Font selection and typography settings are two of the most important decisions you make when designing a presentation. The choices you make can influence the tone of a presentation, impact readability, and affect the quality of your designs.
Led by the author of Guide to Cloud Fonts in Microsoft 365; Choosing fonts for PowerPoint templates, and Building PowerPoint Templates, this session will cover the essentials of fonts and typography in PowerPoint. You’ll learn which fonts work best and which ones to avoid. You’ll also learn how to tweak type formatting with PowerPoint’s native tools and time saving add-ins.
Key Takeaways:
- Considerations when choosing fonts
- Sourcing fonts, and the pros and cons of each type
- What you need to know about font embedding, variable fonts, and other gotchas
- Formatting type to increase readability
This article was last modified on April 24, 2025
This article was first published on January 3, 2025
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