Specify font families when exporting illustrator file to svg

Question

Hi all-
I can use File > Save as... to save an Illustrator file in SVG format, and there are a number of options available. I currently use:
Fonts / Type : SVG
Fonts / Subsetting : None
Advanced Options / CSS Properties : Style Elements
In my test figure, I selected 'Avenir' as the font for a text element.
In the resulting svg code, I correctly got:
<![CDATA[
          .st0{font-family:Avenir;}
          .st1{fill:#F5EED6;}
          .st2{fill:#CCDEF0;stroke:#000000;stroke-miterlimit:1;}
          .st3{fill:none;stroke:#005695;stroke-width:2;stroke-miterlimit:1;}
          .st4{fill:#005695;}
          .st5{font-size:10;}
]]>
What would I would really like to do is specify a range of font-families, in this case san-serif ones:
<![CDATA[
          .st0{font-family:Helvetica, Verdana, ArialUnicodeMS, san-serif;}
          .st1{fill:#F5EED6;}
          .st2{fill:#CCDEF0;stroke:#000000;stroke-miterlimit:1;}
          .st3{fill:none;stroke:#005695;stroke-width:2;stroke-miterlimit:1;}
          .st4{fill:#005695;}
          .st5{font-size:10;}
]]>
How can I do this automatically from within Illustrator, rather than having to hand-edit the svg file after-the-fact? (I have 500+ svg files to modify, so automation is ideal).
Many thanks in advance.
Jim
Illustrator CS6
OSX Mavericks

Answer 1

AI doesn't care about font substitution rules. Either way, i don't see a problem. that could be as easy as batch processing your SVGs in a suitable text editor like BBEdit.
Mylenium