# Mnemonics

'DEFAULT' or 'DF' | Define Default

GUI Display/Printer or Character Display

## Format

Long or short form: 'DEFAULT' or 'DF'

## Description

Use either 'DEFAULT' or 'DF' to define the current attributes/font as the default for an OPEN channel. For example, you can set a default for fixed font, reverse video, blinking, underscore, foreground, background, etc.

To set the default font for all graphical objects, the 'GF' mnemonic may be used.

## See Also

'GF' Default Font for Window Objects

## Example

To set a font in *WINPRT* printing as the standard default font for an OPEN channel:

> open (30)"*WINPRT*;ASIS"
> print (30)'font'("Courier New",-7),'DF'