Hi all
Hopefully the following will help:
To create a font set:
1. Open a topic in the WYSIWYG Editor.
2. From the Format menu, select Font Sets.
The Font Sets dialog opens. It lists all fonts and font sets
that are currently available in your Help project.
3. Click New.
RoboHelp displays a new, untitled field in the Font sets
list.
4. In Font sets, type the desired name "Whatever you want
Fontset" over the selected word "Untitled" and then press Enter.
5. Click Modify. The Modify Font Set dialog opens.
6. In the Available Typefaces text box, select Verdana and
click the Add >> button.
RoboHelp adds the font Verdana as the primary font in your
font set.
7. In the Available Typefaces text box, type Arial. Then
click the Add >> button.
8. Now add a Macintosh-compatible font. RoboHelp can only
find the system fonts available on your Microsoft Windows authoring
system, but you can type any font name into the dialog, even if it
is not on your authoring system.
In the Available Typefaces text box, type "Helvetica", which
is a Macintosh system font. Then click the Add >> button.
9. Click OK to close the Modify Font Set dialog.
10. Click OK to close the Font Sets dialog. RoboHelp adds the
new font set to your project.
As for recommended or "best" fonts, here is more verbiage
from this topic.
Tips:
The new font set is available from both the WYSIWYG toolbar
and the Format > Font menu. It is also available when defining
style sheets that are included in your project.
Font sets are saved with a project. If you create a new
project, you must also create new font sets for it. These are lists
of the standard system fonts, which should be available on all
operating system versions.
Recommended Font Sets
* Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif
* Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif
* Times New Roman, Times, Serif
* Courier New, Courier, Mono
After you declare the font set, you use the font set name in
place of the font name when setting up your style sheet. (yes, it
should appear among the list of fonts)
And finally (just in case you are unaware of this feature)
you can easily apply the modified style sheet by clicking the
Topics tab, selecting all the topics (Ctrl+A) right clicking and
choosing Properties off the context menu. Once you do this, click
the Appearance tab and choose the style sheet to apply.
Hopefully this helps... Rick