Rapid access to choice fonts.

Former user wrote on 9/4/2022, 5:21 PM

I have a large font library. In some projects, I need repeated access to specific fonts when overlaying text on video. Some programs will make the last-used-font readily accessible in the drop-down menu for rapid deployment. In Vegas, I have to keep searching for the font I need. Does Vegas have the option to rapidly deploy last used font? If not, could the developers please consider this in future iterations?

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jetdv wrote on 9/4/2022, 5:51 PM

@Former user Copy the previous title and then paste it? It will have the same font. It should have the same font no matter if you copy the generated media event or just copy the text from one to another. I would just copy the event and then change the text. Alternately, you can write a script that will add the generated media and then change the text to whatever you want in whatever font you want.

Former user wrote on 9/4/2022, 5:55 PM

@jetdv Copy and paste works if you want the same title style each time. If you want to change things up in video titles, otherwise known as 'variety', not really. Rapid access to choice fonts is a useful feature and am sure would help others with work flow as well.

jetdv wrote on 9/4/2022, 6:02 PM

@Former user Copy/Paste works GREAT (I use it all the time) and then you simply change the text/position. But you have the same font with all the same style settings. If you want the same font every time, that's an easy way to get it. You have to change the text anyway and, if you want a different style, you'd also have to change that anyway, and then you'd have to change the position anyway. So, at least, you wouldn't have to change the font on a copy/paste. Just everything else that you would normally be changing besides the font.

But also see here:

If you were wanting a bunch of different fonts, you could create multiple scripts - one per font.

You can open the font list drop-down and type the first letter of the font name and it will take you straight to that letter. That might help you find them faster as well.

Former user wrote on 9/4/2022, 6:08 PM

@jetdv Thanks, I will look closer at this tutorial. Some of my work requires a lot of text as I am sourcing information/doing citations. I appreciate this help.

That said, it is *still* useful to rapidly access last used font. Other programs have this feature and I love it. Some projects have branding restrictions where you have to work with a certain font in a variety of contexts. That is why such a feature can be useful.