What we probably should do is change the initial font in the rest of the templates to just 'sans' (which a few of them already use), as that name should be aliased to something on every system. That's also why changing the default to Ubuntu instead of BVS wouldn't work - it's just as unavailable unless it's been installed.

Most Linux distributions remove bundled fonts during packaging, expecting applications to work off of system fonts under user/theme control, rather than forcing their own choices.) (If the font is part of the installation. Ubuntu, OpenShot will load directly from the bundled font file for use in its interface. It wouldn't work in the sense that it would have to be installed to be used by the SVG renderer.

If a font is default, then should it not be bundled with Openshot like the Ubuntu font, or would that not work?

(And most likely Bitstream Vera Sans just isn't installed on your system Yeah, Bitstream Vera Sans is the default font in most of the templates (the ones that don't use simply 'sans'), The log files (as they can become quite large). Log files can be found in your HOME/.openshot_qt/ folder. If you are experiencing a crash, please collect and attach logs of the problem. Operating System / Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon (4.4.8).OpenShot Version: 2.5.1, libopenshot: 0.2.5.If specific desired font is missing, a fallback should probably be found. Nonexistent fonts shouldn't be selected to start with. What's all the weirder is that it seems like it defaults back to Bitstream Vera Sans every time I switch templates, so the text disappears again - even though if I go to change font, it lists Ubuntu/Italic/12 and if I say Save, the text appears. Warning (in usvg::convert::text::convert:370): No match for 'URW Bookman L' font-family. Warning (in usvg::convert::text::convert:370): No match for 'URW Chancery L' font-family. If I try some different ones, some work, but for others I get Warning (in usvg::convert::text::convert:370): No match for ''Bitstream Vera Sans'' font-family. If I start OpenShot in Terminal, I can see that it's giving this error: I'm fairly sure text is supposed to appear in the preview box, and in the image when I save it, but I'm just not seeing any at all.

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