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Find instance of a font
I know this is a long shot, but it would save me a lot of frustration. One of the courses I'm working on has some missing fonts that are not installed on my computer. I'm having trouble finding all of the places where those fonts are used. Is there any way to search the Storyline file, somehow, to locate every instance of those fonts? Or automatically change them to a different font? (I'd prefer to locate them rather than automatically changing them, so I can make sure the new font looks ok.)
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Hi Patty,
Thanks for reaching out! It sounds like the Find/Replace feature worked as expected in your file, but you're finding that as soon as you start typing, the old font appears, correct?
Is it possible that you have a Theme Font set that needs to be changed as well? Try re-setting this under the Fonts drop-down in the Design tab.
When you start typing, the new font should automatically start appearing.
Hi
Thank you for that information. I tried to update the theme, removed all the older themes, and continued to get the same results. The master slides all showed the correct font, but when I applied that master slide to a new slide in a presentation, the older font came back.I had to physically remove the offending font from my computer for the font to no longer show up in the template I created. Very odd.
Will continue to test and see what other results I come up with. Thank you again.
Hi
I have templates i have created for my group. I now am updating the templates and the fonts. I have done a find and replace the fonts, so all the fonts SHOULD be found and replaced. When i use one of the standard divider slide template as a new slide in a presentation, the slide opens, and I find I am typing in the older font that I thought I had replaced. When I check the Master Slide, the master slide has the new font. This is also happening in my quiz slides. Any thoughts on how I can find ALL of the older fonts and completely get rid of them/replace them with the newer font? Thank you.
Hi Hugh,
Sorry to hear you're coming across this issue! You may want to try reinstalling the font and rebooting per this discussion here.
If you find yourself hitting a wall after trying either of those steps, feel free to connect with our support engineers, and they'll be able to provide tailored support in getting this sorted out!
I'm using 360, I've got 2 fonts missing, showing up in red in the find and replace fonts area. I've been through the slides and can't find any missing font text. Is there a way to detect which slides the missing fonts are on? I've tried replacing with a really obscure font so they stand out but it doesn't actually replace them, they still appear in the list afterwards.
Super helpful - thank you!
Thank you! That is exactly what I'm looking for!
I just submitted a feature request to address actually finding the fonts. I work with Storyline projects created by others that contain fonts not installed on my system.
Blindly replacing a font presents a systematic problem because fonts differ in spacing, width, and height, a global replacement can unintentionally disrupt layouts, cause text wrapping issues, or negatively impact slide aesthetics. Without knowing where replacements occur, there is no efficient way to verify that content still displays correctly.
My request was to revise the “Replace Fonts” feature to “Find and Replace Fonts”
-- Locate all instances of a selected font across the project (including slide numbers and objects).
-- Navigate to each occurrence for review.
-- Optionally step through replacements rather than applying them globally.
-- Provide a summary of where replacements occurred.
This would significantly improve quality control, especially in large or shared projects, by allowing developers to verify visual integrity after font substitution rather than relying on a blind global change.
As Richard said, you can replace fonts, but 'Find' is really a misnomer as Storyline may locate and replace them, but it doesn't show you where they are. My concern is if a coworker uses a font I don't have and I replace the font, I can't verify the font fits the slide properly.
This may have found fonts eight years ago, but now only replaces fonts without showing location now.
Export a translation in word and you can find a font in there
