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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