Define Default Fonts and Colors for Objects in the Dashboard

You can select the font used to display all text in the dashboard, the font used for the titles of all filters and visualizations, and the background color and border used for all containers. Containers display the visualizations, filters, text, images, and so on, used in a dashboard.

Formatting options for individual objects in the dashboard, such as individual visualizations, images, filters, etc., override formatting at the dashboard level. Use formatting at the dashboard level to provide the default display options, and then customize each object as necessary.

To provide a unified appearance, you can display all objects with a gray background and black border, using dashboard level formatting options. However, to make a single visualization stand out, you can select a white background and red border.

As you make changes, the new formats appear in the preview pane on the right.

See KB484601 for more information about best practices for using colors when designing dashboards.

To define default fonts and colors for the objects in the dashboard

Open a dashboard you want to modify.
Choose Format > Dashboard Formatting. The Dashboard Formatting Properties dialog opens.
Select the font to use for displaying text on the dashboard from the Overall Font drop-down.
Select font formatting options for all titles in a dashboard using the options in the Title area.
Select formatting options for the containers used to display content in the dashboard in the Container area.
Select the background color from the Fill Color drop-down in the Canvas area.