How to Set the Default Font in Word

Open an existing document or enter some text in a new document. Select some text and click the “Font” dialog box button in the “Font” section of the “Home” tab



On the “Font” dialog box, select the font you want to set as the default in the “Font” list box and click the “Set As Default” button.


 A dialog box displays asking if you want to set the default font for the current document only or for all documents based on the Normal template. Select the “All documents based on the Normal.dotm template” radio button. Click “OK”.



NOTE: The new default font is saved only to the template currently in use. Existing documents will not be changed the next time they are opened

thanks to http://www.howtogeek.com/219767/how-to-set-the-default-font-in-word/ for this tip