You can use beautiful font types to create a presentation. However, if audience members do not have the same font installed on their computers, the font will not display correctly when they view your presentation because PowerPoint substitutes an unknown font with what it determines as a similar type. This automatic matching process often leads to disastrous results. However, PowerPoint 2013 enables you to embed your preferred fonts into the presentation so that they appear as you intended regardless of whether the computer displaying the slideshow has that particular font installed.
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. Feb 7, 2017 - The font displays in a window, providing a preview of what it will look like in PowerPoint. And now it's installed, head over to PowerPoint (making sure to restart the program) and click the “Format” tab. Click the “Font” drop-down menu and select the installed font to use it in your PowerPoint presentation.
First, click on the FILE tab and then select Options. In the dialog box that appears, select Save. At the very bottom of the list of options on the right pane and under the heading Preserve fidelity when sharing this presentation, you will find options for embedding fonts. Check the box labeled Embed fonts in the file.
You may choose one of the following options: Embed only the characters used in the presentation or Embed all characters. The first option will let others view but not edit. The second option well let others view and edit but will increase the file size of the presentation.
Check the option you prefer and click OK. Please note that only TrueType and OpenType fonts can be embedded.
Having trouble with custom fonts in PowerPoint in Office 2011? If you haven't already cracked your laptop into pieces out of frustration, here's the fix. Two main problems: Install the font in 'Computer' not 'User.' When you double-click a font file in OSX, the operating system installs fonts in 'User' by default. To install a font in the 'Computer' group, open your Font Book (the default OSX app that manages fonts) and drag the files into the 'Computer' section in the left hand sidebar. Restart all the things—and when you re-open PowerPoint you should see your font. Rebuild Office Font Cache.
Microsoft keeps its own cache of your fonts, and sometimes this gets out of sync with your system. Delete the cache to force Office to rebuild it. OSX Office 2011 Font Cache Locations: /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Preferences/Office 2011/Office Font Cache On older operating systems, it's located in: /Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2011/Office Font Cache After deleting the font cache, restart PowerPoint. In the startup menu, you should see a 'Rebuilding Font Menu' progress bar—that means it worked!
Your new typefaces should be in the font menu (fingers crossed). If this still doesn't work, you might need to try a bigger hammer—deleting your OSX font cache. You can do that via the command line: sudo atsutil databases -remove You'll then need to restart your Mac. (More about deleting your OSX font cache ).
That's worked for us—good luck! Fonts and Microsoft Office can be a frustrating adventure. Remember, when in doubt, restart. And restart again.