Best Fonts for PowerPoint

[Guest]

Hello,
I'm creating a new template in PowerPoint and need to choose a font (two at
the most). The template will be used by a large number of people in several
different countries, and most are running PPT 2003 on Windows XP. I'd like to
stick to True Type to avoid font surprises, and need to choose something that
looks professional yet modern - we're trying to avoid Arial and Times New
Roman if possible. The template will also be printed, projected, and viewed
on-screen.

We tried Frutiger and Univers 45 and liked them both, but unfortunately they
don't seem to be standard in PowerPoint.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

ppt diva,

Hmm... a catch 22 question - It's like quality vs file size.

Go for a nice font and chances are it will not be on the other PCs
Go for Arial for compatibility.
Go for Tahoma to be a little daring with compatibility
or Trebuchet or Verdana.....

see
Make sure my chosen fonts are available
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00256.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Rick Altman]

Every time I decide to go with a non-standard font and embed it for a wide
rollout, I end up regretting it, for one reason or another. Today, if I do
not control the distribution, or the distribution is very wide, I just don't
mess around:

I use Arial, Arial Narrow, and/or Arial Black

One less headache that otherwise seems to be inevitable.


There are plenty of ways to create a modern presentation design with a
traditional typeface like Arial.






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[Steve Rindsberg]

Every time I decide to go with a non-standard font and embed it for a wide
rollout, I end up regretting it, for one reason or another. Today, if I do
not control the distribution, or the distribution is very wide, I just don't
mess around:

I use Arial, Arial Narrow, and/or Arial Black

The only ones we trust is me and thee and we're not so sure of thee ... Arial
Black can cause trouble too. If it's embedded, the file's liable to open Read
Only in PPT2003, even on a box that has Arial Black installed.

Why? Because the box doesn't have Arial Black Italic.

What????

But Arial Black Italic isn't embedded or even used, I hear you muse.

True. But them's the bugs. er. Breaks.

It's fixed in SP2, I believe, but unless you're pretty sure everybody has 2003
SP2, it's worthy of reconsideration.

 

[Rick Altman]

And here I thought I was being conservative...