File \> Options, if you’re on Windows as your profile suggests). New stacked notes and new connected notes will automatically use the style of the origin note. ---
**Author:** ![rickdude](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@rickdude](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rickdude)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/3 "2014-09-11T01:28:36Z")
True, but choice of typeface (as opposed to size and style such as italic, bold, and shadow) seems to be unavailable throughout Scapple. The default font, which I assume is Helvetica, looks a bit jagged on every Mac I have and is enough to turn me away from Scapple whenever I launch it. If free choice of typeface is impractical, I’d like at least a couple of other choices available in Preferences. ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/4 "2014-09-11T01:47:06Z")
The default font family to use is specified in the “Document” tab of the Inspector. You can choose from any font on the system, and once you find one you’re happy with, you can click the Set as Defaults button to use that in future documents. ---
**Author:** ![rickdude](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@rickdude](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/rickdude)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/5 "2014-09-11T02:53:13Z")
Oh, I see. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/6 "2014-09-11T03:28:45Z")
You’re welcome! It’s weird that Helvetica looks bad on your system though, that’s one of the somewhat default fonts on a Mac, that’s why we use it. ---
**Author:** ![RHvdG](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@RHvdG](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/RHvdG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/7 "2018-12-13T21:27:37Z")
> [@AmberV](#): > > The default font family to use is specified in the “Document” tab of the Inspector. You can choose from any font on the system, and once you find one you’re happy with, you can click the Set as Defaults button to use that in future documents. It seemed a waste to start a whole new topic for this: is there a way (that I am not seeing) to define a border and background for the Default Note Style? ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/create-customized-note-style/27441/8 "2018-12-13T23:54:18Z")
The “New Notes” preference tab has all of the defaults for new notes. You might also want to set up how new shapes look, in the following tab.