Not able to revert to previous font after changing font in part title paragraph style

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Hello all,
Changing the font of the part title paragraph style changed it for every layout - is it supposed to do so? If yes, does that mean if I want to create an entirlely new look (book) with my existing material and don’t want my existing layouts to be affected, I should create a new master page template (or a set hereof)?

After changing the font, I was unable to undo my decision.
I checked the button that applies the standard text font (Academico) to the part title paragraph style and clicked OK, but the change is not applied. I need to open the part title editor in each layout to undo my font change.

Edit:
Maybe Dorico is weekend-sensitive - I did the very same thing today and reverting to Academico worked. No reboot, just an app restart.

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Yes, changing a paragraph style’s formatting affects all places where that paragraph style is used - including child paragraph styles that don’t have that aspect overridden.

You don’t necessarily need a new master page or set, you can override the paragraph style locally in one layout (i.e. as a page override) which is sometimes the simplest solution. For safety (and “reproducability”), creating a new master page that’s essentially the same but uses a different, new paragraph style is probably not a bad idea.

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Lillie,
Thanks!