Can I save a file as a png in the print module in Lr?

[denises17417473]

Can I save a text-only file as a png in the print module in Lr? 2nd Question, can I import purchased fonts into Lr?

[JohanElzenga]

A text-only file in Lightroom Classic? Can you explain what you mean with that? Fonts are normally installed by the system, at least on my Mac that is how it works. They are then automatically available to all applications.

[richardplondon]

You cannot save out a PNG from the Print module, only a JPG (or send straight to printer). But if you have a virtual printer installed (such as PDF24) which offers a choice of outputs, you might be able to "print" to that, and then select PNG as the output format there.

Or if you don't require the page layout options offered by LR Classic's 'Print' module you can simply Export a copy of your image as currently cropped, directly to PNG format. You can choose 8- or 16-bit, colourspace such as sRGB, but that's about it. Also in Export you have richer controls over size, included metadata (though that will be an issue with PNG)...

...and most particularly: by Exporting you can preserve the filename of the image as seen in LR, into the exported copy as you wish. The file naming that you will get outputting from the Print module, is not individualised per photo. 

[AxelMatt]

>> Can I save a text-only file as a png in the print module in Lr? 

What do you mean when you say "text-only file"? Lighroom is made for mangign and developing picture like jpegs and/or RAW files from cameras.

In the export module you can export pictures a png files.

>> 2nd Question, can I import purchased fonts into Lr?

No. As I say above LR is for managing jpegs and RAW files. Fonts were installed through the OS like Windows or MacOS.

Why do you wish import fonts. Please explain more detailed.

[TheDigitalDog]

PNG, no. But if you are on a Mac, anything you can print you can save as PDF. Built into the OS. 

[richardplondon]

To be clear on the "text only file" question, I was referring to a digital image showing a picture of some text. Not a file that includes the wording of that text, extractable  / editable per se. Lightroom is simply not in that business; it cannot in any case process or produce vector information coming from a source file. It should be able to retain the "textiness" of text items added by LR onto a page layout when the output is explicitly to PDF / to Blurb. 

On the fonts query: Lightroom Classic allows all currently and normally installed fonts to be selected from: for watermarks, book pages, print module labelling etc. So that will likely involve OTF fonts, TrueType or I suppose possibly Postscript Type 1 - but not printer device fonts, screen fonts, or web specific formats. AFAIK TypeKit loaded fonts should work OK.

You will probably need to close and restart LR in order to benefit from newly installed fonts.

But LR Classic does not allow (as Photoshop does) other fonts to be accessed that have not been installed to the OS.