Storyline forces fontsize from 16 to 16.5 !

Dec 19, 2013

Hello,

I'm doing some layouts today and for some reason, I can't force Choice text style to Myriad Pro 16 pt, it keeps increasing to 16.5 pt.

I changed text box parameters to "Do not autofit", but it's still the same.

I can set it to 16pt on a new project, same font, but I don't want to do it all again (I was close to the end).

I tried to import theme in a new project : same problem.

Not that I really need font to be 16 and not 16.5 but still annoying.

Any clue  ?

Thanks.

5 Replies
Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Pierre,

If it's only happening in one project, that would lead me to believe there may be some file corruption...

Some common guidelines to help prevent file corruption, although not limited to the below, include:

  • Work on your local drive (your C: drive).Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, includingfile corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior. 
  • You should also make sure the directory pathto your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters(for example C:\Articulate).
  • Avoid using special characters, accents orsymbols in your file names.

You could try importing it into a new Storyline project to see if that resolves the issue. 

Pierre Jouan

I got everything correct as for file corruption (working locally, short path & no special characters - and I'm used to this behavior for a long time !).

I imported the Theme in another project and I still can't force font size in the layout but I can force it when applied to a slide.

Here's what's happening :

Edit text in layout and set it to 16.

As soon as you click outside : 16.5 !

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Pierre,

There are other things that could lead to file corruption, as it's random but those are just the common ones that we know can often be an issue. Importing it into a new project sometimes helps. You mentioned it's only associated with this project/theme?  You mentioned fixing this within the master slide, when you go to the actual slide and enter in text, is it 16.5 or 16? Are you able to recreate the behavior in a brand new file? 

I tried on my own Storyline file in a regular slide and within the master slide, and didn't get the 16.5 font sizing. 

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