From 1829b480aef491b87272c7aedf9715ab5407f3c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FabianK3 <21039694+FabianK3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 00:41:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix persistent papers text insertion (#22458)

---
 code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm               | 27 ++++++++++---------
 ...-fix-persistent-papers-text-insertions.yml |  7 +++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 html/changelogs/fabiank3-fix-persistent-papers-text-insertions.yml

diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
index 9ae9e2aa5e8..cdf38d709c1 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/paper.dm
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 	var/can_change_icon_state = TRUE
 	var/set_unsafe_on_init = FALSE
 
+	persistant_objects_expiration_time_days = 180
+
 /obj/item/paper/Destroy()
 	info = null
 	info_links = null
@@ -103,11 +105,11 @@
 		else
 			addtimer(CALLBACK(src, TYPE_PROC_REF(/atom, update_icon)), 1, TIMER_STOPPABLE | TIMER_DELETE_ME)
 
-/obj/item/paper/proc/set_content(title, text)
+/obj/item/paper/proc/set_content(title, text, adddefaultfont = TRUE)
 	if(title)
 		name = title
 	if (text && length(text))
-		info = parsepencode(text)
+		info = parsepencode(text, skipdefaultfont = !adddefaultfont)
 	else
 		info = ""
 
@@ -357,7 +359,7 @@
 
 	return signfont
 
-/obj/item/paper/proc/parsepencode(t, obj/item/pen/P, mob/user, iscrayon, isfountain, istypewriter)
+/obj/item/paper/proc/parsepencode(t, obj/item/pen/P, mob/user, iscrayon, isfountain, istypewriter, skipdefaultfont = FALSE)
 	if(user)
 		t = parse_languages(user, t, TRUE)
 	if(P)
@@ -413,14 +415,15 @@
 		t = replacetext(t, "\[cell\]", "")
 		t = replacetext(t, "\[barcode\]", "")
 
-	if(iscrayon)
-		t = "<font face=\"[crayonfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><b>[t]</b></font>"
-	else if(isfountain)
-		t = "<font face=\"[fountainfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><i>[t]</i></font>"
-	else if(istypewriter)
-		t = "<font face=\"[typewriterfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><i>[t]</i></font>"
-	else
-		t = "<font face=\"[deffont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]>[t]</font>"
+	if(!skipdefaultfont)
+		if(iscrayon)
+			t = "<font face=\"[crayonfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><b>[t]</b></font>"
+		else if(isfountain)
+			t = "<font face=\"[fountainfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><i>[t]</i></font>"
+		else if(istypewriter)
+			t = "<font face=\"[typewriterfont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]><i>[t]</i></font>"
+		else
+			t = "<font face=\"[deffont]\" color=[P ? P.colour : "black"]>[t]</font>"
 
 	t = pencode2html(t)
 
@@ -842,7 +845,7 @@
 	return content
 
 /obj/item/paper/persistent_objects_apply_content(content, x, y, z)
-	set_content(content["title"], content["text"])
+	set_content(content["title"], content["text"], adddefaultfont = FALSE)
 	src.x = x
 	src.y = y
 	src.z = z
diff --git a/html/changelogs/fabiank3-fix-persistent-papers-text-insertions.yml b/html/changelogs/fabiank3-fix-persistent-papers-text-insertions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b468c072899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/fabiank3-fix-persistent-papers-text-insertions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+author: FabianK3
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Fixed repeating default font tag getting added to persistent papers, breaking their life cycle and resulting in massive text sizes."
+  - balance: "Raised expiration time of persistent papers from 30 to 180 days."