To reproduce: - Change the font of the new document: txtCustomerInstallation.Document = new RadDocument(); txtCustomerInstallation.RichTextBoxElement.ChangeFontFamily(new Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.UI.FontFamily("Calibri")); txtCustomerInstallation.RichTextBoxElement.ChangeFontSize(Unit.PointToDip(10)); txtCustomerInstallation.RichTextBoxElement.ChangeParagraphSpacingAfter(0.0); txtCustomerInstallation.DocumentInheritsDefaultStyleSettings = true; - Start and paste plain text. - The font os changed to Verdana. Workaround: void radRichTextEditor1_CommandExecuting(object sender, CommandExecutingEventArgs e) { if (e.Command is PasteCommand) { e.Cancel = true; PasteNewText(); } } public void PasteNewText() { DocumentFragment clipboardDocument = null; string clipboardText = null; bool clipboardContainsData = false; if (ClipboardEx.ContainsDocument(null)) { clipboardDocument = ClipboardEx.GetDocument(); clipboardContainsData = true; } else if (ClipboardEx.ContainsText(null)) { clipboardText = ClipboardEx.GetText(null); clipboardContainsData = true; } if (!clipboardContainsData) { return; } if (clipboardDocument != null) { RadDocument doc = new RadDocument(); RadDocumentEditor editor = new RadDocumentEditor(doc); editor.InsertFragment(clipboardDocument); doc.Selection.SelectAll(); editor.ChangeFontFamily(new Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.UI.FontFamily("Calibri")); DocumentFragment fragmentFromSelection = doc.Selection.CopySelectedDocumentElements(); this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ActiveDocumentEditor.InsertFragment(fragmentFromSelection); } else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(clipboardText)) { this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.ActiveDocumentEditor.Insert(clipboardText); } }