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.
Install fonts from your Mac or network: Click the Add button in the Font Book toolbar, locate and select the font, then click Open. Tip: To quickly install a font, you can also drag the font file to the Font Book app icon, or double-click the font file in the Finder, then click Install Font in the dialog that appears. Ok, I did everything i could do make my OTF font appear in Powerpoint for my Mac, (It showed up as installed in my Font Book) No luck. Until I read somewhere to go to the dropdown box in Powerpoint, and, if I did not see my font there, to simply type it in. As simple as that. But I had to go bald first. Hope this helps someone out there!
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.
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 ?
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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.
Install fonts
Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. After your Mac validates the font and opens the Font Book app, the font is installed and available for use.
You can use Font Book preferences to set the default install location, which determines whether the fonts you add are available to other user accounts on your Mac.
Fonts that appear dimmed in Font Book are either disabled ('Off'), or are additional fonts available for download from Apple. To download the font, select it and choose Edit > Download.
Disable fonts
You can disable any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose Edit > Disable. The font remains installed, but no longer appears in the font menus of your apps. Fonts that are disabled show ”Off” next to the font name in Font Book.
Remove fonts
You can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose File > Remove. Font Book moves the font to the Trash.
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macOS supports TrueType (.ttf), Variable TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collection (.ttc), OpenType (.otf), and OpenType Collection (.ttc) fonts. macOS Mojave adds support for OpenType-SVG fonts.
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Legacy suitcase TrueType fonts and PostScript Type 1 LWFN fonts might work but aren't recommended.