Expired Font list - Notification of Changed Designs

[Colorflow]

Hello, Will we be notified of which designs had expired fonts and were changed?  If some of our fonts were replaced, how do we know which designs?  Some of us downloaded our own cover photo, and if you changed the fonts they will not match the actual product.  We need to be notified of the changes. 

[KeegansCreation]

OMG I forgot about designer-made cover photos. You're right!

[Cat]

I agree. We need some way to find which designs have been altered so we can check them because I'm pretty sure at least some will need to be fixed by hand.

[KC]

Related, I'm wondering if there will be a similar roll-out / removal of other fonts besides the scripts that were just changed. 

Because if we are all going through things and updating JUST script fonts now, we're likely going to be creating updated/new products that use soon-to-be retired sans-serif and serif fonts. And have to do it all again.

Related - how long is it anticipated to take for any further font updates to be complete / how will we know when the fonts are completely "settled"?

[Cat]

The ones I'm most concerned about are the symbol fonts. I've used the outline heart from the holiday symbols font in ALL of my save the date calendars, many of my Christmas designs use holiday dingbats, and I have several collections of word art that make extensive use of the sugar plums symbols. I know I've got other designs that sprinkle those symbols here and there, but if I have to go through over 10K designs searching for places that I've used them it will take me a lifetime! Seems like those were the worst possible fonts to discontinue. Heavy sigh.

[KC]

Suffice to say, most of us here feel like we're going to vomit from anxiety over this. (insert anxious LOL here)

To clarify what I posted above, one thing that might be insanely helpful at the moment might be an official list of fonts that Zazzle KNOWS are staying. Even if it's a short list for now.

That way things we design while the process is in flux won't be subject to edits/reposting/automagic later. Thus reducing bandwidth and stress for all through the holiday season 🙂

[KC]

My next question is that can we use the "Replace" option to edit the fonts to something very close to what has been removed from Zazzle's font list?

[Cat]

I assume so - at least I HOPE so! I could be wrong, but I thought that was the reason they made the option available again.