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

[Tim Malloy]

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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