This one aspect - inability to either set a default or find/change fonts -- seriously reduces the utility of the otherwise amazing Publish Spec. Devs looking at it wondering, "Did he mean for these random text elements to be Helvetica when everything else is Roboto? Guess so! It's in the spec!"

would be nice to create a mapping for HTML elements to font style (like request 2).

Please get this, any time I start Adobe XD I need to change the font to bloody Open Sans from Helvetica.

Yes! This is the most annoying thing in XD.

I agree, it'd be awesome if we were able to set the default font.

This is a must. Drives me nuts always having to set the font!

Once a choose a font family for a project, don't make me select it ever again. Please. Or even on steroids give me a place to set it globally and then if I change it globally it updates everywhere.

A text eye dropper like illustrator would do wonders!! and yes last used font combo as default for next text block would save so much time! good to know about the creating a new block with old block selected hack!

I need this feature! And the ability to add <p>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3> font classes (almost like character styles in photoshop) so they can stay consistent throughout the layout.

It would save a tremendous amount of time and improve consistency throughout the project to be able to 'save' a specific font / sizing / kerning / line height like you can a HEX color if it is frequently used in the project. Preferably the user could:

1) set the default font specs,
2) save and title your top font specs so they are easily accessible at all times, either at the top of the selection list or displayed via right click on the text, or maybe even as their ownoptions in the TEXT panel.

I typically use 2-3 font configurations in a design with only minor modifications, but right now everything defaults to Segoe UI at 20, so I'm constantly having to reset the font or copy other text.

Default: Lato 20 Regular 0 Kerning 25 Line Height

'H1-Oswald': Oswald 30 Bold -20 Kerning 35 Line Height
'H1-Oswald-Mobile': Oswald 15 Bold -10 Kerning 18 Line Height
...

This really shouldn't be listed as a "Feature Request" It should be handled as a bug.

There is no use case I can think of where a user would want the font to switch back to Helvetica Neue every time they create a new text element.

Clearly this is an oversight in the UI development. And as a "Feature Request" with far less votes than other significantly more complicated requests, it's likely to never get fixed.

Can this be moved to Bugs?

I would like to be able to change the default type for a project. For example, I would like to change the default type to "Roboto." When using the text tool, I shouldn't have to change the type every single time.

Optionally, provide a formatting option like Illustrator where I can use the Eye dropper tool to copy the formatting of another element.

Everytime I create a new text object I have to change the font family, size and weight to what I want and everytime I create the next one the default is back at Helvetica Neue, 20px, Regular.

As per Photoshop and every other text handling app, I'd expect the font to use the previous settings when I create the next text object.

The initial attribute of the current text is "Helvetica Neue, 20px, regular".
I would like to change the initial attribute like this to Meiryo, 16px.
I want to change the initial setting of the text attribute

フォントの初期設定
フォントの種類、カーニング、行間、段落位置を自分がよくつかうパターンで初期設定できるようにしてください。

Translated: Please make it possible to initialize the font type, kerning, line spacing, and paragraph position with a pattern you often use.

yes please, I've resorting to copying and pasting text elements because I'm fed up of having to keep changing the font every time I select the tool.

Please consider moving this feature from review to future feature......It would be nice to have a settings/preferences where my default font is blah. It is a pain having to change it as at times, if I click existing text first with the right font, it does not work.
Also if I select text tool then before typing anything I try to change the font to the one I wanted, and then try to click in the canvas again to type, it wont work - it just thinks you selected another object...frustrating and reverts to default font.
Love the XD so far but with some of this additional features would enhance this further for me (along with shape and dotted/dash line tool)

I agree comment is a hack. I'm working with agile sprints and have start with new documents every 2-weeks. A default font would save me a boat load of time. Seems like a no brainer even if it's a preference (not sure what's going on there since it grayed)

@PeterFlynn Your solution seems more like a hack. 8 months later and this request still hasn't been added. I don't see why this request is under-review as this feature should have been part of the initial release. Having to choose the same font every time you use the text tool sucks, it should remember the last font it was set too and not reset. Selecting some other existing piece of text is just as annoying as choosing the font again for me.

This is needed for people that work in house for brands. We have style guides. I can't change the default font for the company, thus I have zero need for any other font than the font's that are approved for my company.

Also, Peter Flynn, could you please explain how to work around this in a bit more detail? I'm not quite sure I follow exactly what you've said in the "Feature under review" comment.

Thanks!