Bug Report Selecting Multiple Text Layers Shows Wrong Font
For two versions now, whenever I select multiple text layers with the same or different fonts, the font window in the Character panel shows the wrong font, and if you select a new font it usually changes the text to the wrong font.
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Stéphane Augé
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2021 and this bug is still not fixed...
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John Cuevas
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Actually played a little more, created a new text layer and chose a new font. Then selected all the other text layers(which did not contain the new font) and the font displayed was the last new font chosen. If I change 'new text layer' to another different font, select multiple text layers, the character window displays the last new font choice made. It doesn't matter if I have select multiple layers of text that are all the same font, or multiple fonts, the display will be the last new font choice made.
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John Cuevas
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Since the last two upgrades, when I select multiple layers of text in a comp, the character window displays the wrong font selected. If I select one layer, it displays the right font, but when I start selecting multiple layers, deselect, then select other multiple layers, it will display completely wrong fonts(but other fonts in the comp).
As an example, in the file attached(not attached, invalid file type---please contact me for file), I have 8 layers of text, the top two are Times New Roman and Comic Sans. With both selected the Character Window says the font is Verdana Italic. Different single group selections, followed by multiple groups will produce different results.
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John Cuevas
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Since the last two upgrades, when I select multiple layers of text in a comp, the character window displays the wrong font selected. If I select one layer, it displays the right font, but when I start selecting multiple layers, deselect, then select other multiple layers, it will display completely wrong fonts(but other fonts in the comp).
As an example, in the file attached, I have 8 layers of text, the top two are Times New Roman and Comic Sans. With both selected the Character Window says the font is Verdana Italic. Different single group selections, followed by multiple groups will produce different results.
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Jordan Quackenbush
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Running into this issue in 16.0.1.
Here's a gif
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Charles Bevan
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This happens when selecting multiple Text layers (all with the same fonts or not) or when selecting Text layers that contain multiple fonts.
AE CC 2017 (and prior) handled this case by turning the character panel font family blank. Currently, the Character panel's default font is displayed–even if it's not one of the selected fonts.
To recreate: create two text layers using the same font. Then, with nothing selected, change the font family. Then try selecting the two text layers again.