[Qgis-user] Locking Font Characteristics for Text Items in Print Layout

[Sebastian Gutwein]

Tim,
I have never had the font style change on me after reopening a QGIS file.
In other words they should be locked by default.
To me this sounds like a bug or there is an issue with the way fonts are
working on your system or your QGIS file is getting corrupted in some way.
If you can share your file or create a simple file showing the issue I
would suggest creating a bug report on the QGIS github site.
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues
The volunteer bug fixers will only be able to fix your issue if they can
reproduce it so if you can create a file with steps that
consistently creates the problem you will have the best chances of getting
it resolved.

Here are some things I would consider trying.
If you are using a different version of QGIS now you could try to download
and use the same version of QGIS that you used previously in case something
changed on the QGIS code that prevented your file from working correctly.
Is it possible that the font you were using previously is no longer
available on your system and QGIS is replacing it with another font?

Good luck
-Bas

On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 10:39 AM Tim Malloy via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hello again.  Noone responded to my initial inquiry below so I’m
> resending the email since this issue has come up for me again.  I have 14
> maps that I made about a year ago to which I need to make some very minor
> revisions.  When I opened the layouts in my project, I once again
> discovered that all the formatting for the text items created in Print
> Layout has been lost and must be reformatted.  I figure it will take me
> about 10 minutes per map to redo all the text formatting, which translates
> to over 2 hours of work.  The edits that my client has requested would
> take about 15 minutes for all 14 maps.  So, I’m losing 2 hours of
> billable time since I can’t charge for redoing all the text item formatting.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any input?
>
>
>
> Gratefully,
>
>
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> *Original Email Below:*
>
>
>
> Hello all – does anyone know if there is a way to lock a text map item in
> QGIS Print Layout to prevent the font size and type (bold, italic, etc.)
> from changing over time.  I’ve had several situations where I created a
> series of maps and exported them to PDF for a client and later needed to
> amend the maps and found that the text items created in Print Layout (map
> title, date, figure number, disclaimer statement, legend text, etc.) had
> reverted to a default font size and type.  Having to reset all the fonts
> for the text items can be very time consuming when you need to do it for 20
> or 30 maps.  I’ve tried locking the text item in the Items panel in Print
> Layout but that seems only to prevent the text item from being moved but
> does not retain the font characteristics.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Tim
>
>
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