Font selection is one of the most important decisions you make when designing in PowerPoint. The choices you make can influence the tone of a presentation, impact readability, and affect the quality of your designs. Choosing the wrong font can create an unintended experience for your audience. This session delivers the clear, practical guidance you need to make font decisions that won’t come back to bite you.
You’ll learn how to:
- Choose fonts with legible and readable characteristics
- Avoid font substitution when sharing files beyond your system
- Identify font sources for PowerPoint and the pros and cons of each
- Identify which fonts can be embedded and caveats to embedding fonts in PowerPoint
This article was last modified on October 23, 2025
This article was first published on October 22, 2025
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