how to add fonts to powerpoint

Gone are the days when business PowerPoint presentations were limited to use only the default system fonts. Now almost all professional presentation templates are designed incorporating modern custom font types.

Though adding a new font for Powerpoint is relatively a simple task, it often becomes a frustrating experience when things are not done right.

In this article, we will walk you through how to correctly add any custom font type which may be required for your powerpoint template, either in Windows or MAC.

So let's begin…

Step 1. Download the external font file/s required for your new PowerPoint template

Often you may find the required custom font types listed in a 'Help' file or a 'Readme' file inside your downloaded PowerPoint template. Also, some designers may add the link to the custom font files in the first slide of the template.

For all our Slidehelper PowerPoint templates, you may find the details about custom fonts inside a 'Readme' file.

How to Find Fonts for PowerPoint? There are several ways to find fonts for PowerPoint: 1. Use the fonts you already have in PowerPoint. There are two options: a. Click on the slide where you want to add text, or select the text you want to edit. In the Home menu, click on the font drop-down menu and select the font you want to use. Go to the folder that has just been extracted, select the fonts you want to install or use the key combination "Ctrl" + "A" if you want to install all the fonts in the downloaded font set. Right click and select "Install". Step 4: Open Powerpoint and use new fonts. Embed New Fonts in Your PowerPoint File So to fix this problem that comes from using custom fonts let's go to the file save as option. When we're preparing to save the file let's go to the Tools Save Options here at the bottom of the Save window. On this window there's an important box we need to check that's off by default. These versions support embed fonts, while Word 2019 and Excel 2019 for Mac do not support embedded fonts. Open the PowerPoint file that you want to embed fonts, and then go to the menu to select "Preferences". A dialog box will open,. The first step in adding fonts to PowerPoint is finding what you want. Once you've found that perfect typeface or font package, download it to an easily accessed place on your computer such as the desktop. Open your computer's Font window, which you can search for.

Once you have the link, copy and paste it to your web browser and download the font file/s

Step 2. Close all your Microsoft Office applications. These include PowerPoint, Words, Excel etc.

This is a very important step. Newly installed fonts may not display in your template if you ignore this step.

Step 3. Install the font files

• If you received a .ZIP file from the font website, first you need to unzip it. If the font was downloaded as a .OTF file (OpenType) or a .TTF (TrueType) file you do not have to unzip/extract anything. (See the note at the bottom of this post for the difference between OTF and TTF fonts)
• When you have the font file (OTF or TTF), simply double click on it. Font preview window will open.
• Next, click the 'Instal' button. The location of the install button may vary based on your operating system. In Windows 'Install' button is located at the top of the preview window while in MAC it is located at the bottom.

Please note that if you see multiple font files inside the downloaded font package, you need to add all them. Often same font type is coming as separate files for each of its weight type. For example 'Bold', 'Extra Bold' etc. You may see these multiple font files inside the unzipped fonts folder as shown in the below screenshot.

Step 4. Relaunch PowerPoint and reopen your template file.

When you have installed all the required custom font files as above, you should see your template in its true beauty 🙂

If you have any questions feel free to add in the comments.

Question: Should I install OTF (OpenTypeFormat) ) or TTF (TrueType Format) fonts?

Sometimes you may get the same font type in OTF format and TTF format.

If you are given the choice between OTF and TTF when downloading, select OTF font format over TTF. OTF is a newer font format and better for desktop publishing and document processing. But if you can't find the OTF version of a font, do not worry, TTF version will work fine.

You may want to install custom fonts for greater impact in your presentation.

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There are lots of great FREE font websites here are 3 very popular FREE font websites

google font https://fonts.google.com/

1001 fonts https://www.1001fonts.com/

font squirrel https://www.fontsquirrel.com/

After you find a font that you would like to use with an Office application, you can download it and install it through the operating system that you are currently using on your computer. Because fonts work with the operating system, they are not downloaded to Office directly.

Many third parties outside of Microsoft package their fonts in .zip files to reduce file size and to make downloading faster. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in .zip format double-click the zip file to open it.

Install a custom font you have downloaded

Once you've downloaded the font you want to install you need to install it in the operating system. Once the font is properly installed in the operating system Microsoft Office will be able to see and use it.

Find the font file that you downloaded, keeping in mind that it may be contained within a .zip file. It's probably located in your downloads folder.

Double-click the font file to open it in the Font Previewer

When you are satisfied that this is the font you want, click Install at the top left.

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Close the Font Previewer, and open your PowerPoint. You should now see your new font included on the font list.

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