General wisdom is that serif fonts are better for print and for body text, as the serifs lead the eye from one character to the next like joined handwriting. Serif fonts have little ticks or ‘wings’ at the end of their lines, and are usually associated with serious, business-like, intellectual content, whereas sans serif fonts – like this one – have no marks on the ends of their lines, and are usually seen as modern, sleek and clean. Whether your font is for heading or body text will help inform your answer to the next question… Serif or sans serif? The first thing to consider is where your text will be used – does it need to be easily readable in longer paragraphs and smaller sizes? Or can you afford to go bigger? Are you looking for a larger, more impactful slide title? Are you choosing a font for headings or body text? So, if you’re going to be using your presentation on multiple machines, you need something that will work on all of them – you need a Windows-standard font.Īnd, in case you were wondering, the ten we recommend here are all on that list. Why does this matter? Well, if you make a beautiful presentation using a custom font and then send it to your colleague who doesn’t have the font installed, their version of the presentation will be a huge mess of mis-sized default fonts that isn’t really fit for purpose. We’ll have a look at custom fonts later in this article, but one last question to ask is if the font you intend to use is Windows-standard.

Free download: If you’re not sure what is Windows-standard and what isn’t, then download this list of Windows-standard fonts for your reference.

Is it a Windows-standard font?īefore we get started this is probably the most important question to ask is if your font should be Windows-standard. You need a font with the right ‘voice.’īut how do we pick one? Before we get into our recommendations for 10 of the best presentation fonts, let’s run through some of the questions you can ask to help you decide. You need to use a font that aligns with the rest of your design style, and with the personality you’re trying to convey. Beautiful photography and well-designed icons can all be undermined by a poorly-chosen typeface. Fonts have as big an impact on design style as the visuals. The design choices we make in our presentations – the colours, the icons, the photography and illustrations – all form a kind of shorthand through which our audiences recognise our brand and get a feel for the message we’re aiming to communicate.

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