Include Fonts in .zip Project Backup

[Jimcamel]

Can we include the font files use in a Project in the created .zip backup; or alternatively include a list of all the fonts used in a Project in a list in the "project-name.resources" folder so that they could be manually accumulated and stored with the backup.

I got caught on this recently when moving a project to my laptop and the font I had used for all the title cards had not yet been installed on the laptop.

jc

[AlexRoma]

+1

I think it's a great idea

[chanfi22]

Yes it's a great idea

[davegee]

This has been discussed in the past. I am not sure if the following is relevant:

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=556671154&sxsrf=AB5stBjzKCzrL3aAztSmLJF9xNMYOT4_-A%3A1691996917345&q=sharing+fonts&oq=sharing+fonts&aqs=heirloom-srp..0l5

DG

[Tonton Bruno]

Copying a font without the authorisation of the author is infringing copyright laws.

You can copy it only for personal use, even if the fonts are free of charge.

[jienense]

 But if you could warn that such a source you do not have it installed, more and more PTE projects are shared on the network, I think it would be good that when you open a project we get the message that such a source name is not installed.

to be able to avoid this.

 

En adobe After effects

 

[Tonton Bruno]

Yes, a warning message indicating the fonts to be loaded would be very useful.

[Aleina Show]

46 minutes ago, jienense said:

I think it would be good that when you open a project we get the message that such a source name is not installed.

I also agree. An alert feature would be helpful.

[denisb]

Font missing, like picture would be useful

[Igor]

Show missing fonts is a good idea.

We consider also another idea - automatically include vectorized text objects in a .pte project to keep original look for text captions, even if a source font is not available on a certain computer.

[Jimcamel]

Regarding Igor’s suggestion about vectorizing the font-that’s one solution and it would allow for re-rendering a project…but the drawback would be that’s it’s not fully revisable - so if you had to update a slide you’d be out of luck.  I appreciate the copyright issue - which is why I suggested including a reference in the resource files to make you aware of the issue.   

Now, having opened this can of worms - and I think all your responses were great…..are there any other gotcha’s, other than Fonts, that might make the .zip file not fully revisable when restored?

 

cheers, jc