Alternatively, you can click Format from the top menu and select Font.
Change font attributes: Change fonts, font sizes, and styles by clicking the Format icon or highlighting the text you wish to change and confirming the Format icon is selected, which ensures the formatting Inspector menu appears on the program's right side.Get up to speed on basic operations in Pages using this quick cheat sheet.
The trick is knowing where commonly used functions are in Pages, as most users are understandably familiar with those functions' locations within Microsoft Word.