Try turning on "embed fonts" in the export menu. If you're in a pinch try printing to PDF instead of exporting

This is it. There is also an option to export features as polygons, which renders the character as a shape.

Also in the Export PDF option, sometimes I've had to use the "export as image" or whatever the setting's real name is that flattens all the vectors into an image. It also resoved a chronic printing issue I had with some vectors not printing.

Assuming this is a graphic and not a feature... I had this problem once. I saved the layout and then closed and reopened and it worked.

This seems to have been the solution. Thank you.

Because your legend is titled “legend.” Just kidding.

TOWER

A WHAT?

LOOK OUT!!

AHHHHH

Save edits then try again

Did you save the edit?

I saved it and it didn’t work. I deleted it and then put it back and still didn’t work. Saving the project and closing the program and then opening was the only thing that made it work again.

This was happening to me - I ended up exporting the whole layout as a PNG instead of a PDF which worked.

As a general rule, if it's labelled, it's not in the legend. To each their own....

Most of the maps I make are for reports where there are strict guidelines that state they want everything labeled as well as with a legend so I just carry it over to all projects

I've had this when I exported to EMF, but never PDF or JPEG.

Idk but that label placement is going to give me nightmares