by Julie Terberg | Apr 27, 2022 | Article
Have you ever received a PowerPoint file and the text didn’t look quite right? Perhaps the font looks like Calibri, but when text is selected the font picker shows a different font name? Or conversely, you’ve sent someone a file and they report that there are odd word...
by Julie Terberg | Sep 17, 2019 | Article
Readability and legibility are key Good typography can make or break any design effort, including presentation design. Successful presentations rely on great type to help convey information to an audience. All text displayed on screen should be legible (easy to...
by Julie Terberg | Mar 31, 2019 | Article
View the Updated Guide (PDF) By Julie Terberg Cloud fonts are here and the font story for PowerPoint has changed. No longer are we limited to a short list of fonts deemed safe for templates and shared presentations. In my previous post: An update on “safe fonts” for...
by Julie Terberg | Feb 21, 2019 | Article
Echo Swinford and Julie Terberg First, we commend you for choosing to override the default PowerPoint text formatting and lose those dreaded dots from slide hell. Second, kudos to you for choosing to limit the amount of text on the screen to short, concise phrases....
by Julie Terberg | Jun 14, 2018 | Article
NOTE: We can stop using the term “safe fonts.” The following article was written in 2018 and this font list ONLY applies to older versions of Office (older than Office 365 or Office 2019). IF you are using a recent version of Office, ignore this article...
by Julie Terberg | May 9, 2018 | Article
PowerPoint automatically generates the tints and shades that populate the theme color gallery. You cannot manually select your own colors for these swatches. The tints and shades are based on the values you specify for the theme colors. If your theme colors are overly...
