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Google Slides Styling: The 25 Best Fonts for Google Slides

• BY Bogdan Sandu
• 19 February 2024

Imagine this: You’ve nailed every word on your Google Slides presentation, but somehow, it still feels like it’s missing pizzazz. That’s where the alchemy of typography waltzes in, turning standard slides into stunning visual narratives.

No magic wand needed here — just the right  selection of fonts  that command attention and bolster your message.

Here’s the deal: Whether it’s the understated elegance of sans-serif or the formal flair of serif, the  typography  you choose can make or break the viewer’s experience.

It’s not just about pretty letters; it’s about enhancing  readability , ensuring  accessibility , and encapsulating your brand’s persona, all while painting your ideas in the best light.

By the final punctuation mark of this article, you’ll be equipped with the best fonts for Google Slides  that guarantee your presentations pack a punch.

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The 40 Best Free Fonts Available on Google Fonts

Last updated on January 5, 2024

These are the 40 best free web fonts available on Google Fonts , in my humble opinion. They are all open-source and 100% free for commercial use. This collection focuses on typeface families from reputable type designers and foundries that contain multiple weights and styles. I’m purposefully avoiding single-weight display faces as they have limited usefulness in real-world design projects.

Wondering how to combine these fonts? Check out The Definitive Guide to Free Fonts for some recommended pairings.

Click on the image or font name to see examples of websites using the fonts in the wild. Click on the “Google Fonts” link to use the fonts on your website. The provided ZIP file downloads contain the latest versions of the font files to install on your desktop. The files come from the Google Fonts repository on GitHub —I regularly check the commits on GitHub to make sure the files provided here contain the latest versions.

* Note: An asterisk indicates the family is body text friendly, meaning it contains regular, italic and bold styles and has low-to-moderate stroke contrast, large counters, open apertures and a large x-height.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have any recommendations for pairing google fonts.

Clicking any of the font names above (or image samples) will take you to a page that shows examples of that font in use in the wild. This is a great way to gather inspiration and see the combinations that other designers have used. I also wrote an article sharing some of my favorite combinations with a focus on lesser-used typefaces. I have additional pairing recommendations in The Definitive Guide to Free Fonts , which also includes the closest free alternative on Google Fonts to every commercial font featured on Typewolf.

Can I use fonts from Google Fonts in commercial projects?

Yes. All fonts available on Google Fonts are released as open-source under either the SIL Open Font License version 1.1 or Apache License version 2.0 . That said, you should always double-check and read the individual license before using any font in a project.

Can I use fonts from Google Fonts in a WordPress theme that I am selling?

Yes. All fonts available on Google Fonts are released as open-source under either the SIL Open Font License version 1.1 or Apache License version 2.0 . Both licenses allow for redistribution with the requirement that a copy of the original license and copyright notice is included. That said, you should always double-check and read the individual license before redistributing any font.

Can I use fonts from Google Fonts in print?

Yes. You can download the ZIP files from this page (using the links located under the bottom right corner of the sample images) and then install the font files locally on your system like you would any other font. Some fonts are optimized for use on screens, so it’s always a good idea to print some test copies to see how they read on a printed page.

Can I use fonts from Google Fonts in Photoshop?

Yes. You can download the ZIP files from this page (using the links located under the bottom right corner of the sample images) and then install the font files locally on your system like you would any other font.

Do you recommend self-hosting or serving the fonts directly from Google?

I recommend using the Google Fonts API (the HTML / CSS embed code snippets provided by Google). This allows you to take advantage of cross-site caching, which means a user will already have the fonts cached locally in their browser if they have visited another website that uses the same fonts (and due to the popularity of Google Fonts, this is oftentimes likely). If you use self-hosting, every user will have to download the fonts directly from your server which is usually much slower.

What are your favorite script/handwritten fonts on Google Fonts?

A few of my favorite script fonts are Tangerine , Dancing Script , Bad Script and Sacramento .

What are your favorite condensed sans-serifs on Google Fonts?

Archivo Narrow (included in the list above) is really great. Roboto and Open Sans come in condensed widths as well. A few other nice choices are Barlow Condensed , Pathway Gothic One , Fjalla One and Oswald .

What are your favorite chunky display serifs on Google Fonts?

Abril Fatface is super nice (it didn’t make the top 40 list as it only includes a single style). Also check out Rozha One and Ultra .

What are your favorite blackletter fonts on Google Fonts?

Check out UnifrakturMaguntia , UnifrakturCook , Pirata One , New Rocker , Germania One and Fruktur for some nice typefaces in the blackletter (sometimes referred to as Fraktur or Old English ) style.

Do you have any other favorites that didn’t make this list?

It was hard to narrow this list down to 40 options, so here are some other contenders that didn’t quite make the cut: Zilla Slab , Overpass , Josefin Sans , Josefin Slab , Old Standard TT , Gentium Basic , Varela Round , Rajdhani , Bitter and Nunito Sans .

Also, here are some newer releases that are really great that I haven’t had a chance to feature in-use examples on Typewolf yet: Instrument Sans , Instrument Serif , Bricolage Grotesque , Roboto Serif , Newsreader , Plus Jakarta Sans , Familjen Grotesk , Azeret Mono , Spartan , DM Serif Text , DM Serif Display , Literata and Outfit .

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20 Best Fonts for Presentations In 2024 [PowerPoint or Not]

Written by: Chloe West

Choosing the best font for your presentation can mean the difference between an engaged audience and one that’s confused or distracted. A presentation font needs to be legible, agreeable, and not interfere with the content itself.

But choosing a font isn’t always straightforward.

To save you time and effort, we’ve selected 25 of the best fonts for presentations. This list will help you find the best font for your next presentation, whether you’re using PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote or any other tool to create it.

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26 Best Fonts for Presentations 

• Archivo Black
• Libre-Baskerville
• Abril Fatface
• League Spartan
• Playfair Display
• DM Serif Display
• Dela Gothic One

Presentation Font #1: Lato

We’ve all seen a million and two presentations using standard fonts like Arial and Times New Roman. Lato often serves as a default font choice in many cases. This sans-serif typeface offers a more contemporary appearance.

Plus, the variety of weights that Lato is available in – from thin to light to bold and more – helps to ramp up this font’s overall appeal.

This font can be used in a variety of different ways, as we’ll see in the presentation templates below.

In this presentation below, we see Lato used as the header font in each slide. It’s paired with a thicker serif font to create a nice balance between the two types of fonts.

Here’s another presentation example using Lato as the main header. Both of these examples are using Lato Light to create a more sleek and modern look in their slide decks.

However, as we see in the above presentation, Lato’s normal and bold weights work perfectly for offsetting the light in various headings and designs.

Lato is a modern and readable font, making it perfect for nearly any type of presentation. However, it works perfectly for conveying your professionalism in a pitch deck as well, like we’ve shown you in these examples.

Presentation Font #2: Roboto

Another great font to use in your presentations is Roboto. Roboto is yet another basic sans serif font that works across a variety of industries and types of presentations .

Roboto is a suitable font to use for your body text, like we see below in this presentation.

All of the main body paragraphs are easy to read in Roboto, as well as professional and well designed.

We see Roboto used again below in this presentation sharing workout apps.

Here, it’s also used as the main font for body copy within the presentation. This just goes to show that this font can be used for nearly any type of presentation as well as any industry.

Roboto also pairs well with many other fonts, whether a serif like Garamond, a sans serif like Gill Sans or a script like Pacifico.

Presentation Font #3: Bentham

Bentham is a stunning serif font that works perfectly as a header font in your business presentations . It’s easy to read and gives your presentation a more traditional look and feel.

We use the Bentham font in our simple presentation theme, as you can see below.

This font can be used as uppercase, title case or even lowercase, whatever fits in best with the rest of your design. In the simple presentation theme, we have over 300 different slide styles to help you put together a unique and beautiful presentation.

Bentham is a free font that you can easily access inside Visme when creating your presentation design. Add letter spacing to create a different effect on your slides.

Pair Bentham with a sans serif font for your body copy like Open Sans (that we’ll cover shortly) or Futura .

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Presentation Font #4: Fira Sans

Fira Sans is a stunning font that is incredibly versatile. In fact, you can utilize Fira Sans as both your header and body font, with another font in the mix to act only as an accent font.

See what we mean in this PowerPoint template below.

While Fira Sans is used in both normal and bold weights for the majority of the slide content, we see a nice serif thrown in as well to offset the single presentation font.

We can see Fira Sans used in multiple ways in this informational presentation template below as well.

This gorgeous sans serif font can be used in bold, italic, underline and more, giving you a wide variety of uses for this one font selection. Give it a try in your next presentation.

Presentation Font #5: Archivo Black

Archivo Black is a bold and strong font that looks powerful in all caps, like in the presentation example below. This font works perfectly on titles in both large and smaller sizes because it has a heavy presence.

In this presentation, Archivo Black is paired with Work Sans, a perfectly agreeable sans serif font that is easy to read in body text and captions.

When deciding what fonts to pair together, take a look at the Font Pairs collection in the left-hand toolbar of the Visme editor. In there, you’ll find hundreds of great pairings to use in your presentations.

Presentation Font #6: Montserrat

Montserrat is a big favorite of ours here at Visme given that a large majority of our own headings across our website are done in this font.

However, it’s one of the top font choices you can use as well for the headings on your PowerPoint slides.

Check out how we’ve used Montserrat as a header in this marketing plan presentation template.

It’s bold and helps your slide titles and headers to stand out to your audience, letting them know exactly what to expect each time you move to a new slide.

Here’s another example where we’ve used Montserrat, but this time we’ve used a thinner version in the header.

This versatile font almost looks like a completely different typeface when you switch up its weight, giving you even more flexibility for using it across your various presentations.

As you can see, Montserrat can be the font to choose when creating a marketing or business plan presentation as it’s both professional and visually appealing.

Montserrat also pairs well with a variety of different fonts. Try a thin sans serif for a nice contrast in your next PowerPoint.

Presentation Font #7:  Open Sans

Open Sans is a commonly used font for body paragraphs in your presentation slides due to its legibility. Because it’s a basic sans serif font, it’s the perfect way to visualize the larger pieces of text you might need to include on a slide.

Here’s a presentation template that showcases Open Sans as the main font for the body copy.

However, Open Sans shouldn’t be discounted as only a paragraph typeface. In fact, you can also use it in professional presentations to help your headings stand out clearly, increasing readability.

Take a look at this stock pitch presentation that uses Open Sans as the large font for the title and headings on each page. We used Open Sans in two different weights, creating a font pair that looks balanced and unique.

If you’re looking for the right font to ensure your presentation is easy to read and digest, Open Sans is a great choice.

Presentation Font #8: Dosis

Dosis is another go-to presentation font for any industry. It’s a fun sans serif font with rounded edges and tall, thin letters, giving it a more futuristic look.

Here’s an example of how an industry focused presentation can use Dosis in – a slide deck for a restaurant’s marketing plan.

In this example, Dosis is used in all caps on the title slide and in the headings on each slide. This template has added a unique design that incorporates a two-color composition that makes the font contrast with the background.

Below, we have another impressive presentation template using Dosis in a similar fashion. It’s paired here with sans serif font Source Sans Pro, providing a modern combination fit for a tech startup pitch deck.

Similarly, we see that Dosis works well in all caps and can be used in a variety of designs in order to make the text stand out that much more.

Presentation Font #9: Libre-Baskerville

Another quality PowerPoint font to consider using in your presentations is Libre-Baskerville. This is a Google font that you can use for free inside many presentation software , Visme included!

Libre-Baskerville is a serif font style that can be paired with a variety of other fonts and color schemes, creating a more traditional look and feel for your presentation.

We use Libre-Baskerville in all caps as headings in our Modern presentation theme. This theme has over 800 different slide designs so you can pick and choose the ones that work best for your presentation needs.

However, this font can also be used in body paragraphs just as easily, as it’s clear and legible and easy to read.

In the presentation template below, we’ve paired Libre-Baskerville with Josefin Sans in the header, creating a classic look and feel for any presentation deck .

Libre Baskerville is a timeless font choice that never goes out of style and adds a sleek touch to any presentation you need to create.

Presentation Font #10: Muli

Muli is a versatile font that looks professional in both headings and body copy. As a sans-serif font, it’s bottom-heavy, so it sits well on the line, giving a sense of control. Its roundness makes it friendly and easy to read.

This presentation uses Muli for the titles in a medium size and a lower size for small headings. The pairing of Muli with Lato works well with the colors and shapes in the rest of the design.

Presentation Font #11: Abril Fatface

If you’re looking for a bolder font that grabs attention, a slab serif like Abril Fatface might be just the font you’re looking for. This could pair nicely with a standard font like Helvetica or Verdana or a thinner serif like Georgia or Palatino.

Check out how we’ve incorporated this bold font into the headings of the below annual report presentation design.

Abril Fatface is a great font for creating eye-catching headlines on your slides, but should only be used with short headings or pieces of text. A bold font like this can be hard to read in paragraphs or longer sentences.

Look at how good this Abril Fatface looks on the 3rd slide of this presentation.

The presentation below also uses Abril Fatface for the headings on each slide. The font has so much personality that it looks beautiful on its own and placed over bold colors.

If you’re looking for a slab serif font alternative, use fonts like Rockwell or a bolded Trocchi in your next Visme or PowerPoint presentation .

You could even look into custom fonts from sites like DaFont and import them into your Visme brand kit .

Presentation Font #12:  KoHo

The next font on our list is KoHo, a unique sans serif font that can be used in more playful presentations. 

Whether you’re creating a presentation for school , a video presentation to play in your office or something else entirely, KoHo can be one of the best fonts to utilize.

We incorporated KoHo into our Creative presentation theme in the various headings of each slide.

This is another one of our massive presentation themes, offering hundreds of slide designs for you to choose from. However, as the name suggests, this one has a more creative and playful feel to it.

If you need to create a pitch deck for investors or a sales presentation for new clients, KoHo and the Creative theme might not be for you. 

However, if you’re embedding a slideshow onto your blog or sharing an informational presentation on SlideShare, KoHo could be a better suited choice to engage your audience.

Presentation Font #13: Helvetica 

Helvetica is a classic sans serif font that has a very loyal fanbase, and for good reason.

As seen most clearly in capitalized texts, the upper half of the texts are quite large when compared to other san serifs fonts. 

This allows the Helvetica fonts to have near-symmetrical proportionality when measuring the upper and lower portions of a text. These proportions make the identification of letters easier at a distance, like in the template example above. 

This fact makes Helvetica a great font to use for headers and titles in live presentations where there may be people “sitting in the back row ” and viewing your presentation from a distance. 

To clearly communicate your main points, be sure to use Helvetica as a bold text on headings and titles.

Presentation Font #14: Cormorant

Cormorant is a sleek and modern serif font.

We like to think of Cormorant as a good alternative for Times New Roman but with a moderate and tasteful change.

With a dynamic range of varying thicknesses, Cormorant appears to have a calligraphic feel and look while still maintaining a sense of professionalism.

While artistic and expressive, Cormorant is still fully legible and usable in a professional environment, as you can see in this presentation template.

Our recommendation is that you choose a font color that is a complementary color to the background. This helps separate the thin portions of the font from the background.

Should the variations in thickness prove too much for your taste, consider dialing back that expression by using Cormorant in its bold format. By thickening up the thinner lines, the variations are less noticeable and may be more suitable for a given context. 

Cormorant is a modern serif font that works well in titles, headings, subtitles for subpoints or paragraphs.

Presentation Font #15: Prompt

Prompt is a geometric sans serif font designed for Latin and Thai languages. Its geometric quality gives it a solid and stable feel that will give your presentation a unique look.

In this modern presentation example, Prompt appears in all titles and subheadings. It’s paired with Montserrat, another san serif with personality. These fonts together do look a bit similar to each other but balance each other out in terms of weight and thickness.

Choose this font specifically if you’re creating a presentation in Thai and need the words to be legible and well-balanced.

Presentation Font #16: League Spartan

League Spartan is a simple sans serif font, that is bold, uniform and minimalistic by nature and is great for headings and titles.

Because it's hefty even with the bold setting turned off, you may want to take extra precautions when using League Spartan for paragraphs or letter bodies. 

League Spartan works great as a header for infographics or cartoon-style presentations, like in the template above. 

The purpose of an infographic is to take difficult or complex information and turn it into easy-to-remember points. The reason that League Spartan works so well with infographics is its simplicity. 

To help set the overall tone of an infographic, you can use a simplified san serif font like League Spartan. A font like this will simplify an important or complex data point and make it feel easy to understand. 

Presentation Font #17: Poppins

Poppins is a versatile and linear san serif font. 

Poppins is linear because of its strong vertical terminals, which are the end of a stroke that is not a serif. This gives the font a sense of weight and vertical authority, making it great for strong, stand-out titles and headers.

Not only is Poppins a wonderful choice for titles and headers, but it also works well for titles, text bodies and subtitles, as you can see in our presentation template below. 

The linear and versatile aspects of Poppins has made this font a favorite in the business and professional world. It feels casual, yet is still very professional.

Presentation Font #18: Playfair Display

What can we say about Playfair Display, other than it’s an incredibly chic and fashionable serif font. 

This font has a strong box feel as most of the characters stay between the baseline and X-height. This means that most of the letters do not dip far below the line, nor do they rise above most of the other letters.

This makes Playfair Display an excellent choice for strong titles and headers, as you can see in our presentation template below.

Many fonts that go after the “box look” fail at being legible from a distance. 

To avoid this problem and make the letters more pronounced, Playfair Display uses a variety of thicknesses in the stem of their letters when compared to the arms and other extensions. 

Playfair display is a classy and elegant font designed to be used as headers or titles. While it can still be used in paragraphs, you may want to limit its usage to shorter portions of your text.

Similarly sized and spaced words written in this style can be disorienting for some readers. So instead, consider using Playfair Display as a font for titles, quotes or various subtitles in your presentation.

Presentation Font #19: Raleway

Raleway is a modern sans serif font that was originally designed to be used as a lightweight font. But after its release and by popular demand, Raleway was given heavier and italicized versions for its fans to use. 

The bold and light versions of this font are extremely versatile and can be used anywhere from bold headers to lighter parts of the body in your presentations, as you can see in our presentation template below.

The italicized version of Raleway has slightly off-centered bowls and shoulders in certain letters. This means that the markings that are not the stem are purposefully written higher or lower than normal. 

This is a subtle artistic flair that does not influence readability. Some people find that swashes actually help increase legibility with these off-centered markings. 

Presentation Font #20: Otama

This type of font pairs well with a solid sans serif like Lato Light. In this presentation example, Otama and Lato Light in all caps work together to create a professional design that stands out and makes a statement.

Presentation Font #21: Lora

Lora is a unique serif font that was made in a contemporary style. 

Drawing its inspiration from calligraphy and traditional fonts, Lora is an excellent balance between an artistic and professional font. 

Lora has very pronounced arches leaping away from the stem of each letter. This gives the font family a more “bubbly” feel to it, while still maintaining a sense of clean professionalism.

To unleash Lora’s true artistic nature, you’ll want to turn on the italics. When italics mode is activated, each letter receives additional swashes, giving it a more hand-written feel.

If you add weight to its default thickness, Lora works well for both titles and headers and when set to its default settings, Lora truly shines as a font in paragraphs and bodies, as you can see in our presentation template below.

Presentation Font #22: Inter

You can use Inter in different weights throughout a presentation or pair it with a versatile font like Lato Light to give the composition a bit of visual variety. The presentation example below uses Inter in mixed-case and Lato Light in all-caps for headings and mixed-case for body text.

Presentation Font #23: Noto Sans

Noto Sans is a basic sans serif font that makes for a great presentation font. Clean and easy to read, it can be used in a variety of different ways from slide to slide.

Take a look at this presentation template below. The main font used throughout the headers and content is Noto Sans, creating a clean and cohesive presentation design.

The above presentation template also uses a script font for the author name on the first slide as well as another sans serif font (Poppins) for some body content.

Having a nice mixture between the two ensures the presentation isn't boring—but it's still clean and uncluttered. Poppins is another font on this list. Try mixing 2-3 different fonts from our recommended fonts to create a stunning presentation design.

Presentation Font #24: Heebo

Heebo is one of the more unique sans serif fonts on our list, but it works perfectly for presentation slide headers. As a thin, tall font, it works better in a larger size than it would for content.

Take a look at how we've used Heebo in this presentation template below. It remains in an all-caps format, typically for headers from slide to slide.

We've also creatively used the font by juxtaposing it atop purple squares, helping to create a design element out of text. Consider how you can do the same thing in your presentations.

Presentation Font #25: DM Serif Display

Our next top font is a beautifully bold serif font. DM Serif Display is a perfect header font for a more traditional presentation design. Serifs tend to seem more old-fashioned, so keep that in mind when creating your next presentation. Maybe a serif will best fit with your audience.

Take a look at this template below to see DM Serif Display in action.

In the above presentation, we've paired this bold serif font with a nice thin sans serif to pull the design together. Sometimes opposites attract and help you to create a beautiful presentation design that your audience will love.

Presentation Font #26: Dela Gothic One

Dela Gothic One is a thick and chunky font with a strong feel. It’s ideal for headings on posters, packaging and in titles on presentations. This font has a lot of power and is best paired with a simple sans serif font or even a classic serif like Garamond for body copy.

For a bolder outcome, use Dela Gothic One in all caps, like we did in the presentation example below. Each slide includes a strong title in Dela Gothic One in a color that contrasts with the background.

Ready to Create Your Next Presentation?

When it comes to fonts for PowerPoint (or any other presentation platform), there are so many options to choose from that it can get overwhelming. But selecting fonts doesn't need to stress you out. Stick to the ones in this list and you’re sure to have a winner.

Whether you use Microsoft PowerPoint , Apple Keynote or Visme, each of these presentation fonts can really bring the best out of your presentation. 

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25 Best (and Free) Google Fonts – My Favorite Picks

• February 2, 2024

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Summary: In today's article, I've picked out 25 awesome Google fonts that can transform your project's aesthetic. And first, let me show you my top 3 favorites:

• Montserrat : Super modern and flexible, it’s great for almost anything.
• Open Sans : Easygoing and great for both websites and printed stuff.
• Oswald : A bit more edgy and cool, perfect for making headlines pop.

Google fonts are all free for any kind of use – I’m talking personal, commercial and so on. That’s what makes them so attractive. You can use them for your website, app, design project, offline publication or print, or anywhere else you wish to. And naturally, picking the best Google font can be challenging. That’s why I made this article. Dive with me into these top 25 Google fonts and discover the perfect one for your next project!

TOP 25: best Google fonts 

Playfair display, merriweather, dancing script, roboto slab, indie flower, libre baskerville, abril fatface, black ops one, permanent marker, shadows into light.

• About: It's incredibly versatile, making it perfect for anything from bold headlines to subtle body text. Its my go-to choice for a sleek, professional look.

• About: Open Sans is ideal for both print and digital media. Its simplicity and clarity are what makes it a staple in design, ensuring that your content is accessible and engaging.

• About: Oswald's got a unique character, slightly condensed with a nod to classic print. It's fantastic for headers and online media, bringing a touch of elegance and sophistication.

• About: Perfect for invitations and branding, Satisfy adds a personal, handwritten touch with its elegant, flowing script style.

• About: Ideal for headlines and logos, Lilita One brings a bold and playful character with its chunky, rounded letterforms.

• About: With its high contrast and distinctive style, Playfair Display is best suited for elegant, upscale designs like magazine headers and luxury branding.

• About: Designed for readability on screens, Merriweather is great for long-form online content, offering a comfortable reading experience.

• About: A casual, informal choice, Dancing Script is perfect for invitations, greeting cards, and other personal communications that require a friendly touch.

• About: A versatile sans-serif, Roboto works well in both digital and print mediums, making it suitable for website text and printed documents alike.

• About: Combining readability with a modern feel, Roboto Slab is excellent for web content, e-books, and any medium requiring a touch of formality without losing approachability.

• About: Great for casual, creative, and youthful designs, Indie Flower adds a playful and hand-drawn feel to graphics and informal text.

• About: Lora's balanced, classic style makes it well-suited for digital and print editorial content, providing an elegant and readable serif option.

• About: With its tall, narrow lettering, Bebas Neue is ideal for impactful headlines, posters, and any graphic design needing a clean, strong presence.

• About: Best used for bold headers and slides, Anton offers a modern, geometric feel that's perfect for tech and sports-related content.

• About: A classic choice for digital body text, particularly in e-books and online articles, Libre Baskerville offers excellent readability and a timeless style.

• About: Perfect for designs needing a retro, laid-back vibe, Pacifico is great for logos, titles, and branding that require a touch of whimsy.

• About: Raleway's clean, elegant lines make it ideal for minimalist designs, including logos, headers, and any content where a chic, modern look is desired.

• About: With its aim to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel, Noto Serif is excellent for multilingual projects and diverse web content.

• About: Abril Fatface, with its bold, attention-grabbing style, is perfect for fashion and lifestyle headers, bringing a touch of drama and luxury.

• About: Great for informal notes and annotations, Caveat brings a personal, handwritten feel to digital graphics and text that require a touch of individuality.

• About: Ideal for gaming and entertainment-related content, Black Ops One adds a strong, impactful character to titles and headers.

• About: With its clean, geometric form, Quicksand is excellent for children's websites, educational materials, and any design seeking a friendly, approachable look.

• About: Perfect for emulating a handwritten, bold marker look, Permanent Marker is great for casual, eye-catching headers and branding elements.

• About: This font is best for intimate, personal designs, giving a warm, handwritten feel to invitations, personal blogs, and creative projects.

• About: A well-balanced, rounded sans-serif, Nunito is excellent for user interfaces, digital content, and applications requiring a friendly, approachable look.

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How to choose the best Google fonts?

• Readability: Focus on fonts that offer good readability, especially for body text. Look for clear letterforms and adequate spacing, which ensures that the text is easy to read on various devices and screen sizes.
• Purpose and Tone: Consider the purpose of your project and the tone you wish to convey. For instance, serif fonts often suit formal or traditional content, while sans-serif fonts are more modern and casual.
• Font Pairing: Think about how fonts will work together if you plan to use more than one. Google Fonts provides pairing suggestions which can be a great starting point.
• Load Times: Pay attention to the font's load time, as some fonts are heavier than others. A faster loading font is generally better for web performance and SEO.
• Language Support: Ensure the font supports all the characters and language scripts your content needs. Some Google Fonts offer extensive language support, while others are more limited.

What are Google fonts usually used for?

• Web Design: Google Fonts are widely used in web design due to their versatility and web-optimized performance. They enhance the visual appeal of websites and improve user experience.
• Branding: Companies often use Google Fonts for branding purposes, as the right font can effectively convey a brand’s personality and values.
• Digital Marketing: These fonts are used in various digital marketing materials like banners, email campaigns, and social media posts to grab attention and convey messages clearly.
• Print Media: Despite being optimized for digital use, many Google Fonts are also suitable for print media, such as brochures, business cards, and flyers, due to their high readability and aesthetic diversity.
• UI/UX Design: User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) designers frequently use Google Fonts for their clear legibility and compatibility across different devices and platforms.

To wrap up, among the 25 best Google Fonts we've explored, three particularly shine: Montserrat, Open Sans, and Oswald. Montserrat offers a sleek, contemporary look that's great for both professional and creative designs. Open Sans , known for its readability, is a versatile choice for everything from websites to print. Oswald stands out with its modern, bold style, perfect for eye-catching headlines. These three fonts are essential tools for creating impactful, stylish typography in a variety of projects. Try them out and see the difference they make in elevating your design's aesthetic.

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15 Best Google Fonts by the Numbers (Plus Tips on Using Them)

There are 1052 different Google Font families available for free (at the time of writing this article). That’s a lot of choices! So it’s no wonder you need help finding that needle in a haystack with a list of the best Google Fonts.

We’ve got it for you, and then we’ll also share some best practices for using Google Fonts in WordPress .

Choosing a font is more than just an aesthetic choice — it can have a substantial effect on your site’s bounce rates and conversion rates , especially if you choose a font that’s hard to read. Therefore, it pays to take a little time to pick the perfect Google Fonts family for your website, rather than using the first font that you come across.

If you need even more fonts, look at our post on 50+ Modern Fonts to Use on Your WordPress Website .

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Why use google fonts.

There are thousands of font repositories on the internet, so what exactly makes Google Fonts so special?

Firstly, it’s free! On top of that, Google Fonts are maintained and delivered by Google, which means they’re guaranteed to be safe. Of course, there are plenty of dodgy websites where you can download free fonts, but who knows what else you’ll pick up with those files?

The quality of fonts on such websites can sometimes be questionable as well.

Google has curated a selection of over a thousand high-quality fonts. When you’re not a graphic designer with a perfect eye for typography, it’s a safer choice.

Secondly, there are no convoluted licensing restrictions. All fonts in the Google Fonts catalog are open source and free to use in commercial projects. You can download or embed them on your site, and you can even use them in print projects.

Though there’s no unified license, most fonts in the repository use the Open Font License .

Other “free fonts” are rarely free and come with a whole host of confusing licensing restrictions that could land you in hot water if you make a mistake.

And finally, it’s effortless to add Google Fonts to your website using the Google Fonts API . Alternatively, you can download them individually and upload them to your web server via FTP/SFTP .

While Google Fonts tend to be simple and perhaps not as flashy as some paid fonts , it certainly beats web-safe fonts that come preinstalled with major operating systems, the same fonts everyone has seen thousands of times before.

What to Look For in a Google Font?

If there’s one thing you should learn when designing a website , it’s how to choose a Google Font that’s suitable for your project. Good typography will make or break your site.

It may seem like an unimportant detail, but it can be the difference between someone leaving your site early or sticking around to become a loyal reader or customer.

Choosing the right font is something graphic designers spend years mastering, but keeping a few principles in mind, you can pick a beautiful font for your website.

• Fits Your Brand: This may be the most critical aspect. The best websites have a font that shows off their personality while still being readable and fitting in with the current design. For instance, Apple and Iron Maiden use vastly different fonts, but they both fit their brand.
• Readability: The second most crucial principle is readability. A zany fantasy or grungy font may certainly fit your brand, but if your visitors can’t read it, they’ll be quick to leave. Therefore, your fonts must be professional and legible.
• Font Classification: While there are hundreds of ways to classify a font, these are the five main types: serif, sans-serif, script , monospace, and decorative. A script or serif font conveys elegance, while monospace fonts are popular on tech sites. Knowing these classifications will give you a better starting point in your search.
• Display or Body Font: Display fonts are for large sizes, headers, or print projects. They can afford to be less legible for the sake of unique design. Body fonts’ primary directive is readability, as they’ll make up the bulk of your site.
• Mood and Intent: Just like any artistic work, artists design fonts for specific moods and settings. Most fonts will come with notes on how they were designed and how you can use them. Use them to decide whether the font suits your project.

The 10 Best Google Fonts (According to the Wisdom of the Crowds)

So, how do you develop a list of the best Google Fonts when so much of this is subjective? We don’t want this entire list to be biased, so we’re going to go with the data to build a list of the most popular Google Fonts.

We’ll use Google Fonts analytics to trust the wisdom of the crowds. With over 50 trillion total font views, Google has just a little bit of data to pull from.

Then, we’ll go a bit beyond the raw popularity numbers and choose some up-and-coming HTML fonts that are gaining popularity.

Ready? Let’s dive in!

The long-running #1 spot and Kinsta’s font of choice, Roboto is a sans-serif offering from Christian Robertson that Google developed as the system font for Android. It’s now massively popular, comes in 12 different styles, and makes multiple appearances on Google Fonts’ analytics.

For example, Roboto is the most popular font. But Roboto Condensed is also the sixth most popular font, and Roboto Slab also makes an appearance at number 12!

2. Open Sans

Open Sans Condensed is a highly legible font commissioned by Google and inspired by its predecessor Droid Sans. Google uses Open Sans on some of its websites and its print and web ads . Open Sans Condensed, its sister font here, also holds the thirteenth most popular spot on Google Fonts.

Lato is another popular choice from Łukasz Dziedzic. It has quite the story behind its design, balancing conflicting goals, resulting in a unique, lightweight sans-serif font.

4. Montserrat

Montserrat is a sans-serif font from Julieta Ulanovsky, who lives in the eponymous Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires. With 18 different styles ranging from light to heavy, you have quite a lot of choice.

Oswald is a sans-serif font originally developed by Vernon Adams. It was designed with the distinct Alternate Gothic style in mind, made evident by its bold strokes.

6. Source Sans 3

Source Sans 3 is a sans-serif font created for Adobe and Adobe’s first open-source font. Made by Paul Hunt, its light lettering makes it clean and legible.

7. Slabo 27px/13px

Slabo is a serif font developed by John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks. This font is specifically designed for certain sizes — either 27px or 13px, depending on your needs.

With 18 different styles, Raleway is another large-family sans-serif font, initially created by Matt McInerney. If you like Raleway and are looking for something unique, Raleway Dots offers similar styling with a dotted approach that can work for big headlines .

PT Sans was developed for the Public Types of Russian Federation and, as such, includes both Latin and Cyrillic characters. There are also several other fonts in the PT family, including some serif options.

10. Merriweather

Merriweather’s name evokes the idea of a pleasant design, and that’s exactly what its designers intended. While not quite as popular, Merriweather Sans is a sister project that pairs exceptionally well with it.

Bonus Fonts + Up-And-Comers

By the numbers, the ten fonts above are the most popular Google Fonts. But only showing the most popular options does a disservice to great up-and-coming fonts that haven’t gotten the exposure to show up on the analytics.

Here are some of our favorites that didn’t make an appearance at the top of the analytics.

11. Noto Sans / Serif

Noto is a Google-commissioned font that comes in both serif and sans-serif versions. It’s receiving regular updates, and there are now well over 100 Noto fonts, with more coming all the time!

Noto’s goal is to cover all the alphabets and characters from various languages while its distinct design harmonious across hundreds of different font families. These derivatives include the popular Noto Sans KR and Noto Sans JP .

12. Nunito Sans

Nunito Sans is a sans-serif option that’s rapidly growing in popularity. Its use tripled between 2018 and 2019, and it only gets more popular every year.

13. Concert One

Concert One is a rounded grotesque typeface that makes a stellar option for headlines. Its unconventional design is sure to draw eyes.

Prompt is a sans-serif offering from Thai communication design firm Cadson Demak. It is loopless (the Thai equivalent of sans-serif) and includes both Thai and Latin characters.

15. Work Sans

Work Sans is a sans-serif font optimized for use on screens. The designers recommend using the middleweight styles for anything from 14px-48px.

How to Create the Best Google Fonts Combinations?

If you thought trying to choose one font from Google Fonts was hard, wait until you try to pair them up on your site! Thankfully, this isn’t a problem you have to solve (unless you want to). You can use a couple of ways to come up with the best Google Fonts combinations.

First, the Google Fonts website itself will suggest popular pairings if you scroll down the page:

Beyond that, you can also use a site like Font Pair to get more suggestions.

Best Practices for Using Google Fonts on WordPress

Once you find the perfect fonts for your project, here are some best practices for using Google Fonts on WordPress.

Limit the Number of Font Weights You Use

Some of these fonts — like Montserrat and Raleway — come with 18 different font weights. While that’s good for giving you options, you don’t want to load all 18 weights on your WordPress site because it will slow your load times down .

Following this guideline is very important!

For most fonts, a good rule of thumb is to use three weights as a maximum:

Many WordPress sites we see nowadays are even skipping italic and just going with two different font weights.

If you’re embedding Google Fonts yourself, you can choose exactly which weights to include. First, visit a font page and then click Select this style next to the ones you want.

Most WordPress themes today include easy ways to choose which Google Fonts and weights you want to use. But not all theme developers are focused on performance. So in some cases, it might be better to disable Google Fonts in your theme and add them yourself .

Variable fonts are also starting to become popular and are supported by all modern browsers. These are awesome because it allows one font file to transform with different properties. Google Fonts has plenty of variable fonts to choose from, and you can even narrow down your search to those specifically.

Consider Hosting Google Fonts Locally

As an alternative to serving up fonts from Google’s server, you can also host fonts locally, offering performance benefits . However, remember that most Google fonts are probably already cached in people’s browsers. So we recommend doing your performance tests.

If you’re using a premium font other than Google fonts, like the “Brandon” font we use on our Kinsta site, hosting them locally (and serving them from your CDN) is the best route. For more on this topic, check out our posts on how to host fonts locally .

Pick a Font That Will Get Updates

Fonts are just like WordPress plugins and themes — over time, they receive updates and improvements to make them even better. And while the stakes are nowhere near as dire as WordPress plugins, it can still be beneficial to pick a font that receives regular updates. For example, the Noto family from Google has gotten regular updates since 2014.

Because most of the fonts on this list are popular, it’s probably a good bet that any font on this list will receive regular updates and improvements. And if you decide to go off-list, making sure whichever font you choose is popular enough to get attention is never a bad idea.

Don’t Forget About Accessibility

According to the World Health Organization , according to data collected in 2015, an estimated 253 million people live with vision impairment : 36 million are blind, and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment. In addition, the number of people with some form of impairment has risen to 2.2 billion.

When using Google Fonts, you get to control how it looks with CSS, such as color and size. So don’t forget to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 . That will ensure your content is easily accessible to everyone.

Following these guidelines will make content accessible to a broader range of people with disabilities, including blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, cognitive limitations, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these. – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

One critical guideline is the color contrast. Our font was a little too light on an older design of the Kinsta website, and visitors voiced their concerns as it made it hard to read. The last thing you want to do is publish amazing content, only to have it become a strain on people’s eyes!

You can use a tool like the Color Contrast Checker from WebAIM to see if your font colors pass the official recommendations. For example, you can see that the colors on our blog posts now passed the test. 👍

How to Add Google Fonts to WordPress?

With a font or two picked out, the final step is to add it to your website. Thanks to Google Fonts, this task is even easier than usual.

Suppose you want to get a font onto your website. In that case, you have three options: installing a plugin such as Easy Google Fonts or Google Fonts Typography , using the Google Fonts API to upload the font to your site, or manually downloading it and hosting it on your website.

If you need to know how to change your fonts in WordPress , we’ve written up a detailed guide to help you out.

Google Fonts are fantastic and used by millions of websites. They make the web more pleasant, open, swift, and accessible through solid typography and iconography principles.

To ensure a better overall experience for your visitors, we recommend you follow best font practices such as limiting font weights, hosting fonts locally (if needed), and sticking to accessibility guidelines.

Now over to you — what are your favorite fonts and font pairs from Google Fonts? Let us know below in the comments, and don’t forget to read our in-depth guide on WordPress fonts !

Salman Ravoof is a self-taught web developer, writer, creator, and a huge admirer of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Besides tech, he's excited by science, philosophy, photography, arts, cats, and food. Learn more about him on his website , and connect with Salman on Twitter .

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Roboto… its all time favorite.

After this Post, I finally change to Montserrat, one of my favorites of all time.

Which font are you using for Kinsta? It looks very light and makes reading easy.

you forgot to mention something which is extremely important. it’s the font file sizes. some google fonts are 17 kb, some are more than 200 kb in size.

Which font are you using in the site? I like it lol and wanna use it for myself, not commercially.

Hello Faiz, we use Brandon .

Mine is definitely Abril Fatface, not the greatest for body text, but it makes some great titles

A handy tip is to check if the font shows a distinction among in the characters iIlL1 (‘I’ in lower- and uppercase, ‘L’ in lowercase and uppercase, and the number 1).

Also check how the most commonly used punctuation marks look before committing to a font to save yourself headaches.

wow, amazing and useful stuff.

I use Roboto and OpenSans

Thank you so much for sharing! I love how Google offers free fonts and we don’t need to worry about licensing. I will definitely look into Google fonts the next time I put together a PowerPoint presentation.

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My 48 Favorite Google Fonts for Teachers

I am a strong believer in using slides as a tool for teaching. Well... actually, it's more of a tool for learning, but more about that in 5 Reasons Why You Should Teach using Slides .

For now, the topic is fonts, fonts and fonts. If you don't yet love typography as much as me, read on and be converted.

While my heart is absolutely in Apple Keynote, my go-to is Google Slides. While it can be limiting, it is easy, accessible from anywhere and unbelievable collaborative - so pretty much a teacher's best friend. (Not to mention, endless awesome Google fonts for teachers). But no matter which app/program I use - it has to look good and be presentable for my students and co-teachers. Visuals are SO powerful!

If we're going to make slides for teaching, let's do it right and make them look aesthetically pleasing with proper font styles for heading and body text. The fonts we choose and the way we use them determine how aesthetically pleasing our lessons are, but they are powerful in guiding a viewers eye to see what is most important and where to look first. As a basic rule, stick to two fonts, three max!

Our headings should be minimal in words, but powerful and bold in style. This is where you want your students (or colleagues/parents, etc) to look first.

When adding the content of your slides - the body text , it is best to use simple, easy to read fonts and to organize this information into blocks or bullets. Again, less is more and there is no need to put every word on your slide. Use the notes section of your app to help you remember what to say. Don't write it all in the slide! Text overload!

A third font that can occasionally be added for teaching would be voice text . I use this when I want to include a caption of student/character voice or a mock up of student writing. Here, I would apply a handwriting font which is still clearly legible and follows the handwriting format I teach (not mixing capital and lowercase letters and uniform in size). My favorite for this is Architects Daughter, by Google.

Choosing fonts that match or work well together is referred to as font pairing. You definitely cannot just choose your two favorite fonts and put them together - most often, they will not match. The fonts must compliment each other! For example, choosing two script fonts would be overwhelming. Script makes for an excellent heading, but then you would want a simpler font for the body text.

Minimizing the text on your slide is particularly important with younger learners, but even when presenting to adults - make a choice: do you want them to listen, to read, or to be guided by visual step-by-step instructions?

Decide, then put your slide together to follow your intention. Look through these samples to see how the font choices and layout determine what the viewer will do.

So here is your ex-graphic designer turned first grade teacher's list of paired fonts from Google. Download the PDF from my free resource library for a printable version with links to install the fonts on your own device for use in other apps.

One part of Google that can seem like a drawback is that the fonts can be limiting. Although there seems to be at least a thousand now, you cannot yet add your own fonts to Google Apps. You can, however, download Google fonts to your device so that they can be used in Keynote or PowerPoint. Click on any of the font names in this document to download the font.

While I often use Google Slides for teaching, especially on lessons that are collaborative across my teaching team, I definitely prefer Apple Keynote - specifically the iPad version. It's absolutely possible for my slides to look just as good (or even better) in Keynote. It has so many additional features like the MagicMove transition, a variety of drop shadows, background remover and for online teaching you can add your live video into your slides.

Installing new fonts on your iPad can be a little tricky if you haven't done it before. After downloading you will need another app to install them, such as iFont. I always install the fonts first and absolutely recommend doing this - there's almost nothing worse than opening my hard work and seeing it in Arial!! 😩 So make sure to install your fonts before sharing, downloading or editing your slides. This will save you loads of time!

If you absolutely love teaching with slides, check out my slide templates here . Not only do you get handmade, uniquely designed layouts, but it also includes samples of how each slide can be used in a classroom. Don't worry, I've already done the font pairing for you! 😉

The important take away points from today's lesson are:

use fonts that work together

use two fonts (display and body)

less is more!

Happy learning and teaching, teacher friends!

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Best Fonts For Google Slides (2023)

Slides and presentations are an amazing way to convey your messages and explain your ideas to others, which is why offices, schools, and other important discussions use slides to share their projects and ideas. However, one common mistake they always make while creating slides is using the wrong font.

Nowadays, fonts do matter a lot. It doesn’t matter whether it’s just a presentation or a company logo ; if you pick a good font, it will make your content attractive, engaging, and easy to understand. On the other hand, choosing the wrong font will make your slides boring and uninteresting, which is something no one wants!

Therefore, are you wondering what are the best Google Slides fonts? If yes, then get ready to read this article to the end, because today we are going to share a list of some aesthetic fonts for Google Slides! 

Whether tomorrow you have a business meeting or a school presentation, these amazing slide fonts will help you create slides that will grab everyone’s attention and have a successful project! So, do not forget to check them out and create outstanding slides right away.

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10 Cute Fonts on Google Slides

Picking the best Google Slides fonts can be hard, especially when there are thousands of choices available. That’s why we have mentioned the best ones below!

1. Montserrat

Montserrat is a cool font inspired by traditional signs and posters, designed especially for text purposes. It was created by Julieta Ulanovsky and has been updated so many times that it has turned into perfection now. 

It has minimally designed letters with a bit of a stylish look, making it a good choice for any kind of text or heading purpose. This simplicity gives a strong readability to this font, which is one reason why you should pick it.

Nunito is a cute font on Google Slides for your upcoming project because, at first, it was designed only for display purposes, but later it became viable for text too, making it yet another decent slide font. Its letters are rounded, which looks extremely adorable and gives enough readability. 

A great thing about Nunito is that it’s great for both text and titles; if you want a good pick for headlines, then go for the bolder version, while the normal version works best for texts and paragraphs.

Poppins is a geometric sans-serif font designed by Indian Type Foundry. It has a really clean letter design, which will surely fit slides, especially in business presentations where professionalism is important. Poppins supports Latin and Devanagari writing too, which makes it even more versatile and helps you work on many types of projects. Since this font is really clean, it has good readability too, so start designing with it now.

4. Playfair Display

As the name suggests, Playfair Display is a stylish display font inspired by the writing from ink pens of older pens, which makes it a retro font as well! While the stylish looks make it a bad choice for texts, it becomes a perfect choice for titles, because they are supposed to attract people toward you, and that’s something Playfair Display can easily do.

The letters in this font may be stylish, but they are still quite readable, which makes it an even better candidate for titles and headlines.

Designed by Łukasz Dziedzic, Lato is a humanist font known for its simple yet charming looks. The font is so good that from websites to business logos, it has appeared everywhere, which already tells why it will be an amazing pick for your upcoming slides. 

Lato has a simple design and not too stylish letters, but that’s what makes it a good font because this way it’s able to fit in any kind of project. And since it’s just minimal , its readability is decent as well.

6. Open Sans

Introducing Open Sans, yet another humanist sans-serif font ready to make your slides look iconic. It was designed by Steve Matteson and is considered one of the best fonts because of its legibility and design. 

It’s often used on websites, in advertisements, and in product descriptions, which means using it for your slide texts won’t be a bad idea. It’s good for both titles and texts, so do not hesitate to experiment with it on your slides since all you will receive is a success.

7. Staatliches

Need a strong font? Staatliches is here! It’s a clean display font that may become the title of your next presentation. Because even in its normal version, it’s so thick, which gives it better readability than any other font on this list. 

However, if you want to use its bolder version, then it’s even better because this way you won’t remain ignored at all. Lastly, all of its letters are capitalized, so always remember to use them only for titles and headlines.

8. Tenor Sans

It’s hard to make a font that’s both beautiful and readable at the same time, but fortunately, a typeface like that already exists and is known as Tenor Sans! 

It’s designed by Denis Masharov, and it’s intended for both headlines and texts, which allows it to be useful in every single project. With the beautiful set of letters, you can keep your viewers engaged in your slides, and since it’s easy to read, they will enjoy it a lot. So, do not miss out on this font, and try it as soon as possible.

9. Patrick Hand

Patrick Hand is a really special font on this list because it’s inspired by the designer’s own handwriting and gives off a cool handwritten effect. 

If you are a fan of hand-drawn fonts, then it can be a good choice for you, or if you are a student, then you can use this font too because its letters are cute, which will make you popular in your class. Not to mention, you don’t have to worry about readability either because the designer’s writing is easy to read.

10. Bebas Neue

Liked Staatliches? If yes, then Bebas Neue should be your next pick, because it’s also a bold display font often used for logos. It’s also strong and can make your slides impactful with ease. 

Because it’s a bold display font, it’s better to use it for your titles and headlines. And one more important thing you need to note is that all of its letters are capitalized, so get ready to make some eye-catching titles with it.

How to Add Fonts to Google Slides?

Follow these steps to add fonts to your Google Slides:

Step 1: Open your Google Slides.

Step 2: Pick the text box where you want to add a new font and go to the toolbox. Then click on the font-drop-down arrow.

Step 3: Now click on “More fonts,” and you will reach a completely new window.

Step 4: Here, you will find many fonts, including every font mentioned above; once you find them, click “Ok” to add them!

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Typography can make or break a presentation. You can work for hours on templates and colors but if you choose illegible or funky fonts, it can hurt your presentation.

In a professional setting, it’s important to choose fonts that convey a sense of seriousness while still being playful. This balance is tough to achieve. However, the following free Google Fonts are perfect for professional presentations, whether you create the presentations in PowerPoint or one of its alternatives .

Serif Fonts vs. Sans-Serif Fonts

Fonts (or typefaces) are mainly divided into two categories: serifs and sans-serifs. Serif means tail in Latin. A serif font is one which has strokes at the ends of the letters. Times New Roman is the best example of a popular serif font.

Sans stands for without. So, sans-serif font is a font without strokes at the ends of the letter (think Helvetica or Arial).

For a professional office presentation, it’s best to go with a sans-serif font. But some new-age serif fonts can also work quite well for title slides. They perfectly complement modern sans-serifs. If you’re curious, read our guide to typography terms to understand them better.

1. Playfair Display

Playfair Display is a serif font with a bit of flair. It can be traced back to the Age of Enlightenment in Europe during the late 18th century when broad nibs were replaced by sharp steel pens. This gives Playfair a graceful, feminine twist. A stark contrast from boring serif fonts like Times New Roman.

Playfair Display makes for an elegant header text for presentation; especially when paired with pastel color backgrounds.

Pairs well with : Open Sans

Arvo is a slab-serif font designed for perfection. It’s a geometric typeface that’s a mix between classic and modern. Arvo Regular is a thin, modern version of the slab serif, While Arvo Bold has a thicker stroke and sharp corners.

Arvo Bold works best in bigger font sizes, as a title for business or corporate related presentations. When paired with the right colors, Arvo can be quite powerful.

Pairs well with : Lato

You can’t say this about many fonts but the Crimson font is quite simply beautiful. If you’re trying to dazzle your audience with a classy-yet-fun presentation, consider using Crimson for titles and subtitles.

Crimson is a sans-serif font inspired by the Garamond font, but it goes beyond that. It is a modern take on the traditional old style fonts and is designed from the ground up to look good on screens and websites. If you’re tired of using Times New Roman in a presentation, switch to Crimson.

Pairs well with : Montserrat

4. Open Sans

When preparing to make a professional presentation the first rule is to avoid a wall of text. Even a list of bullet points can be a little too much. But if you need a couple of lines to explain something, or if you’ve got a long quote in the form of a slide, try using Open Sans.

Open Sans is an open-source humanist sans-serif font. It is the typical workhorse of a font and will work well in almost any circumstance when paragraph text is used. It is a comfortably legible font, even at small sizes. The semibold version of the font works just as well as a title font.

Pairs well with : Raleway

Lato means Summer in Polish and this font truly feels like a draft of the early Summer breeze. When you look at the font closely, it’s astonishing that a font with such attention to detail is available for free under the open-source license.

Lato was commissioned as a font by a large corporation which later decided to go in another direction. Lato was then turned into a free font. And you can see its corporate roots here. The font is playful with its semi-rounded details, but in a way that’s still professional. Lato font family is quite varied, starting from the Hairline version all the way to Heavy and Black.

Since Lato was designed to be a versatile font, it can be used as paragraph text and as title font as well.

Pairs well with : Open Sans, Raleway

6. Montserrat

Montserrat set in Extra Bold is the perfect way to convey youth and forward-thinking in a professional presentation. Montserrat is a font you’ll often find in the landing pages of technology startups. The font is inspired by old posters and signs from the Montserrat neighborhood in Buenos Aires.

Thanks to its geometric shapes, Montserrat is one of those fonts that pairs very well with other sans-serif fonts. For example, Montserrat in Bold will work well with Open Sans and Lato.

7. Merriweather

Merriweather is a serif font that was designed for reading on screens. It’s a traditional serif font but it has more room to breathe. The letterforms themselves are condensed, with a higher x-height, leaving more room between letters.

Pairs well with : Open Sans, Roboto

8. Abril Fatface

Abril Fatface is part of the larger Abril family which has 18 different typefaces ranging from Display to Text versions. The Fatface version is not for everyone. In fact, it’s more of a stylistic choice.

It has thick, swooping strokes coupled with thin serifs. This gives the font a unique personality and a powerful presence on the screen. Its serif roots give it gravitas while the tilting stokes give it a sense of playfulness. If you want your text to stand out while still maintaining a professional look, try using Abril Fatface as the title font.

Pairs well with : Raleway, Open Sans

Think of Ubuntu as the stylistic version of Open Sans. It’s also an open-source humanist sans-serif font. Its development was funded by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux (which is one of our favorite distros).

While Open Sans has symmetrically rounded edges, Ubuntu curves strokes from a single edge. This is most evident in letters like "u" and "n".

10. Raleway

Raleway brings the elegance of a serif font to a sans-serif font. It’s a thin font designed to be used for headings, making it the perfect font for title slides.

If you find the regular version to be a little too thin, then you can try out the semibold version.

Pairs well with : Roboto, Merriweather

Learn the Art of Font Pairing

The most important aspect of designing a presentation is not overdoing it. Just select one or two fonts and use them across the entire presentation. The same goes with color and the template as well. Keep things simple and consistent.

If you’re still coming to grips with the different types of typography, and you’re confused about serif and sans-serif fonts, just pick a simple sans-serif font like Open Sans and stick with it.

Once you’re comfortable playing around with type, you’re off to the races. Try different combinations of sans-serif and serif fonts. Pair Crimson with Lato or Playfair Display with Open Sans and see if it works.

Font pairing can be done quickly and easily online. You don’t even need to download all the fonts on your computer. Use websites like Google Fonts and Font Pair to find the perfect font pairing for a presentation.

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Curious to know which fonts can transform your presentation from ordinary to extraordinary? There are many fonts capable of doing that but you need to choose the best font type for your presentation . So let’s get started:

10 Best Fonts for Presentations

Garamond, a classic serif font, is renowned for its timeless elegance and readability. With refined serifs and a well-balanced design, Garamond imparts a sense of sophistication to presentations. This font is an excellent choice when you want to convey a traditional and professional tone, creating a visually appealing and polished look for your slides.

Palatino, a classic serif font, exudes sophistication and readability. Its well-defined serifs and balanced letterforms contribute to an elegant and timeless aesthetic. Palatino is an excellent choice for presentations where a touch of traditional style and formality is desired, enhancing the visual appeal of your slides.

Proxima Nova:

Proxima Nova is a modern sans-serif font celebrated for its clean and versatile design. With a harmonious balance between rounded and straight letterforms, Proxima Nova presents a contemporary and professional appearance. Its adaptability makes it suitable for a wide range of presentation themes, ensuring a sleek and polished visual impression.

Segoe, a sans-serif font developed by Microsoft, is known for its clean and modern look. With rounded letterforms and balanced proportions, Segoe offers a friendly and approachable aesthetic, making it ideal for professional presentations. Its versatility and legibility across various screen sizes contribute to a seamless visual experience.

Corbel, another Microsoft font, is a clean and straightforward sans-serif typeface. With its minimalistic design and even spacing, Corbel ensures clarity and readability in presentations. Its modern appearance adds a touch of professionalism, making it a reliable choice for a clean and contemporary visual style.

Rockwell, a slab serif font, brings a bold and robust presence to presentations . With its thick and distinctive serifs, Rockwell conveys a sense of strength and impact. This font is an excellent choice when you want to emphasize key points and create a memorable visual impact in your slides.

Bentham, a serif font with classical influences, adds a touch of historical elegance to presentations. Its well-defined serifs and balanced letterforms create a refined and sophisticated look. Bentham is a suitable choice when you want to infuse your slides with a sense of tradition and formality.

Fonseca is a contemporary sans-serif font with a geometric influence. Its clean lines, rounded shapes, and generous spacing create a modern and friendly appearance. Fonseca is a versatile choice that brings a sense of freshness and simplicity to your presentation, ensuring both style and readability.

Bell MT, a classic serif font, is characterized by its timeless elegance and refined details. With well-crafted serifs and balanced letterforms, Bell MT adds a touch of sophistication to presentations. This font is an excellent choice when you want to convey a sense of tradition and professionalism.

Tahoma, a sans-serif font designed for on-screen legibility, combines clarity with a modern look. Its sturdy letterforms and even spacing enhance readability, making Tahoma a practical choice for presentations. The font’s neutrality ensures that your content remains accessible and easy to follow.

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10 Most Popular Fonts for Presentations

Raleway is a modern sans-serif font known for its clean and elegant appearance. With its thin, sleek lines, it exudes a contemporary and professional vibe, making it ideal for presentations. The minimalistic design ensures clarity and readability, enhancing the visual appeal of your slides.

Lato is a versatile sans-serif font recognized for its friendly and approachable style. Its balanced letterforms and open spacing contribute to easy readability, even in small font sizes. Lato’s warmth adds a touch of friendliness to your presentation while maintaining a professional and polished look.

Calibri, a default font in Microsoft Office, is widely chosen for presentations due to its clear and straightforward design. Its rounded shapes and moderate spacing result in a friendly yet professional aesthetic. Calibri is a safe and practical choice, ensuring that your content remains easily accessible to a broad audience.

Verdana is a sans-serif font designed for on-screen readability. Its bold and simple letterforms make it an excellent choice for presentations, especially when projected. The generous spacing between characters enhances legibility, ensuring that your audience can effortlessly follow your content, even from a distance.

Georgia, a serif font, brings a touch of sophistication to presentations. Its robust letterforms and distinct serifs make it suitable for conveying a classic and formal tone. Georgia is an excellent choice when you want to add a bit of traditional elegance to your slides while maintaining readability.

Poppins is a contemporary sans-serif font with a geometric feel. Its rounded letterforms and ample spacing create a friendly and modern look, making it well-suited for a variety of presentation styles. Poppins add a touch of personality to your slides while ensuring clarity and visual appeal.

Coolvetica:

Coolvetica is a stylish and edgy sans-serif font that injects a sense of creativity into your presentations. With its bold letterforms and unique character shapes, Coolvetica is perfect for conveying a modern and unconventional vibe. It’s an excellent choice when you want your presentation to stand out with a touch of artistic flair.

Roboto, designed for Google, is a versatile sans-serif font that combines neutrality with modern aesthetics. Its clean lines and balanced proportions contribute to a professional and contemporary look, making it suitable for a wide range of presentation topics. Roboto excels in delivering a clean and polished visual impression to your audience.

Helvetica is a versatile sans-serif font known for its clean and modern design. Its neutral and balanced letterforms make it a timeless choice for presentations across various themes. Helvetica provides a professional and straightforward appearance, ensuring clarity and readability in your slides. Its simplicity allows for easy integration into a wide range of design styles.

Avenir, a contemporary sans-serif font, combines elegance with modernity. With its rounded letterforms and well-proportioned design, Avenir offers a sophisticated and approachable look for presentations. The font’s versatility allows it to adapt seamlessly to different visual styles, making it a popular choice for creating polished and professional slides with a touch of modern flair.

Factors to Consider When Choosing Fonts

Clear legibility:.

Ensure your chosen fonts are easy on the eyes. Opt for clear, readable typefaces to prevent any visual hiccups, allowing your content to be effortlessly absorbed by your audience.

Visual Consistency:

Stick to a consistent font style throughout your slides. Choosing a clear distinction between titles and body text maintains a visual uniformity that guides your audience smoothly through your presentation.

Strategic Contrast:

Create visual interest by smartly pairing fonts. Use bold, attention-grabbing typefaces for headers, complemented by more subtle, easy-to-read fonts for the body. Striking the right balance adds a touch of sophistication without overwhelming your audience.

Brand Alignment:

Align your fonts with your brand identity. Consistent use of brand-appropriate typefaces reinforces a professional image and helps with brand recognition, ensuring your presentation resonates with authenticity.

Universal Accessibility:

Prioritize fonts that enhance accessibility for all. Choose designs that are clear and legible, considering factors like color contrast and font size to ensure inclusivity across various devices and audiences.

How to Install Custom Fonts in PowerPoint

Step 1: download the custom font.

• Visit a reputable website offering a range of custom fonts, both free and paid.
• Explore the font collection and pick the ones that suit your preferences.
• Download the font files in a compatible format, such as .TTF or .OTF.

Step 2: Incorporate the Custom Font

Both Mac and Windows have different ways of incorporating fonts, let’s see both of the ways:

How to Install Custom Fonts in PowerPoint For Windows:

a. Extract the font files from any compressed folders, such as .zip.

b. Right-click on each font file and choose “Install.”

How to Install Custom Fonts in PowerPoint For Mac:

a. Launch Font Book, the default font management application on macOS.

b. Drag and drop the font files into the Font Book window.

c. The fonts will automatically install, becoming accessible in PowerPoint.

Step 3: Reboot PowerPoint

Close and reopen PowerPoint to ensure the newly installed fonts are recognized and ready for use.

Step 4: Implement Custom Fonts in PowerPoint

• Open the PowerPoint presentation where you wish to employ the custom fonts.
• Select the text box or text element you want to format.
• Navigate to the “Home” tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, and locate the “Font” section.
• Click on the drop-down menu for “Font” and opt for the custom font you want to apply.

You will be done with installing the custom font in PowerPoint.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The best font for presentations is often considered to be a sans-serif font like Arial or Helvetica. These fonts are clean, easy to read, and work well on slides, ensuring clarity and professionalism.

A good font combination for a presentation involves pairing a sans-serif font for titles and headers with a serif font for body text. For example, pairing Arial with Times New Roman can create a visually appealing and balanced look, enhancing readability and engagement.

The best fonts for PowerPoint 2023 are Raleway, Lato, Calibri, and Verdana. These fonts are standard choices, providing a modern and clean aesthetic for your slides.

The font in a presentation matters significantly as it affects readability and audience engagement. Choosing a clear and professional font ensures that your message is conveyed effectively without distractions, helping to maintain the audience’s focus on the content.

Some popular newspaper fonts include Times New Roman, Georgia, and Garamond. These fonts are classic, legible, and convey a sense of tradition, making them well-suited for the printed page.

Professional fonts often include Arial, Helvetica, Calibri, and Garamond. These fonts are widely accepted in business and academic settings for their clarity, readability, and timeless appeal, making them suitable for a variety of documents, presentations, and other professional materials.

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Top 50 Google Font Pairings [Handpicked by Pro Designers]

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The fonts you decide to use on your website can make or break your design.

However, with thousands of free fonts available online, choosing the perfect combinations can be a time consuming exercise, even for experienced designers.

In this article, we showcase the most beautiful font pairings from Google that can easily be added to your website .

Note: because font choices are subjective, our design team has handpicked their tops fonts based on legibility, design flexibility, and overall aesthetic. To help you make your decision, we’ve sorted the fonts by style: classic , elegant , modern , creative , and minimalist .

Classic Font Pairings

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Playfair Display Paragraph font:   Source Sans Pro Text color:  RGB(240, 214, 187) Background color:  RGB(53, 53, 53) Additional color(s):  RGB(160, 138, 127)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Quattrocento Paragraph font:   Quattrocento Sans Text color:  RGB(226, 223, 218) Background color:  RGB(38, 38, 38) Additional color(s):  RGB(175, 152, 136)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Serif Title font:   Quattrocento Paragraph font:   Fanwood Text Text color:  RGB(249, 246, 239) Background color:  RGB(109, 106, 101) Additional color(s):  RGB(191, 175, 160), RGB(217, 203, 192)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Slab + Serif Title font:   Oswald Paragraph font:   Quattrocento Text color:  RGB(38, 25, 17) Background color:  RGB(249, 246, 239) Additional color(s):  RGB(102, 74, 50), RGB(191, 175, 160)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Fjalla One Paragraph font:   Libre Baskerville Text color:  RGB(42, 46, 47) Background color:  RGB(220, 221, 215) Additional color(s):  RGB(185, 152, 133)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Lustria Paragraph font:   Lato Text color:  RGB(245, 240, 236) Background color:  RGB(0, 0, 0) Additional color(s):  RGB(189, 141, 121)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Cormorant Garamond Paragraph font: Proza Libre Text color:  RGB(33, 29, 30) Background color:  RGB(233, 230, 225) Additional color(s):  RGB(165, 174, 183), RGB(211, 169, 153)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Slab + Serif Title font:   Oswald Paragraph font: EB Garamond Text color:  RGB(249, 249, 249) Background color:  RGB(51, 47, 48) Additional color(s):  RGB(128, 132, 141), RGB(179, 180, 184)

Font pairing style:  Classic, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Libre Baskerville Paragraph font: Source Sans Pro Text color:  RGB(235, 235, 235) Background color:  RGB(55, 66, 88) Additional color(s):  RGB(173, 185, 201)

Elegant Fonts

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Slab + Sans Serif Title font:   Cinzel Paragraph font: Fauna One Text color:  RGB(219, 204, 181) Background color:  RGB(181, 104, 76) Additional color(s):  RGB(131, 107, 79)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Script + Serif Title font:   Sacramento Paragraph font: Alice Text color:  RGB(80, 49, 47) Background color:  RGB(219, 204, 181) Additional color(s):  RGB(116, 50, 51), RGB(186, 142, 105)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Yeseva One Paragraph font: Josefin Sans Text color:  RGB(219, 169, 136) Background color:  RGB(22, 44, 58) Additional color(s):  RGB(217, 124, 80)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Libre Baskerville Paragraph font: Montserrat Text color:  RGB(27, 59, 70) Background color:  RGB(235, 221, 212) Additional color(s):  RGB(182, 186, 195)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Cardo Paragraph font:  Josefin Sans Text color:  RGB(219, 172, 111) Background color:  RGB(123, 51, 52) Additional color(s):  RGB(133, 88, 57)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Lora Paragraph font: Roboto   Text color:  RGB(33, 29, 30) Background color:  RGB(233, 230, 225) Additional color(s):  RGB(165, 174, 183), RGB(211, 169, 153)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Spectral Paragraph font: Karla Text color:  RGB(249, 248, 246) Background color:  RGB(7, 54, 48) Additional color(s):  RGB(219, 199, 174), RGB(238, 225, 216)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font: Halant Paragraph font: Nunito Sans Text color:  RGB(209, 202, 194) Background color:  RGB(29, 29, 29) Additional color(s):  RGB(186, 135, 92), RGB(89, 107, 95)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Karla Paragraph font: Karla Text color:  RGB(85, 85, 83) Background color:  RGB(238, 221, 211) Additional color(s):  RGB(191, 109, 51), RGB(207, 216, 211)

Font pairing style:  Elegant, Serif + Serif Title font:   Lora Paragraph font: Merriweather Text color:  RGB(251, 245, 245) Background color:  RGB(45, 44, 42) Additional color(s):  RGB(205, 137, 124), RGB(243, 228, 223)

Modern Fonts

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Roboto Paragraph font: Nunito Text color:  RGB(35, 31, 32) Background color:  RGB(173, 142, 121) Additional color(s):  RGB(68, 76, 78), RGB(169, 124, 93)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Quicksand Paragraph font: Quicksand Text color:  RGB(15, 12, 19) Background color:  RGB(230, 225, 222) Additional color(s):  RGB(161, 105, 90), RGB(210, 193, 177)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Slab + Sans Serif Title font:   Ubuntu Paragraph font: Open Sans Text color:  RGB(235, 224, 218) Background color:  RGB(60, 53, 43) Additional color(s):  RGB(135, 118, 110), RGB(173, 159, 156)

Font pairing style: Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Montserrat Paragraph font: Hind Text color:  RGB(101, 108, 116) Background color:  RGB(238, 237, 232) Additional color(s):  RGB(38, 33, 37), RGB(164, 127, 72)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Nunito Paragraph font: Pt Sans Text color:  RGB(236, 232, 231) Background color:  RGB(46, 54, 65) Additional color(s):  RGB(208, 194, 191), RGB(227, 216, 214)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Slab + Serif Title font:   Oswald Paragraph font: Merriweather Text color:  RGB(221, 225, 236) Background color:  RGB(46, 54, 65) Additional color(s):  RGB(77, 82, 88), RGB(184, 190, 204)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Montserrat Paragraph font: Cardo Text color:  RGB(55, 57, 69) Background color:  RGB(220, 221, 225) Additional color(s):  RGB(58, 122, 242), RGB(192, 195, 203)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Montserrat Paragraph font: Crimson Text Text color:  RGB(222, 221, 221) Background color:  RGB(15, 9, 9) Additional color(s):  RGB(234, 17, 11), RGB(184, 184, 184)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Open Sans Paragraph font: Open Sans Condensed Text color:  RGB(245, 245, 253) Background color:  RGB(96, 77, 255) Additional color(s):  RGB(184, 190, 204), RGB(245, 245, 253)

Font pairing style:  Modern, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font: Nunito Paragraph font: Nunito Text color:  RGB(253, 191, 45) Background color:  RGB(39, 39, 39) Additional color(s):  RGB(210, 210, 202), RGB(249, 249, 249)

Creative Fonts

Font pairing style:  Creative, Slab + Sans Serif Title font:   Arvo Paragraph font: Lato Text color:  RGB(3, 5, 4) Background color:  RGB(151, 235, 212) Additional color(s):  RGB(176, 201, 191), RGB(238, 238, 238)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Abril Fatface Paragraph font: Poppins Text color:  RGB(37, 31, 84) Background color:  RGB(209, 200, 255) Additional color(s):  RGB(111, 17, 244), RGB(172, 48, 241)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Playfair Display Paragraph font:  Source Sans Pro Text color:  RGB(251, 233, 234) Background color:  RGB(251, 74, 84) Additional color(s):  RGB(247, 175, 170), RGB(33, 29, 30)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Karla Paragraph font: Inconsolata Text color:  RGB(232, 233, 240) Background color:  RGB(48, 48, 75) Additional color(s):  RGB(194, 87, 225), RGB(148, 159, 224)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Slab + Serif Title font:   Ultra Paragraph font: Slabo 27px Text color:  RGB(0, 0, 0) Background color:  RGB(250, 201, 187) Additional color(s):  RGB(216, 217, 219), RGB(247, 247, 247)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Serif + Serif Title font:   Nixie One Paragraph font: Ledger Text color:  RGB(14, 21, 21) Background color:  RGB(236, 238, 240) Additional color(s):  RGB(124, 124, 125), RGB(148, 150, 152)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Stint Ultra Expanded Paragraph font: Pontano Sans Text color:  RGB(245, 255, 254) Background color:  RGB(73, 192, 212) Additional color(s):  RGB(246, 120, 95), RGB(247, 168, 99)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Amatic SC Paragraph font: Andika Text color:  RGB(248, 214, 184) Background color:  RGB(119, 56, 25) Additional color(s):  RGB(198, 183, 214), RGB(219, 227, 212)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Unica One Paragraph font: Crimson Text Text color:  RGB(249, 250, 251) Background color:  RGB(46, 46, 50) Additional color(s):  RGB(69, 140, 249), RGB(132, 132, 132)

Font pairing style:  Creative, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Philosopher Paragraph font: Muli Text color:  RGB(249, 250, 251) Background color:  RGB(254, 98, 57) Additional color(s):  RGB(26, 25, 23), RGB(228, 221, 211)

Minimalist Fonts

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Source Sans Pro Paragraph font: Source Serif Pro Text color:  RGB(240, 228, 216) Background color:  RGB(45, 45, 43) Additional color(s):  RGB(240, 228, 216), RGB(246, 245, 240)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Fjalla One Paragraph font: Cantarell Text color:  RGB(255, 255, 255) Background color:  RGB(176, 168, 157) Additional color(s):  RGB(195, 186, 171), RGB(237, 236, 232)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Work Sans Paragraph font: Open Sans Text color:  RGB(230, 230, 231) Background color:  RGB(88, 74, 68) Additional color(s):  RGB(140, 117, 105), RGB(147, 146, 147)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Hind Paragraph font: Open Sans Text color:  RGB(174, 144, 115) Background color:  RGB(243, 242, 242) Additional color(s):  RGB(218, 194, 167), RGB(186, 164, 149)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font: Nunito Paragraph font: Open Sans Text color:  RGB(0, 0, 0) Background color:  RGB(251, 242, 233) Additional color(s):  RGB(250, 250, 250)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Oxygen Paragraph font:  Source Sans Pro Text color:  RGB(249, 249, 249) Background color:  RGB(128, 132, 141) Additional color(s):  RGB(51, 47, 48), RGB(179, 180, 184)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   PT Sans Paragraph font: Cabin Text color:  RGB(234, 236, 248) Background color:  RGB(205, 180, 150) Additional color(s):  RGB(210, 228, 250), RGB(237, 234, 229)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Roboto Condensed Paragraph font: Cabin Text color:  RGB(255, 255, 255) Background color:  RGB(179, 180, 184) Additional color(s):  RGB(210, 210, 210), RGB(227, 228, 230)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Sans Serif Title font:   Raleway Paragraph font: Open Sans Text color:  RGB(249, 249, 249) Background color:  RGB(45, 45, 43) Additional color(s):  RGB(240, 228, 216), RGB(249, 249, 249)

Font pairing style:  Minimalist, Sans Serif + Serif Title font:   Roboto Paragraph font: Lora Text color:  RGB(179, 180, 184) Background color:  RGB(128, 132, 141) Additional color(s):  RGB(249, 249, 249)

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The best new free fonts in Google Slides

• Written by: Juliet Patrick
• Categories: Google Slides

You may have missed that, back in June 2021, Google Fonts released 60 new fonts that can be used in Slides, ready and waiting for you to add to your next presentation! You may be overwhelmed by the choice – graphic display fonts, sleek sans-serif fonts, and intriguing condensed fonts – which do you pick? Let us save you some time by showing you our new favourites.

Want to learn more about how to choose the right font for your presentation? Continue reading! If you’d prefer to skip ahead to our breakdown of the best new Google fonts, click here.

Choosing fonts in Google Slides

Text forms a core part of most presentations, so why shouldn’t your chosen font be as fabulous as the rest of your deck?  While most people don’t analyse fonts with the precision or the tension of those in the American Psycho business card scene , and neither do we (we like to keep it more light-hearted), a great font can contribute to the overall appeal of your slides and shouldn’t be an afterthought.

Thinking about balance

When choosing a font, balance is key. Your font should complement the content and visuals in your presentation, not overshadow them. Don’t worry, this doesn’t mean you have to shy away from bold fonts, or stick to one classic font all the time.

Of course, your slides should be legible and easy to understand. They hold information that you want your audience to read and take in effortlessly. If the content’s complex, you want to pick a font that’s super legible. You can’t adjust kerning (the gaps between individual letters) in Slides, so you need to choose a font with a decent amount of space between each glyph. If they’re too close, it’s hard on the eyes. If they’re too far apart then it’s hard to distinguish individual words from each other. You should also make sure the actual shapes in the font aren’t too wild, making them hard to read.

Personality

A legible font doesn’t have to be dull. Every font has its own character. Fonts are a major part of creating the right tone of voice, so they should line up with the personality of your presentation. If you want to create a fun presentation then, depending on the content, a slab sans serif, minimalist, or retro-inspired font could work. If your presentation topic is more serious, then a classic serif could be the way to go.

We’ve already given our verdict on 10 of the best original fonts in Google Slides, you can read that here . And if you need help adding and formatting fonts in Google Slides, check out the text and fonts section in our Ultimate Guide to Slides , otherwise keep reading to see our favourite new fonts in Google Slides.

Google Slides Fonts

Castoro is a serif font that works well for body text in presentations. If you’re looking for an alternative to Times New Roman but still want to appear professional, this could be the one for you. In this version, the font features diacritics and extra characters for many European languages. The starts and ends of characters in upper- and lower-case end with both sharp and softly rounded points, giving the impression of balance.

John Hudson designed the Roman type and the italic with Paul Hanslow, helped by Kaja Słojewska.

Fraunces is a serif, “Old Style” font, inspired by 20th century typefaces like the Cooper Series . It has a variable letter stroke width, more irregular than some other serif choices, which can make it a quirky choice if you want to stand out while retaining the professionalism of serif fonts. We particularly like Fraunces in upper-case italics. It works great for elegant titles, but the variable thickness and hook-like shapes can be distracting in body text. You might want to pair this font with a clean, neat sans serif like Roboto. Fraunces was designed by Phaedra Charles and Flavia Zimbardi.

Imbue is a condensed didone font (a genre of serif typefaces characterised by narrow characters and contrast of thick and thin lines). It’s not ideal for body text because its narrow x height makes it harder on the eyes but it makes for great titles. It’s didone characterisation takes this font back to the lineage of classical and artful treatises of the 18th century, while the thinner and irregular spacing between letters updates the genre. If you want an impactful serif font which balances professionalism and boldness, this could be a good choice for you. A lovely pairing would be with Helvetica, a classic sans serif font. Imbue was designed by Tyler Finck.

Buckle your seatbelts for this exciting addition to Slides! Comic Neue is the reimagined successor to the much debated Comic Sans. This reinterpretation makes the Comic Sans we know and love to hate more regularly spaced and sleek while retaining its unique character. The project owners wanted Comic Neue to be a more refined version of the contentious Comic Sans. We think they’ve succeeded with this casual font that’s perfect for internal docs and presentations where legibility is key.  This project was started by Craig Rozynski.

Mulish is a clean and minimalist sans serif font. Mulish was designed for both display and text typography. Its simplicity means it would complement a bolder, or more stylised, font well (check out Oi or Rowdies below for your titles!). However, it’s also great alone! Pairing an all-caps title with sentence-case body text work well in presentations with a contemporary style. Designed by Vernon Adams initially, this font was updated by Jacques Le Bailly and Allison Le Bailly after Adams’ passing in 2017.

JetBrains Mono

JetBrains Mono is a unique sans serif font for a simple reason — it’s designed for developers. Maximised height for lowercase characters with standard width (hence ‘Mono’) allows code lines to be an expected length. Plus, the rectangular oval shapes of the characters ensures readers can read text easily. Its readability makes JetBrains Mono a great choice for presentations despite its specificity for programming. A fun way to use this font would be to have your titles in all upper-case while having the body text in sentence case. JetBrains Mono is designed by Philipp Nurullin and Konstantin Bulenkov.

Syne Mono is a quirky, artsy monospaced font is a font packed with arty intentions, it was designed as an exploration of ‘atypical associations of weights and styles’, with Syne Mono being a new take on ‘letting go of control’. This typeface serves as an alternative to more traditional fonts and takes on a nonconformist character – great if you want to create a presentation with a similar tone. Its variable width harks back to a 90s aesthetic of inky screenprints and glyphs on t-shirts, perfect for body text that you want to have a lot of texture. Syne was conceptualized by Bonjour Monde and designed by Lucas Descroix with the help of Arman Mohtadji

Syne Mono, like all these next fonts, may be distracting or too unique for some presentations, but there are quirkier fonts we thought to highlight to showcase an interesting variety.

MuseoModerno

MuseoModerno is a contemporary sans serif typeface, originally designed for the new identity of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires by Marcela Romero, Héctor Gatti, Pablo Cosgaya and the Omnibus-Type Team. This font is particularly fun. Thanks to its fluid and geometric lettering, MuseoModerno has lots of character. We think that pairing a heavier and lighter weight of will look fantastic. Strongly branded for the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, this font would be an excellent choice for a graphic presentation relating to contemporary art and design, but perhaps not for a company looking to find its own unique identity.

Dela Gothic One

Dela Gothic One is a thick, flat Gothic font which works well for title slides and presentations with less text when you want a contemporary, design-forward presentation. Heavily weighted fonts like this one lend themselves to colourful presentations.  If you want your presentation to have a retro feel, but are worried about it feeling cheesy, then this font might be a good choice. Some letters, particularly the lowercase ‘a’ and ‘s’, have a real 70s feel but overall, the font gives an impression of stability rather than the goofiness some other novelty fonts might inspire.  Dela Gothic One is one font from the Dela Gothic typeface family, and includes the Latin alphabet, full width hiragana and katakana characters, and kanji jis up to the third level. It’s designed by artakana.

Feeling cheeky? ‘Oi’ is a fun and plump serif display font (a font designed for being used in large sizes). It pays homage to grotesque slab serifs from the mid–19th century such as Caslon Ionic . Its name, ‘oi’ is an abrupt and cheeky call to attention, as Google Fonts notes, mirroring its unapologetic attention-seeking character. Statement fonts with tight kerning, like Oi, are best used very sparingly (i.e. for title and section header slides) without any other text as it’s such a statement. Designed by Kostas Bartsokas, they deem it a ‘clarendonesque on steroids’. Read more about the story of Oi.

The final font on this list, Rowdies is a suitably named, bold display font inspired by Indian action cinema. Designed by Jaikishan Patel for drama, adventure, thriller and crime genres of storytelling, Rowdies will help you convey fearlessness. To keep a sense of modern professionalism in your decks, you could pair Rowdies with Gill Sans . This font has interesting features like diamond-shaped tittles (the dots above a lowercase i or j), and a mix of angular flat edges and round curves. It’s a great title font with wide enough kerning to be easily legible.

And there you go! Our top choices for the new fonts available in Google Slides. All these fonts are free and open source, licensed to use in print, digital, commercial or other projects under the Open Font License. Nothing here tickle your fancy? You can examine the whole range of new and existing fonts in the Google Font library , which you can download and use in projects in and outside of Slides. If you’re a PowerPoint user, check out our top 10 presentation fonts for PowerPoint here .

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10 of The Best Aesthetic Fonts on Google Slides

Fonts play an important role in creating visually appealing presentations. Google Slides comes with a variety of fonts that you can use to make your slides look more aesthetic. However, sometimes the default fonts just don’t cut it.

You can’t upload your own fonts to Google Slides. However, there are a vast number of popular and standard fonts available for you to choose from on the Google font library. To save you the trouble of finding them, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best aesthetic fonts that you can use on Google Slides.

1. Open Sans

4. montserrat, 8. merriweather, 10. vollkorn.

Open Sans is a versatile sans-serif typeface designed with both digital and print applications in mind. The clean, modern lines of the letterforms make it highly readable, while the slightly condensed proportions give it a touch of personality.

With its functionality and style, Open Sans is an increasingly popular choice for both digital and print designers. You can consider this font for your next Google Slides project if you’re looking for something that is both stylish and easy to read.

The Lora font is a contemporary Serif typeface that Cyreal designed in 2011. The font is highly readable, even in small sizes. It is mainly optimized for use in web browsers and digital documents but can also be used for print projects.

The font comes with moderate contrast, making it perfect for body text. It has a very stylish cursive look that would be well-suited for more formal Google Slides presentations. If you’re looking for a Serif font with personality, Lora is definitely worth considering.

Roboto is a widely used font on the internet, and for a good reason. Google designed the font in 2011 to provide a more humanistic alternative to regular sans-serif fonts such as Arial.

The result is a clean, modern-looking font that is highly readable in all sizes. As a result, Roboto is often used as the default font on Android devices and is a good choice for Google Slides presentations viewed on mobile devices.

Montserrat is a sans-serif typeface with a strong character. The font was designed by Julieta Ulanovsky in 2010, who was inspired by the old posters and signs in the Montserrat area in Buenos Aires. The font includes several character sets and weights, making it perfect for both headlines and body text.

You can consider using the Montserrat font if you’re looking for a font with a strong character that’s still easy to read. The font also has a reliable feel to it, which can be helpful if you’re creating presentations for a more serious topic.

The caveat is a free handwriting style font with a casual and friendly feel. Pablo Impallari designed the font in 2017. It is perfect for annotation and headlines, subheadings, and body text.

You can use the Caveat font if you’re looking for a handwritten feel but still easy to read. The font’s friendly vibe makes it a good choice for more lighthearted presentations.

The Bentham font is a highly readable typeface designed by JeBen Weiner. The font is inspired by nineteenth-century gravestones, maps, and other documents. The Bentham font is perfect for presentations that need to be easy to read but still have a visual appeal.

This font can be an excellent choice for informal presentations. Especially, you can use it for the titles, opening slides, or any other text that needs to be attention-grabbing. The simple but stylish design makes it a good choice for various projects.

Inter is an optimized font for computer screens. It was designed by Rasmus Andersson. The font is an excellent choice if you want your presentations to be legible on all devices. The font includes a variety of weights and styles, which makes it perfect for both headlines and body text.

The Inter font features a tall x-height, wide apertures, and a mixture of capital and small letters. The result is a highly readable font that is perfect for presentations viewed on variable screens.

Merriweather is a serif typeface that Eben Sorkin designed in 2011. The font was designed with the aim of being as legible as possible, even on low-resolution screens.

The higher readability of the Merriweather font makes it a good choice for presentations that will be viewed on screens. In addition, the font includes large x-heights and a slightly condensed letterform, which makes it perfect for various applications.

The Ubuntu font is a sans-serif typeface that Dalton Maag designed in 2010. The font was commissioned by Canonical Ltd to provide a consistent, readable, and inviting typeface for the software community and the Ubuntu project.

The font is released under an open-source license and includes a variety of weights and styles. It is perfect for both headlines and body text.

Vollkorn is a serif typeface that was designed by Friedrich Althausen in 2005. The font was published under a Creative Commons license and has since been downloaded thousands of times.

The font is intended to be a high-quality text face for usual use. It has dark and meaty serifs and a bouncing and healthy look. It can be used in the body copy or just as well for headlines and titles.

There are many fonts to choose from when creating a presentation in Google Slides. The best font for your project will depend on the message you’re trying to communicate and the tone of your presentation.

The above fonts are some of the best options for both headlines and body text. Next time you’re creating a presentation, be sure to consider these fonts to make your slides stand out.

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14 Fonts That Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Stand Out

Presentation fonts, more generally known as typography , are one of the most neglected areas of presentation design .

That’s because when presentation fonts are used appropriately and correctly, they blend so well with the overall design that your audience doesn’t even notice it. Yet, when your font usage is lacking, this sticks out like a sore thumb. 

Over 30 million PowerPoint presentations are made daily. Therefore, when it comes to creating your own slide decks, you need to take every advantage you can get to make it stand out. Among other design choices, choosing the best fonts for presentations can provide a huge impact with minimal effort.

In fact, it’s one of the reasons why Steve Jobs was able to turn Apple into the brand it is today. His expertise in branding and design was fueled by the Calligraphy classes that he attended in his early years. This allowed him to find the best font family that accentuated his company’s brand and identity.

So no matter the subject of your PowerPoint presentation, the best font or font family will help you create a lasting impression and convey a powerful message. To help you shine through your next slideshow, here’s our cultivated list of the best fonts for presentations.

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Best Fonts for Presentations and PowerPoint

Before we proceed, you should know some basics of typography, especially the difference between Serif, Sans Serif, Script, and Decorative types of fonts. 

Serif Fonts

These are classic fonts recognizable by an additional foot (or tail) where each letter ends. Well-known Serif fonts include:

• Times New Roman
• Century 

Sans Serif Fonts

Differing from the Serif font style, Sans Serif fonts do not have a tail. The most popular Sans Serif font used in presentations is Arial, but other commonly employed renditions of Sans Serif typeface include:

• Century Gothic
• Lucida Sans

Script and Decorative Fonts

These are the fonts that emulate handwriting—not typed with a keyboard or typewriter. Script typefaces and decorative or custom fonts for PowerPoint vary immensely and can be created by a graphic designer to ensure these custom fonts are bespoke to your company/brand.

With these font fundamentals explained, you can also keep up-to-date with the popularity of such fonts using Google’s free font analytics tool here . Let’s now go ahead with our list of the best presentation fonts for your PowerPoint slides. 

• Libre-Baskerville

Keep in mind that you don’t have to stick with only a single font for your slides. You could choose two of the best fonts for your presentation, one for your headings and another for the copy in the body of the slides.

Without further ado, let’s dive into the 14 best presentation fonts.

1. Helvetica

Helvetica is a basic Sans Serif font with a loyal user base. Originally created in 1957 , Helvetica comes from the Latin word for ‘Switzerland’ where it was born. When you use Helvetica, the top-half part of the text is bigger than in other Sans Serif fonts. For this reason, letters and numbers have a balanced proportionality between the top and bottom segments. As a result, this standard font makes it easier to identify characters from a distance.

As a result of being one of the easiest typecases to read compared to different presentation fonts, Helvetica is great for communicating major points as titles and subheadings in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

For these reasons, Helvetica is a popular choice for anyone creating posters .

If you are presenting live to a large group of people, Helvetica is your new go-to font! The classic Sans Serif font is tried and tested and ensures the legibility of your slide deck, even for the audience members sitting at the very back. Though it looks good in any form, you can make Helvetica shine even more in a bold font style or all caps. 

Futura is one of the popular Sans Serif fonts and is based on geometric shapes. Its features are based on uncomplicated shapes like circles, triangles, and rectangles. In other words , it mimics clean and precise proportions instead of replicating organic script or handwriting. Futura is a great default font for presentations because of its excellent readability, elegance, and lively personality. 

As one of many standard fonts designed to invoke a sense of efficiency and progress, Futura is best employed when you want to project a modern look and feel in your presentation. Futura is a versatile option ideal for use in both titles and body content, accounting for why it has remained immensely popular since 1927. 

3. Rockwell

The Rockwell font has strong yet warm characters that make it suitable for a variety of presentation types, regardless of whether it’s used in headings or the body text. However, best practice dictates that this standard font should be used in headers and subheadings based on its geometric style. Rockwell is a Geometric Slab Serif , otherwise known as a slab serif font alternative. It is formed almost completely of straight lines, flawless circles, and sharp angles. This Roman font features a tall x-height and even stroke width that provides its strong presence with a somewhat blocky feel.

Monoline and geometric, Rockwell is a beautiful font that can display any text in a way that looks impactful and important. Whether you want to set a mood or announce a critical update or event, you can’t go wrong with this robust font.

Verdana is easily a great choice as one of the top PowerPoint presentation fonts. Its tall lowercase letters and wide spaces contribute significantly towards boosting slide readability even when the text case or font size is small. That’s why Verdana is best for references, citations, footnotes, disclaimers, and so on. Additionally, it can also be used as a body font to extrapolate on slide headings to nail down your key points.

Besides that, it is one of the most widely available fonts, compatible with both Mac and Windows systems. This makes this modern Sans Serif font a safe bet for when you are not certain where and how will you be delivering your presentation. 

Raleway is a modern and lightweight Sans Serif font. Its italicized version has shoulders and bowls in some letters that are a bit off-centered. What this means is that the markings excluding the stem are intentionally lower or higher as compared to other fonts. 

This gives Raleway a slightly artistic look and feels without impacting its readability (and without falling into the custom or decorative fonts category). In fact, many professionals think the swashes and markings actually enhance the font’s readability and legibility. Moreover, Raleway also has a bold version which is heavily used in presentations and slide decks. 

The bottom line is that Raleway is a versatile typeface that can be used in a variety of presentations, either in the body copy or in titles and subheadings. When the titles are capitalized or formatted as bold, captivating your audience becomes a breeze. 

6. Montserrat

Montserrat is one of our favorite PowerPoint fonts for presentation titles and subheadings. The modern serif font is bold, professional, and visually appealing for when you want your headers and titles to really capture the audience’s attention.

Every time you move to the next slide, the viewers will see the headings and instantly understand its core message.  

Another major quality of the Montserrat font is its adaptability and versatility. Even a small change, such as switching up the weight, gives you an entirely different-looking typeface. So you get enough flexibility to be able to use the font in all types of PowerPoint presentations.

Montserrat pairs nicely with a wide range of other fonts. For example, using it with a thin Sans Serif in body paragraphs creates a beautiful contrast in your PowerPoint slides. For this reason, it is usually the first modern Serif font choice of those creating a business plan or marketing presentation in MS PowerPoint. 

Roboto is a simple sans-serif font that is a good fit for PowerPoint presentations in a wide range of industries. Well-designed and professional, Roboto works especially well when used for body text, making your paragraphs easy to read.

Roboto combines beautifully with several other fonts. When you’re using Roboto for body text, you can have headings and titles that use a script font such as Pacifico, a serif font such as Garamond, or a Sans Serif font such as Gill Sans. 

Bentham is a radiant serif font perfectly suited for headings and subtitles in your PowerPoint slides. It gives your presentation a traditional appearance, and its letter spacing makes your content really easy to read.

You can use this font in uppercase, lowercase, or title case, depending on how it blends with the rest of your slide. For best results, we recommend combining Bentham with a Sans Serif font in your body content. For example, you can use a font such as Open Sans or Futura for the rest of your slide content.

9. Libre-Baskerville

Libre-Baskerville is a free serif Google font. You can pair this classic font with several other fonts to make a PowerPoint presentation with a traditional design. 

One of its best features is that it works equally well in both headings and body copy. It’s clear and easily readable, no matter how you use it. And when used for headings, it works really well in uppercase form. 

Tahoma is one of the fonts that offer the best level of clarity for PowerPoint slides. It has easily distinguishable characters like Verdana, but with the exception of tight spacing to give a more formal appearance.

Designed particularly for screens, Tahoma looks readable on a variety of screen sizes and multiple devices. In fact, this significant aspect is what makes Tahoma stand out from other fonts in the Sans Serif family. 

11. Poppins

Poppins falls within the Sans Serif font category but is a different font of its own uniqueness. The solid vertical terminals make it look strong and authoritative. That’s why it’s great for catchy titles and subheadings, as well as for the body paragraphs. Poppins is a geometric typeface issued by Indian Type Foundry in 2014. It was released as open-source and is available in many font sizes for free on Google Fonts.

When you want something that feels casual and professional in equal measure, pick Poppins should be in the running for the best PowerPoint fonts. 

12. Gill Sans 

Gill Sans is another classic presentation font for when you’re looking to build rapport with your audience. Gill Sans is a friendly and warm Sans Serif font similar to Helvetica. At the same time, it looks strong and professional. 

It’s designed to be easy to read even when used in small sizes or viewed from afar. For this reason, it’s a superior match for headers, and one of the best PowerPoint fonts, especially when combined with body text using Times New Roman or Georgia (not to mention several other fonts you can pair it with for successful results). This is the right font for combing different fonts within a presentation.

13. Palatino

Palatino can be classified as one of the oldest fonts inspired by calligraphic works of the 1940s. This old-style serif typeface was designed by Hermann Zapf and originally released in 1948 by the Linotype foundry. It features smooth lines and spacious counters, giving it an air of elegance and class. 

Palatino was designed to be used for headlines in print media and advertising that need to be viewable from a distance. This attribute makes Palatino a great font suitable for today’s PowerPoint presentations.   

Palatino is also a viable choice for your presentation’s body text. It’s a little different from fonts typically used for body paragraphs. So it can make your presentation content stand out from those using conventional fonts. 

14. Georgia

Georgia typeface has a modern design that few fonts can match for its graceful look. It’s similar to Times New Roman but with slightly larger characters. Even in small font size, Georgia exudes a sense of friendliness; a sense of intimacy many would claim has been eroded from Times New Roman through its overuse. This versatile font was designed by Matthew Carter , who has successfully composed such a typeface family which incorporates high legibility with personality and charisma. Its strokes form Serif characters with ample spacing, making it easily readable even in small sizes and low-resolution screens. 

Another benefit of using this modern font is its enhanced visibility, even when it’s used in the background of your PowerPoint slides. Moreover, the tall lowercase letters contribute to a classic appearance great for any PowerPoint presentation.  

Final Step: Choosing Your Best Font for Presentations

Choosing the right PowerPoint fonts for your future presentations is more of a creative exercise than a scientific one. Unless you need to abide by strict branding guidelines and company policies, there are no rules for the ‘best font’ set in stone. Plus, presentation fonts depend entirely on the environment or audience it is intended for, the nature and format of the project, and the topic of your PowerPoint presentation. 

However, there are certain basic principles rooted in typography that can help you narrow down the evergrowing list of available PowerPoint presentation fonts and choose PowerPoint fonts that will resonate with and have a powerful impact on your target audience.

As discussed in this article, these include font factors such as compatibility with most systems, clarity from a distance, letter spacing, and so on. Luckily for you, our carefully researched and compiled list of best fonts for presentations above was created with these core fundamentals already in mind, saving you time and hassle.

As long as you adopt these best practices for standard fonts without overcomplicating your key message and takeaways, you’ll soon be on your way to designing a brilliant slide deck using a quality PowerPoint font or font family! From all of us here at Piktochart, good luck with your new and improved presentation slides that will surely shine!

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Blog Graphic Design 20+ Best Google Font Pairs for 2021 [FREE DOWNLOAD]

20+ Best Google Font Pairs for 2021 [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Written by: Jennifer Gaskin Jun 17, 2021

More than 1,000 fonts are available in the Google Font catalog, making it the biggest and easiest-to-use free font repository out there.

The sheer volume of available fonts can make creating font combinations feel overwhelming, but we can help you pick the best Google Fonts.

Choose from one of our tried-and-true Google Font combinations for your next design project. These fonts can be used in infographics, pitch decks and everything else in between.

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• Alegreya + Source Sans Pro
• Alfa Slab + Open Sans
• Anton + Roboto
• Abril Fatface + Poppins
• Great Vibes + Montserrat
• Lato + Karla
• Libre Baskerville + Source Sans Pro
• Lobster + Open Sans
• Lora + Nunito
• Lora + Lato
• Merriweather + Lato
• Oswald + EB Garamond
• Oxygen + Open Sans
• Philosopher + Mulish
• Playfair Display + Source Sans Pro
• Raleway + Source Sans Pro
• Raleway + Lato
• Roboto + Cabin
• Roboto Slab + Roboto
• Ubuntu + Open Sans
• Work Sans + Open Sans
• Yellowtail + Lato

1. Alegreya + Source Sans Pro

Alegreya’s origins as a literary-inspired font contrast well against Source Sans Pro’s condensed, minimalist appearance. Alegreya was named one of the 53 fonts of the decade at a 2011 typography competition, while Source Sans Pro was released by Adobe designer Paul D. Hunt in 2012.

Both fonts are ideal for lengthy text, particularly Source Sans Pro as it was designed to function in user interfaces. By pairing a serif font (Alegreya) with a sans-serif font (Source Sans Pro), you will naturally draw the reader’s eye to the contrast.

Try it: Use Alegreya as your header font and Source Sans Pro as the body text in a long report or presentation .

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2. Alfa Slab + Open Sans

Bring drama or vintage style to your designs by using Alfa Slab, a super-thick font that calls to mind the design of a bygone era. Use it alongside Open Sans, a modern, humanist typeface that’s one of the most versatile in Google’s entire catalog.

The contrast of a slab with a sans serif font creates natural visual interest, while the heavy weight of Alfa Slab isn’t too much for Open Sans to keep up with.

Try it: Use this pairing for infographics , reports or presentations, but watch out for sizing. Alfa Slab can become difficult to read under about 30 pixels.

For more advice on how to choose the best fonts for your infographics, read our blog: Choosing the Right Infographics Fonts for Business Communications

3. Anton + Roboto

The inspiration for Anton was traditional sans serif advertising fonts used over the past several decades, while Roboto’s natural forms give the air of a humanist font and make it easy on the eyes.

Making Roboto the secondary font to Anton puts the spotlight squarely on Anton’s unique construction in which the ascending and descending elements are just barely taller than the rest.

Try it:  Use Anton for the title and headings in your infographics and Roboto for the body text, or let Anton steal the show in your reports, presentations or flyers .

4. Abril Fatface + Poppins

Let your content take a journey to the past by using Abril Fatface. The font’s tilting weights are a throwback to advertising posters common in 19th century Europe, and putting them alongside the heavily geometric sans serif typeface Poppins brings much-needed contrast.

Poppins includes 18 total styles, and we recommend using the thin or extra-light versions with Abril Fatface. That gives you multiple layers of contrast, including serif/sans serif and varying weights.

Try it:  Use Abril Fatface for headings of at least 40 pixels, and use Poppins’ varying weights for other uses in your business communications, flyers or resumes .

Did you know resumes call for specific types of fonts? Check out our blog on the best resume fonts for 2021 to learn more.

5. Great Vibes + Montserrat

Invite whimsy to the party by pairing a display font like Great Vibes with a Buenos Aires-inspired sans serif like Montserrat. The perfectly named Great Vibes calls to mind a day at the beach, while Montserrat’s origin is in traditional Argentinian design.

Great Vibes can’t go any lower than about 60 pixels to remain legible, so it’s not ideal for every use, while Montserrat is a diverse font that offers weights from thin to black. It goes best with Great Vibes in the thin-to-light range.

Try it:  Use Great Vibes with Montserrat in your lighthearted infographics or on physical products like menus or flyers.

6. Lato + Karla

So far, we’ve recommended a lot of contrast in your font pairings, but using fonts in the same theme—in this case, two sans serifs—has the same sophistication as a tone-on-tone interior design scheme.

Lato’s roots are Polish, and designer Łukasz Dziedzic wanted to give Lato a timeless feel. Designed by Jonny Pinhorn, Karla has a quirky nature that makes it an excellent secondary font.

Try it:  Lato and Karla are an ideal pairing for infographics, data visualization or reports and presentations. Size should not be a concern, as both reproduce well even in small print.

7. Libre Baskerville + Source Sans Pro

Libre Baskerville is familiar to typography heads, taking its name from the 1940s Baskerville font. Libre Baskerville makes some adjustments that let it work better on screens than its namesake.

Pairing Libre Baskerville with a utility player like Source Sans Pro means that your body text and other small elements will remain ultra-legible and your headings and display elements will stand apart.

Try it:  Combine Libre Baskerville with Source Sans Pro for reports, presentations and infographics.

8. Lobster + Open Sans

There’s a reason Lobster, a script display font, has had tens of millions of downloads since it was added to Google’s library—it has the flowing appeal of cursive handwriting without being hard to read. That makes it useful for designers who want to add the authenticity of hand-lettering without the time or expense.

Lobster and Open Sans, the versatile sans serif, are a natural pair. Open Sans’ readability matches well with the visual allure of Lobster, though designers will need to watch out for sizing. Even though it’s more legible than most script fonts, Lobster still can become muddy when used too small.

Try it:  Use Lobster and Open Sans for flyers, posters and menus.

9. Lora + Nunito

Lora, an elegant serif, and Nunito, a whimsical sans serif, work well together because they’re curvy but in different places. Nunito’s curves are obvious, with letters terminating in rounded edges, while Lora’s shapeliness extends to both the body if its letters and its serif strokes.

Both fonts have a variety of weights, so sophisticated designers should play around with matching or contrasting them for a variety of purposes, though it’s important to keep good design principles in mind always. After all, you want some text to stand out.

Try it:  Pair Lora and Nunito in your presentations, brochures and flyers.

10. Lora + Lato

Lora is also a natural complement to Lato and its timelessly cool vibe. Again, both fonts offer a variety of weights, so try Lora bold and Lato light to bring an immediate contrast to your designs.

While Lora tends to hold up well regardless of size, if you experiment with weights, you’ll need to be mindful of sizing. Bold and italicized versions are challenging to read at anything below about 24 pixels.

Try it:  Use Lora and Lato in your infographics, presentations, reports and more.

Lora and Lato are part of our recommended best free fonts for 2021. Check out the rest here: 40+ Best Free Fonts for 2021

11. Merriweather + Lato

Merriweather offers an imposing but friendly appearance, which makes it perfect for main titles, headlines and other large text. Pairing it with Lato brings it back down to earth, and varying weights can help create a hierarchy of text.

As they cover both the serif and sans serif space, Merriweather and Lato are a natural pair, and since they both come in a variety of weights, designers will have the utmost in flexibility to find uses that work for them.

Try it:  Make Merriweather black your choice for section headings in an annual report to bring a sense of authority to the proceedings. Employ versatile Lato for just about everything else to allow the major text to shine.

12. Oswald + EB Garamond

Designers who want to pair Oswald with a bold serif that’s from this century should consider EB Garamond. This font is the result of a crowdsourced effort to revive Claude Garamont’s iconic humanist typefaces from the mid-1500s. (Guess it’s not really from this century after all.)

EB Garamond is a pretty versatile font as it offers 10 weights. This is ideal for designers who want to create typographic hierarchy without using more than two fonts.

Try it:  Use Oswald with EB Garamond in your infographics, annual reports, flyers or banners.

13. Oxygen + Open Sans

Oxygen and Open Sans are both sans serif fonts, and while Oxygen was designed for computer user interfaces, it’s a friendly, approachable font that conveys authority without being overpowering.

Visual contrast will need to come into play, and while Oxygen isn’t as versatile as Open Sans, it does come in three free varieties ranging from light to bold.

Try it:  Set the headings and display elements in Oxygen bold and your text in Open Sans regular in your annual reports or pitch decks.

14. Philosopher + Mulish

Philosopher’s designer, Jovanny Lemonad, released the initial version with intentional mistakes, and even though it’s been revised considerably since 2008, Philosopher still has an energetic, almost chaotic feel owing to its turbulent start. Named Muli until 2020, Mulish was crafted by typography legend Vernon Adams, who designed the sans serif font for display and text.

When they’re paired together, Philosopher and Mulish join forces to provide the foundation of a design that’s spirited but well-grounded.

Try it:  Pair Philosopher and Mulish in infographics, banners, flyers or for business communications in fields where your audience can handle a bit of excitement.

15. Playfair Display + Source Sans Pro

Playfair Display is an elegant serif font that takes its inspiration from quill-and-ink writing tools of the late 18th century, while Source Sans Pro is a reliable sans serif that will allow Playfair Display to take center stage.

Versatility is rampant in both fonts, as they each offer 12 weights, ranging from extra light to regular to black. This allows creative designers to experiment with weights to create a clear design hierarchy.

Try it:  Playfair Display and Source Sans Pro are an ideal combination for just about any use, from infographics and data visualization to annual reports and pitch decks.

Thinking of picking this pair as your brand fonts but not sure if they fit your brand personality? Check out our blog to learn everything you need to know about picking brand fonts .

16. Raleway + Source Sans Pro

Raleway started its life at a single, thin weight after being introduced by designer Matt McInerney before being expanded by Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida in 2012. Today, the elegant sans serif font offers more than a dozen variations, which makes it an ideal sans-on-sans teammate with Source Sans Pro.

In addition to being a nice-looking font, Raleway is unusual in that its letter W, both upper and lower case, has distinctive, crisscrossing upward strokes. If the letter W features prominently in your business name, consider using Raleway to create your company logo.

Try it:  Aside from logos, combine Raleway with Source Sans Pro for infographics, business reports, pitch decks, resumes and more.

17. Raleway + Lato

Both Raleway and Lato are fonts we’ve discussed a bit, but these two approachable sans serif fonts are a natural pairing. Designers should remember that pairing similar fonts together can be tricky, which is why we recommend making Raleway the star and Lato the supporting player.

Raleway has more than a dozen weights, and the difference between thin and black could be mistaken for a separate font if not for the distinctive Ws.

Try it:  Pair Raleway with Lato in your infographics, resume, banners and presentations.

18. Roboto + Cabin

Roboto is something of a typographic hybrid. As we mentioned, its airy letterforms have a humanist feel about them, meaning they appear as if created by a human hand. But Roboto is technically a geometric sans serif. Cabin is also sans serif, but a solidly humanist one, which gives the two a clear connection.

Both offer a variety of weights, which lets designers experiment and find the best combinations for their work.

Try it:  Combine Roboto bold or black with Cabin regular to create authoritative titles and headers in newsy infographics or corporate communications.

19. Roboto Slab + Roboto

If you’ve ever seen two cousins who look just enough alike that you can tell they’re related, you understand why Roboto Slab and Roboto work well together.

One big benefit of using these two typefaces together is that because the letterforms all originate from the same source, the pairing creates an organic fit that’s pleasing to the eye. In other words, there’s no risk of jarring the reader out of consuming your content.

Try it:  Use Roboto Slab with its cousin Roboto for just about any design, from infographics to data visualization to pitch decks and marketing proposals.

20. Ubuntu + Open Sans

Given that it was created for the open-source Linux operating system of the same name, it’s not surprising that Ubuntu has a technical, almost futuristic feel. While it was made to enable an operating system’s user interface, Ubuntu has uses far beyond that.

Pairing it with another sans serif, Open Sans, lets designers dip their toes into futuristic waters without feeling like they walked through a portal.

Try it:  Use Ubuntu with Open Sans for infographics and data visualization, and if you’re in the tech space, the combination is useful for just about anything.

21. Work Sans + Open Sans

Work Sans designer Wei Huang took inspiration from sans serif fonts of the early 19th and 20th centuries, giving the font a huge range of variability, including extreme weights that are ideal for display type.

Open Sans is a natural complement to Work Sans, and because both offer tons of variety, it’s easy to find the precise pairings that work for your design. Watch out for readability issues if using some of Work Sans’ heavier weights like extra-bold or black.

Try it:  Use this combo in infographics, corporate communications and resumes.

22. Yellowtail + Lato

Give your designs an improvisational feel by using Yellowtail as your header or display font. This brush script typeface stands apart thanks to its unique letterforms, which are a mix of connecting and non-connecting. The result brings your designs an air of unpredictability, which is at a premium in the crowded marketplace.

Using Yellowtail for display and header type and Lato for body text and other elements is an excellent way to bring stability and comfort to your design.

Try it:  Use this pairing for infographics, banners, email marketing and more.

Best Google Fonts FAQs

Do you have more questions about Google Fonts? We’ve got answers.

How do you use Google Fonts?

Web developers can use Google Fonts by simply generating a bit of code they paste into the site they’re creating, while other designers can download the font family of their choice just by selecting “download family” on the font screen.

What are the best Google Fonts?

The Google Fonts that are best for most organizations are those with a great deal of variety, meaning designers to vary weights to create new works. Some of the fonts that fit this bill include Open Sans, Source Sans Pro, Raleway, Montserrat and Roboto.

How do you add Google Fonts to Venngage?

Once you’ve downloaded the Google Fonts you want to use, you can upload them to Venngage with just a few clicks using My Brand Kit .

My Brand Kit also allows Business users to automatically upload their branding elements and apply their brand style guide to any of their design in one click:

In summary: There are more than 1.1 million possible combinations of Google Fonts

Once you’ve found the fonts that will bring your projects to life and show the personality of your organization, add them using My Brand Kit with a couple of clicks so you can ensure all your designs remain on brand.

Download our recommended best free Google fonts and see how they look on a Venngage template . It’s free to get started.

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The best Google Fonts

Free to download, the best Google Fonts can be used in both personal and commercial projects.

Sans Serif Google Fonts

Serif google fonts.

The best Google Fonts are an extremely useful resource for designers. Why use Google Fonts? Because The are lots of them, covering all kinds of styles; they're free to download, and you can use them in both personal and commercial projects.

The biggest challenge is perhaps wading through them all to choose which to use. There are now over 1,700 font families in the Google Fonts library. It would take a long time to sift through them all. But we, and the designers that contribute to the site, have done just that. And we've picked out a selection of what we think are the best Google fonts to start with.

To use these open-source fonts, you don't have to provide any details or sign up for anything, and there's not need to provide attribution if you use them in your designs. Better still, you can customise them as much as you like! If you'd like even more free goodies, try our list of the best free fonts for more typefaces.

01. Noto Sans Mono

Noto Sans Mono is a monospaced, sans-serif design, perfect for uses that need a fixed width. We love the typewriter-esque forms, which add personality to a font that's also brilliant for programming. This font support Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts and various symbols, too. You can download it in multiple weights and widths, and 3,787 glyphs.

Whether or not it's the best Google font, Roboto is certainly the most popular, leading the ranking of Google Font downloads for many years. This sans-serif Google Font was designed by Christian Robertson for Google itself for use as the system font for Android . It has 12 different styles.

03. Montserrat 

Designed by the Argentine designer Julieta Ulanovsky, Montserrat is named after an old neighbourhood in downtown Buenos Aires and it was inspired by posters, signs and painted windows in the area in the half of the twentieth century. It comprises 18 styles from light to heavy, offering a huge range of choice.

04. Work Sans

The result of a project led by Australian type designer Wei Huang, Work Sans is a typeface family based loosely on early Grotesques. While it can be used in both print and web design, features have been simplified and optimised for screen resolutions; for example, diacritic marks are larger than how they would be in print. The fonts closer to the extreme weights, meanwhile, are designed more for display use. Since 2020, it's been upgraded to a variable font family. 

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05. Archivo Narrow

Archivo Narrow is a grotesque sans-serif typeface family that’s designed to be used simultaneously in print and digital platforms. Best used for highlights and headlines, this family was derived from Chivo and is reminiscent of late nineteenth century American typefaces. Crafted by Omnibus-Type for high performance typography, it supports over 200 world languages, and includes normal, Narrow and Black styles.

Sora ’s large x-height and generous counters makes it a great choice for app and web interfaces, where clarity and effectiveness at any size is vitally important. This typeface family was commissioned for the Japanese company of the same name, the blockchain specialists best known for creating the world's first central bank digital currency. Sora takes its cue from low-resolution aesthetics and early screen typography, without being weighed down by nostalgia.

Inter is a variable font family featuring a tall x-height, in order to improve readability in passages of mixed-case and lower-case text. The provision of contextual alternates allows you to adjust punctuation depending on the shape of surrounding glyphs, plus there’s a slashed zero, for when you need to disambiguate "0" from "o". The Inter project is led by Rasmus Andersson, a Swedish software designer living in San Francisco. 

With its rounded corners and low stroke contrast, Rubik is one of the friendliest and most welcoming sans-serifs around. Designed by Philipp Hubert and Sebastian Fischer of Hubert & Fischer, the typeface was originally commissioned by Google for use in a Rubik’s Cube exhibition. A five-weight family with Roman and Italic styles, it also has a monospaced sister typeface, Rubik Mono One .

09. Fira Sans

Fira Sans aims to cover the legibility needs for a large range of handsets, varying in screen quality and rendering. Designed for Mozilla 's FirefoxOS, the project is led by Berlin-based type foundry Carrois. The family comes in three widths, all accompanied by italic styles, and includes a monospaced variant.

10. Open Sans

Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson. Open Sans was designed with an upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance. It's optimized for print, web, and mobile interfaces, and has excellent legibility characteristics in its letterforms.

Lato is a sans-serif typeface family designed by Warsaw-based designer Åukasz Dziedzic ('Lato' means 'Summer' in Polish). Originally, Lato was conceived as a set of corporate fonts for a large client – who in the end decided to go in different stylistic direction, so the family became available for a public release. The semi-rounded details of the letters give Lato a feeling of warmth, while the strong structure provides stability and seriousness.

Designed by Dalton Maag design studio, the Ubuntu Font Family was founded to enable the personality seen and felt in every menu, button and dialog. This sans-serif typeface uses OpenType features, and is manually hinted for clarity on desktop and mobile computing screens.

13. Space Mono 

Space Mono is an original fixed-width type family, developed for editorial use in headline and display typography by Colophon Foundry. Its letterforms combine a geometric foundation with grotesque details to evoke the spirit of 1960s newspaper headlines. Its features include old-style figures, superscript and subscript numerals, fractions, centre-height and cap-height currency symbols, directional arrows, and multiple stylistic alternates.

14. Cormorant

Cormorant is a display type family developed by Christian Thalmann. While it’s inspired by famed type designer Claude Garamont's legacy, no specific font was used as reference, and most glyphs were drawn from scratch. Cormorant currently features 45 font files spanning 9 different visual styles and five weights.

15. Alegreya

Alegreya is a multi-award-winning typeface originally designed for literature. Designed by Juan Pablo del Peral for Huerta Tipográfica, it boasts a dynamic and varied rhythm which makes the reading of long passages a visual pleasure. Making subtle references to calligraphy, this typeface superfamily (which includes both serif and sans-serif families) offers a great combination of style, authority and diversity.

16. Anonymous Pro

Created by Mark Simonson, Anonymous Pro is a fixed-width typeface family designed with coding in mind. It gives characters that could be mistaken for one another (O, 0, I, l, 1, etc.) distinct shapes, to make them easier to tell apart in the context of source code. Also, the regular and bold styles have embedded bitmaps for the smallest sizes (10-13 ppem.) It was inspired by Anonymous 9, a freeware Macintosh bitmap font developed in the mid-'90s by Susan Lesch and David Lamkins as a more legible alternative to Monaco, the fixed-width Macintosh system font.

17. Old Standard TT

Old Standard was designed by Alexey Kryukov, and reproduces a specific type of modern style of serif typefaces. It can be considered a good choice for typesetting body copy, as its specific features are closely associated in people's eyes with old books they learned on.

18. Vollkorn

Vollkorn is designed to be a quiet and modest text face for bread and butter use. Unlike its examples in the book faces from the renaissance until today, it has dark and meaty serifs and a bouncing and healthy look. It might be used as body type as well as for headlines or titles.

Why use Google Fonts?

There are several reasons to use Google Fonts. Firstly, they're free! Beyond that, they're curated delivered by Google, which offers some quality assurance, as well as the reassurance that you're not downloading anything dangerous. Google Fonts are also very easy to use, whether you download them to your computer or embed them in your site. And are no complicated licensing restrictions: Google Fonts are open source and most use the SIL Open Font License, so you can use them freely for any kind of work, including commercial projects.

How to choose a Google Font

When choosing the best Google Font for any project, you need to consider the same things as whenever you choose what typeface to use. That means choosing a font that fits the identity of your brand if the type is for branding, or the topic or tone of the piece that you're going to use it for. 

Sans serif fonts often look cleaner and more modern, while serif fonts can feel more classic and traditional, but that's a simplification. It's common to combine fonts in font pairings that complement each other, and often a serif is combined with a sans serif. See our complete brand typography guide and our piece on how to choose the right typeface for some pointers. 

You'll want to consider readability, which may vary depending on the size at which you'll be using the font. Display fonts used at large sizes for headers can sometimes sacrifice some legibility for attention, while a body font's main purpose is usually to be readable. You'll want to choose the right weight (for example, bold, light or regular) for each case.

Are Google fonts free to use?

Yes, all the fonts in the catalogue are open source, which means they're available for anyone to use freely for any kind of project. You can use them for both personal and commercial work, you can share them and you can even modify the fonts. Google Fonts takes care of the licensing and hosting.

How do I download and install Google fonts?

Navigate to the Google Fonts website and Select a font you want to download. Select 'download family' or select only one style. To install Google Fonts in Windows, unzip the downloaded folder and select install. On a Mac, you'll need to unzip the font file somewhere, double click on the .ttf or .otf file to open Font Book and preview the font to make sure it appears how you want, and then select Install in Font Book.

On Windows, your Google Fonts will normally be stored at C::\Windows\Fonts\. You can delete the download file once you've installed the font.

How do I use Google fonts in a website?

Simply open Google Fonts , Find the font and click it and then, click "+ Select this style". On the right side, click "Selected family", click "Embed" and choose <link> or @import depending on where you need to add the font (HTML or CSS).

Can I use Google Fonts with Adobe?

Yes, it's very easy to use Google Fonts in Adobe Creative Cloud software like Photoshop and Illustrator. Just download the font onto your computer, unzip the folder, install the TTF file or files and then restart Photoshop or whatever Adobe program you want to use it in. The font should then appear in the list of options when you use the type tool.

We also have a guide to understanding font vs typeface and a pick of the best free handwriting fonts to download.

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Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity , published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World , T3.com and Tech Radar . He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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What are the best fonts for presentations?

Here at SlideRabbit , we spend a lot of times dealing with fonts, both in selection and technical management. As we build out templates, fonts are a huge consideration. Any presentation creator must consider the best fonts for presentations, whether using PowerPoint, Google Slides, or any other presentation platform. All fonts have advantages and pitfalls when choosing them for a presentation, and creators must consider both legibility and technical issues. Some questions you may consider are:

• Will the audience be able to easily read the font given the display method?
• Will the team creating the presentation be able to use the font easily?
• How will the font look when the presentation is shared with others?

Below, we share how to evaluate and select the best fonts for presentations in both PowerPoint and Google slides.

Fonts and legibility

The main goal of any presentation is the transfer of information. One key to that transfer is the legibility of the font.

Legibility refers to the shapes of the letters themselves. Are they easily recognizable and distinguishable from one another? For instance, the characters 1, I, and l. Can you tell those apart?

The easier it is to recognize the various characters, the more legible the font.

Legibility is different than readability , which refers to the arrangement of the text, as controlled by the designer. The overall readability of the presentation is also crucial, but the foundation is the legibility of the fonts selected.

So then the best fonts for presentations are those that score high on the legibility scale for body copy. Stay away from ultra-stylized fonts except for fun accents.

Technical considerations

Various fonts have different usage rights and restrictions. Finding a font that scores high on usability means finding one with restrictions that can be easily addressed so that all users can edit and view the presentation as needed. The best fonts for presentations will vary based on the technical needs of the editing and display team.

What are standard fonts? (in both PowerPoint & Google Slides)

Standard fonts are best for presentations from a technical standpoint.

Standard fonts are the most technically straightforward to work with. Standard fonts for PowerPoint are those that come with the Microsoft Office Suite and will be available to anyone using PowerPoint. Standard fonts can be good fonts for PowerPoint presentations for compatibility across devices. But note that not all fonts standard for Microsoft will be standard if the presentation is converted to Google Slides. Google Slides uses Google Fonts and those fonts are available to all users of the Google Suite, but may not be available if that presentation is converted to PowerPoint.

However, it may be the case that standard fonts are falling flat, design-wise. Choices can be limited when trying to choose a standard Google Slide font or PowerPoint font if you have a specific look you want to achieve and want to stand out from the look of commonly used fonts. Or other times, the fonts for a presentation are dictated by brand guidelines. In cases like these, a creator may want to incorporate non-standard fonts for their presentation which may require some technical considerations.

What are clouds fonts in PowerPoint?

Cloud fonts are a new and larger set of fonts that are available to all Microsoft 365 users. With 365, all Office applications have an expansive new set of fonts that can be used across all their software. Because there are hundreds of options, it makes most sense to store them in the cloud and not bog down the software.

If all editors of a presentation have Microsoft 365, cloud fonts will operate much like standard fonts. When the software reads a cloud font, it will automatically load that font for display. An internet connection is needed to load the font for the first time, but it will then be cached for later use.

With an expanded list of commonly available fonts, it might seem like cloud fonts are the best fonts for presentations, but there are backward compatibility issues. If some editors or users are still on older versions of PowerPoint, cloud fonts will not work for those users. Instead, PowerPoint will display a standard font option like Arial or Calibri.

If you are considering cloud fonts, Julie Terberg, from Terberg Design, has a wonderful interactive PDF on cloud fonts . Check it out to look up the legibility considerations for various fonts.

What are custom fonts in PowerPoint?

Custom fonts are those available on the market, created by typography designers. Sites like DaFont and FontSquirrel have large selections of both free and purchasable custom fonts. In some cases, brands may have created or commissioned a font that belongs only to them. For instance, Amazon Ember is a font that only Amazon has the rights to use.

For all editors to use and see a custom fonts correctly, they must all have installed the font. This can make it tricky to use custom fonts across large teams.

Custom fonts can add some flare to a presentation, and with embedding fonts they can be easily used by a team. Embedding fonts in PowerPoint is a way to bake a custom font into a presentation file. Perhaps these fonts are the best fonts for presentations? Potentially, but be cautious about embedding restrictions on the specific custom fonts under consideration.

Custom fonts have various levels of restrictions:

• May not embed: Some custom fonts are not embeddable, usually because they are purchasable fonts or created specifically for one company or brand.
• Preview only: These fonts can be embedded but unless they are purchased and installed on every computer, the file will be read-only for those without the font.
• May Embed: As far as custom fonts are concerned, these fonts are the best for presentations, as they will be viewable and editable for all users.

How do you embed fonts in PowerPoint?

This quick video walks through embedding fonts in a PowerPoint file.

Embedding the Best Fonts For PowerPoint Presentations

• File >  Save As  > More Options (or Ctrl/Cmd + S)
• Tools  dropdown >  Save Options
• Check  Embed fonts in the file  > Click  Embed all characters  > OK > Save

Use embedding for fonts in PowerPoint only when it makes sense, as it can increase the size of the file. Be mindful of restrictions as well, so that all users can edit and save the presentations. Remember that when it comes to custom fonts those with the “May embed” restriction level are the best fonts for presentations.

Want an even easier way to embed fonts? Check out SlideWise from NeuxPower.

Can you use custom fonts in Google Slides?

Google Slides has an extensive list of fonts in the drop down. By clicking “More fonts” at the top of that panel, you can search for fonts by various categories like Serif, San Serif, Handwriting, etc.

If none of those fit the bill, you can search even more Google fonts at fonts.google.com .

Unfortunately you cannot add a font from your computer or purchase a font to import into Google Slides, so any very specific font would have to be substituted. Finding a comparable Google font for your brand may be a good idea, as more companies start to experiment with Google Workspace functionality.

So, what are the best fonts for presentations?

The best fonts for presentations will be the ones that are not only legible but also usable.

First, evaluate brand adherent fonts for their legibility. How easily can you tell the various characters apart? Can you clearly tell an O from a 0? What about a 1 from an l?

If you are mixing fonts, we recommend going with two fonts that look different but are both still legible. Consider pairing a serif with a sans serif so each stands out. But avoid pairing two similar sans serifs, like Arial and Calibri, as this pairing can look accidental.

Next, take usage and technical needs into account. Before cloud fonts, this would mean sticking to standard fonts, but the small set of standard fonts can look overly familiar and dated.

Cloud fonts open up a new realm of possibilities, but be cautious that everyone who will need to use the presentation is on Microsoft 365. If you are working with custom fonts, be sure to consider embedding them into PowerPoint and beware of restrictions.

If you are working in Google Slides, your font options are wide open when it comes to the Google Fonts list — everyone with access will be able to use those fonts. If you have a brand-mandated font, however, you may not be able to create brand-approved Google Slides presentations.

Overall, the best fronts for presentations are those that score high on legibility and have the right technical advantages for your situation.

Some of SlideRabbit’s picks for the best fonts for presentations:

If you are looking for good fonts for your presentations in either PowerPoint or Google Slides, we recommend considering the following standard fonts, cloud fonts, and Google fonts for your particular use case.

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The best tips for using fonts in presentations

Each design element in a presentation has a crucial role to play. The choice of fonts to use and the way they are employed cannot be a matter of chance. 

Learn, below, the best tips for using fonts in your Google Slides or PowerPoint presentations . With these simple tips, it will be easier for you to know which font to use on your slides, how to combine different types, and what tricks you should follow to make your text stand out.  

Choose easy-to-read fonts

Limit the number of typographies selected, avoid using similar fonts, create a visual hierarchy, be careful when choosing colors, combine different text weights, maintain harmony with the design, theme, and audience.

Which typography is the most suitable for a presentation? One that is 100% legible for your audience. Always prioritize the use of fonts that are easy to read from a certain distance, as it is essential that everyone can see the main content of your presentation without much effort.

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When you are editing a Google Slides or PowerPoint presentation, try to put yourself in the shoes of your audience. Ask yourself, "Will this font look right when I put the projector on?”. If you have doubts, discard it and look for another alternative. 

Always use common sense. If you are going to present in class or at work, this is not the time to be creative by using fonts with unusual strokes, which are designed for other uses. 

In order to give coherence to your design, don’t incorporate more than three different fonts in the same presentation! Using too many different fonts will distract the listener, who will not know how you are organizing the content and which parts you want to emphasize.

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With your favorite presentation editor already open, during the design process, assign each font a specific use. For example, if you like three different styles, you can use one for titles, one for subtitles, and one for body text.

Typographies generate a great visual impact. They have the power to highlight the most valuable content, which means that they give strength to one message over another. 

When we look at a slide, our eyes scan the information following the order and coherence that has been previously established through the use of different font combinations. For a cleaner design, you shouldn't use fonts that are too similar to each other, but rather combinations that contrast and at the same time complement each other.

Apply the combination of Sans Serif + Serif

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Don't know which typographies generate a good balance? There is a combination of typographic styles that is a hit: a Sans Serif font with a Serif font.

Serif typographies are characterized by being more formal and elegant. You can recognize serif fonts by the small endings at the ends of each letter. Some examples of this type of font are Times New Roman or Georgia .

On the other hand, we have the opposite side: Sans Serif typographies. They are casual, informal, and more modern. These fonts have simpler lines, which makes them more legible. Within this category, we would highlight Helvetica, Optima, or Futura fonts, as they are more widely used.

Although these two styles are very different from each other, they go great together! Try the contrast generated by introducing them in the same slide.

Does all the content of a presentation have the same importance? Of course not! In a single slide, you can find many types of text according to their function, such as section headings, subheadings, numerical data, definitions, clarifying data, results, reflections, quotations, and many other options.

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Make use of different font sizes to make some text extracts more emphasized by making their size larger. A skillful application of varied font sizes can draw attention to important text elements, guiding readers through your content hierarchy. However, it's not just about size – the spacing between letters, known as kerning, also plays a vital role in optimizing legibility and visual appeal. Discover more about the art of kerning and its impact on typography in our comprehensive guide: What is kerning and how to apply to typography .

If you want to learn more about visual hierarchy, here is a post about composition tips to design your slides.

What is the point of using the perfect typographies if you use a color that cannot be seen in the background? As we have previously indicated, a presentation must be seen at a reasonable distance and under the expected level of illumination.

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The different colors applied must meet the following requirements:

• They must be in line with the design of the template. Apply colors that match your brand or that fit with the basic structure of your presentation. If the template is minimalist and has darker tones, it would not make much sense to use very vivid and colorful tones and in the opposite case, where the design is more colorful, we should not go out of the pre-established schemes.

• Contrast is necessary. What color is the text written on? The content must have a color that stands out from afar. On a grey background, it is not a good idea to use white text. However, don't overdo it with shades that are too different, either, as they can be quite jarring.

• Keep in mind where you will be presenting. The lighting, the location of the projector or the size of the room can work against you. Try to reduce risks by opting for clear color combinations.

Both PowerPoint and Google Slides have many tools to set the perfect text format to use. We recommend you modify the weight of your text to highlight keywords or concepts.

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Remember that all information is not essential. You must be able to synthesize your content to avoid overloading the slides with a lot of text. Show the essential points and point out the concepts you want your listeners to retain. 

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Before you start designing your presentation or choosing a template, ask yourself several questions: Who am I speaking to? What is the central theme of my presentation? These two ideas will help you focus on the design as a whole.

All the elements of a presentation must be adapted to the target audience. If your main target is a university class, your choice of fonts and colors will be different than if you are giving a lesson in front of elementary school children.

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In addition, the main topic of your presentation already limits the fonts to be used, as you would not use some combinations, for example, for a formal presentation in front of investors for your company.

With practice, you will internalize the tips of this post to show the best side of your work in your next presentation. As time is short, we invite you to explore Slidesgo's collection of free Google Slides and PowerPoint templates , where you will find hundreds of templates with different font combinations. 

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15 Best Fonts for Impactful Presentations in 2024

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In the world of presentations, every detail counts, and the font you choose is no exception. As we enter 2024, the choice of font has become an integral part of presentation design, profoundly impacting how your message is received and perceived. 

Fonts do more than just display text; they set the tone, convey emotion, and can significantly affect audience engagement and information retention. Whether you deliver a corporate report, a creative pitch, or an educational seminar, the right font can elevate your presentation from good to great.

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It is key to understand the psychology behind font choices and their impact on audience perception. Different fonts can evoke different feelings – a serif font might convey tradition and reliability, while a sans serif font often represents modernity and simplicity. But with countless fonts available, how do you choose the right one for your presentation?

In this blog, we will explore the “15 Best Fonts for Impactful Presentations in 2024,” covering a range of styles from professional and authoritative serif fonts to sleek and modern sans serifs, and even creative script and decorative options. 

Whether you’re a seasoned presenter or just starting, these insights will guide you in making informed decisions about font selection, ensuring your presentations are not only visually appealing but also effective in communicating your message. 

Let’s dive into the world of typography and discover how the right font can transform your next presentation .

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The Psychology of Fonts:

Understanding the psychological impact of different fonts is crucial in tailoring the mood and message of your sales presentation . Fonts carry their personality and character; for instance, serif fonts like Times New Roman or Garamond are often perceived as traditional and reliable, making them suitable for formal or corporate presentations. 

On the other hand, sans serif fonts like Helvetica or Arial exude a more modern and clean vibe, ideal for contemporary and straightforward presentations . Script fonts, while elegant and expressive, can inject a personal touch, suitable for creative or narrative-driven content. 

The key lies in aligning the font’s inherent qualities with the tone and purpose of your great presentation , ensuring that the typography complements and enhances your message, rather than distracting from it.

Top 5 Serif Fonts for Presentations:

A. overview of serif fonts:.

Serif fonts, characterized by small lines or strokes attached to the end of larger strokes in letters, are often associated with professionalism, credibility, and tradition. These fonts are a staple in various presentation contexts, particularly suited for formal, academic, or corporate settings where clarity and authority are paramount. 

The presence of serifs makes these fonts exceptionally legible in printed formats and detailed slides, making them a reliable choice for conveying important information with gravitas.

B. Top 5 Serif Fonts for 2024:

Each of these serif fonts brings a unique flavor to presentations, enabling presenters to align their visual style with their content and audience expectations. These top serif fonts of 2024 offer compelling choices for impactful presentations.

Times New Roman

A classic choice, Times New Roman remains a staple in the professional world. Its straightforward, no-nonsense appearance is perfect for financial reports, legal presentations, and academic lectures.

Known for its elegant and timeless look, Garamond is ideal for presentations that require a touch of sophistication without sacrificing readability. It works well for literary topics, historical content, and high-end corporate presentations.

Designed specifically for digital readability, Georgia is a versatile serif font that is equally effective on screen and in print. Its slightly rounded features and ample spacing make it a great choice for webinars and online presentations.

Baskerville

Offering a balance of sharpness and elegance, Baskerville works well for presentations that aim to impress and engage. Its professional demeanor is suited for high-level business presentations, academic conferences, and professional seminars.

Top 5 Sans Serif Fonts for Presentations

A. exploring the appeal of sans serif fonts:.

Sans serif fonts, known for their clean lines and absence of decorative strokes, have become increasingly popular in modern presentations. 

Their simplicity and clarity make them ideal for digital screens, where legibility is paramount.

The minimalist design of sans serif fonts lends a contemporary and approachable feel, making them suitable for a wide range of presentation contexts, from tech startups to creative agencies. 

B. Top 5 Sans Serif Fonts for 2024:

Each of these sans serif fonts offers a clean and modern aesthetic, ideal for a variety of contemporary presentation styles. These top sans serif fonts of 2024 can help enhance your message with style and clarity.

A widely used sans serif font, Arial is known for its versatility and readability. It’s a safe and professional choice for business presentations, especially when dealing with diverse and international audiences.

Renowned for its clean, crisp lines, Helvetica is a favorite for branding and marketing presentations. Its neutral yet appealing character makes it perfect for conveying modern professionalism.

Designed specifically for digital readability, Roboto offers a harmonious balance between mechanical and geometric forms. This font is ideal for tech-focused presentations or any content meant to be consumed on digital platforms.

As a default font in many applications, Calibri is familiar and comfortable for most audiences. Its soft, rounded curves are suitable for both corporate and casual presentations, making it a versatile choice.

Known for its friendly and legible appearance, Open Sans works well in both print and digital formats. It’s particularly effective for educational content, webinars, and instructional presentations, where clarity is crucial.

Top 5 Script and Decorative Fonts for Creative Presentations

A. when and how to use script and decorative fonts effectively:.

Script and decorative fonts are perfect for adding a unique flair and personality to your presentations, especially in creative or less formal contexts. As an SEO consultant , I find these fonts work best for titles, headers, or special emphasis, where their elaborated poster design adds impact without being overwhelming if used sparingly.

The key is to use them sparingly and balance them with more straightforward fonts for body text. They are ideal for presentations in the arts, fashion, entertainment sectors, or digital signage , where visual impact is as crucial as the content itself. Remember, the goal is to enhance your presentation’s aesthetic appeal without sacrificing readability.

B. Showcasing the Top 5 Script and Decorative Fonts for 2024:

These top script and decorative fonts for 2024 can add a distinctive character to your presentations, making them memorable and engaging. While they offer creative freedom, it’s crucial to balance their decorative nature with the functional aspects of your presentation.

Known for its playful and bold style, Lobster is perfect for titles and headings, giving your presentation a touch of modern elegance.

Pacifico offers a relaxed and friendly vibe, ideal for casual or creative presentations where a personal touch is desired.

Great Vibes

This elegant script font adds a sophisticated flair to any presentation, suitable for wedding planners, fashion brands, or upscale events .

Dancing Script

As the name suggests, Dancing Script brings a dynamic and lively feel to your slides, great for engaging and informal presentations.

A bold and contemporary brush script, Brusher is ideal for making a statement in creative and artistic presentations.

Accessibility and Readability

The accessibility and readability of fonts cannot be overstated. Selecting fonts that are easily legible is crucial not only for effective communication but also for inclusivity, ensuring that your content is accessible to all audience members, including those with visual impairments.

A key tip is to opt for fonts with clear, distinct characters, such as Arial or Calibri, and avoid overly stylized fonts that might cause readability issues. 

Additionally, consider the size and color contrast of your text against backgrounds; higher contrast and larger font sizes significantly enhance readability. 

Prioritizing these aspects in your font selection makes your dynamic presentation more user-friendly, ensuring that your message is conveyed clearly and effectively to every member of your audience.

Font Pairing Strategies

Effective font pairing is an art that can significantly enhance the aesthetic appeal and clarity of your presentation. 

A best practice is to combine a serif font with a sans serif font, balancing tradition with modernity. For example, pairing a classic serif like Times New Roman for headings with a clean sans serif like Arial for body text can create a visually appealing and readable layout. 

Another strategy is to use two different weights or styles of the same font family, which provides visual variety while maintaining cohesion. 

Remember, the key to successful font pairing is contrast and harmony; the fonts should be distinct enough to create interest but similar enough to maintain a unified and professional look.

Tips for Customizing Fonts

Customizing fonts effectively can elevate the uniqueness and brand alignment of your presentation. To achieve this, consider modifying font styles to match your brand’s personality. Here are the best 5 tips for customizing your fonts:

Align Font with Brand Personality: Choose a font that reflects your brand’s character. For a modern brand, go for a clean sans serif; for a traditional feel, opt for a classic serif.

Experiment with Font Weight and Size: Adjust the weight (bold, regular, light) and size of your font for emphasis and hierarchy within your presentation content.

Use Brand Colors: Customize your font color to match your brand’s palette, enhancing brand recognition and visual appeal.

Create Contrast for Emphasis: Pair contrasting fonts (like a bold headline with a light body text) to draw attention and create visual interest.

Leverage Typography Tools: Utilize tools like Adobe Fonts, Fontsz or Canva for advanced customizations, such as letter spacing, line height, and creating unique font styles .

Common Font Selection Mistakes to Avoid

When selecting fonts for presentations, a common pitfall to avoid is choosing style over legibility. Fonts that are overly decorative or stylized can detract from the clarity of your message, making it difficult for the audience to quickly process information. 

Another frequent mistake is using too many different fonts, which can create a disjointed and unprofessional look. Ideally, stick to a maximum of two to three complementary fonts. 

Additionally, avoid underestimating the importance of font size; too small fonts can be challenging to read, especially in larger rooms or on smaller screens. 

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12 Best Google Fonts for Websites (and Best Practices)

When creating a website, font choice is an important aspect of the overall look and feel of your site. Fonts need to be easy to read , but also aesthetically pleasing. If you choose the wrong font, it can disrupt the user’s experience, and actually make your content hard to read. Thanks to Google, there are plenty of font choices available to you. Since its launch in 2010, Google fonts have come a long way from its 19 font offerings. There are now over 1450 choices currently available, so picking the right fonts can be daunting. In this post, we’ll make your life a little easier by providing our list of the best Google fonts to use on your website.

• 1 What Are Google Fonts?
• 2 Why Should You Use Google Fonts?
• 3.1 1. Roboto
• 3.2 2. Open Sans
• 3.3 3. Montserrat
• 3.4 4. Lato
• 3.5 5. Poppins
• 3.6 6. Source Sans Pro
• 3.7 7. Raleway
• 3.8 8. Noto Sans
• 3.9 9. Inter
• 3.10 10. Roboto Slab
• 3.11 11. Merriweather
• 3.12 12. Playfair Display
• 4.1 Only Use the Fonts You Need
• 4.2 Use a Typography Plugin
• 4.3 Choose Good Font Pairings
• 4.4 Use Self-Hosted Google Fonts
• 4.5 Limit Font Weights
• 5 Using Google Fonts in Divi
• 6 Final Thoughts

What Are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts are a collection of high-quality web fonts for use on web projects. Additionally, all fonts can be downloaded for installation on local systems. Fonts are pulled into your website through Google’s content delivery network (CDN) and will load automatically once installed.

Why Should You Use Google Fonts?

All of the fonts are free for commercial use, so they can be used in both web and print projects. Additionally, all of the fonts are updated automatically, so there’s no need to worry about keeping things updated manually. Once installed on your site, there’s nothing more to do. As previously mentioned, there are tons of options with over 1450 font families. Lastly, Google fonts offers multi-language support, so if your site has more than one language installed, you’re good to go.

12 Best Google Fonts Available (And They’re Free!)

With so many options available, it can be a bit overwhelming to know which fonts to choose for your website. Thankfully, we’re going to help you determine the most popular and trending font families for you to use on your website. Let’s get started.

Roboto is considered a dual-purpose font, and is the most popular Google font available. Geometric in shape, it also has nice curves and is generally considered very easy to read. It has been used as the typeface for Google’s Android operating system since 2014.

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2. Open Sans

Open Sans boasts a user-friendly, ultra-readable appearance. It’s great for both headline and body texts. Because of its ease of readability, it is used as the default font in the Divi theme.

3. Montserrat

With over 30 styles, Monsterrat is quite versatile. It was inspired by artwork seen in the historic Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires during the first half of the 20th century.

Google describes Lato as a “serious but friendly” font. Polish for summer, Lato is a multi-purpose font that is generally easy to read and invokes feelings of summertime playfulness.

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Poppins is a rounded, widely popular font that is suitable for both heading and body text. Developed in 2014 as an open-source font, Poppins is based on the Devanagari and Latin writing systems.

6. Source Sans Pro

Released as Adobe’s first open-source font, Source Sans Pro is suitable for all user interface designs. It is quite versatile and pairs well with other fonts on our list such as Montserrat, Open Sans, and Work Sans.

Thin and elegant, Raleway is a display font typeface well-suited for headings and subheadings. Initially developed in 2012 as a single thin font, it has expanded to include 9 variances.

8. Noto Sans

Noto Sans is quite robust with its 18 font variances. In addition, there are more than 3,700 glyphs available with this incredible typeface. With over 18 variances including multiple weights, widths, and italics, Noto Sans is suitable for just about any design.

Designed specifically for computer screens, Inter is the newest font on our list. Initially released under the name Interface, Inter hit the scene in 2017. It is frequently referred to as a cross between Helvetica and San Fransisco Pro.

10. Roboto Slab

Based on the widely popular Roboto, the Slab variation is available in four weights – thin, light, regular, and bold.

11. Merriweather

As one of the only serif typefaces on our list, Merriweather is playful, yet serious. It features tall letters that are condensed, yet easy to read on all screen sizes. There is also a Merriweather Sans font available that pairs well with its serif cousin.

12. Playfair Display

Playfair Display exudes old-world style, yet exhibits a modern flair. It’s best suited for headings due to its commanding appearance. When using Playfair Display, consider pairing it with an easily readable sans serif font such as Roboto, Open Sans, Work Sans, or Lato.

Best Practices For Using Google Fonts in WordPress

Using Google fonts is fast and easy, but some things should be considered to keep your site running smoothly and fast. To make the most of using these fonts, site optimization is key.

Only Use the Fonts You Need

When considering site speed, you should generally only use two or three font families on your site. Font families consist of all iterations of a font. For example, if you install the Montserrat family on your site, you’re installing 8 fonts. Font families contain all instances of a font type, which may include different weights (regular, medium, semi-bold, bold) and transformations including italics.

Use a Typography Plugin

It’s a good idea to use a typography plugin to manage the fonts installed on your website. Some themes such as Divi have typography management built into their framework. Typography plugins can help you manage not only your fonts, but typefaces, icons, drop caps, and more.

Choose Good Font Pairings

When choosing fonts, try to choose fonts that work well together. Additionally, you should pair serif headings with sans-serif body text. This is because using two serif fonts together makes your text hard to read. Alternatively, it’s acceptable to use two san serif fonts together, or even different weights in the same family. If you’re not sure what font pairings to use, you can use a handy browser extension like Fontpair to make it easier to find what fonts a website is using .

Use Self-Hosted Google Fonts

If you choose not to use a typography plugin on your WordPress site, you can host the fonts on your own server. The process is fairly simple to achieve in a few steps.

The first step is to download the font. Choose the font you’d like to download, then click the Download Family button in the top right-hand corner of your screen. Keep in mind that when you download the font from Google, you are automatically agreeing to their terms of service.

Once the fonts are downloaded, you’ll need to move them to your project. For this example, we’ll use Mamp to upload them to the Twenty Twenty theme.

When placing the font files into your project, be sure to take note of the file location. You’ll need to add it via CSS in the next few steps. To access the fonts for your theme, navigate to /wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/assets/fonts/ . If you are using a different theme, replace twentytwenty with your theme’s name. Drag your downloaded font files (including the folder) into the fonts folder on your WordPress sites.

Next, locate the downloaded font and drag it into the assets/font folder of your theme.

Adding the CSS

Next, we’ll need to add a bit of CSS to the theme’s customizer for our font to be recognized. Navigate to Appearance > Customize .

Click Additional CSS in the customizer to open the CSS input area.

Next, add the following code into the Additional CSS area:

To use your new font, simply reference the font using CSS. You can use the browser inspector tool to apply the font to whichever CSS class you like. In this example, we want the site title, as well as the page content to use our new font. For this example, input the following CSS:

Click Publish to save your changes.

For more, check out how to use downloaded fonts in WordPress without a plugin .

Limit Font Weights

Similarly to keeping your font families down to a minimum, you should limit the number of font weights you use on your website. If you only plan on using regular, medium, and bold, there’s no good reason to include 18 variations of a font. Calling on Google to deliver extra font weights that aren’t being utilized will only increase the time it takes to load the fonts from Google’s servers.

Using Google Fonts in Divi

Divi makes Google fonts available by default. Fonts are available in any module that has text. You can choose from hundreds of web fonts from the Google font library.

In the Divi theme options, you can choose to enable Google Fonts, along with font subsets.

Thanks to Divi’s font search feature, it’s easy to search for and find any Google font that you wish. Another great feature of Divi is the ability to view recently used fonts at the top for easy access.

You can also enter the Google API key so that Divi stays up to date with the latest versions of fonts, as well as any new ones that are added in the Google font repository.

Final Thoughts

Picking the right font for your website can be an overwhelming process due to the many hundreds of options available to you. Just remember to pick a font that is easy to read, and looks good with the mood of your design. Pair fonts that complement each other, and try not to use too many fonts.

What are some of your favorite Google fonts? Let us know in the comments section below.

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I think what else needs to be addressed here is that the local fonts downloaded/installed and fonts directly linked to a CDN (i.e., Google), the output of the fonts are different visually in weight and style (this comment is in support of both Oliver’s and Mel’s comments above). It amazes me still that Divi has a heavy reliance on the Google CDN for fonts. If compliance and pagespeed are of any factor, I would rather download the fonts locally instead of having to connect to Google’s CDN for every pageload.

What’s more, even though Divi sells the idea that you can use Presets for global settings for their modules, it’s time consuming. It was easier to use WordPress’ old Customizer to set a font and size for headings and body text: done. Then you just used Divi to fine tune certain areas. I find myself spending an hour going through all of the modules just to set “defaults” using the Presets.

It just would be nice if the mentioned fonts would work properly with Divi, because they don’t. Lets take Roboto for example. If you set the font weight to regular or medium – nothing changes in divi – they both have the same font weight (500). But it should be 400 for regular and 500 for medium. And that happens to a lot of the fonts named here. Sad to see this problem hasn’t been updated, even if it is a known bug since over 4 years.

Second of all the divi “built in” use of Google Fonts doesn’t downlad the fonts. Which means there is a connection to Google. This is highly against GDPR Compliance, if there is no active user consent. It’s crazy to not mention it in this article.

This post should address that Divi’s settings allow you to upload a Google font for a text module and then make it the default for all text modules, but you still need to do the same for blurbs, sliders and every other module under the sun. Divi is in desperate need of a CENTRALIZED font management system where you upload and set the font ONCE and then you’re done. Ideally with auto-scaling depening on viewport width (very easy to do with the clamp function) and a way to handle exceptions (like changing the font size if the font is used in a 1/3rd module (make it smaller), etc.)

Divi is rather behind when it comes to this topic when comparing it to other themes out there. 🙁

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25+ Best Fonts for Captivating Presentations

Presentations are a significant business tool utilized across numerous industries. Whether you’re delivering reports to shareholders or pitching innovative ideas to clients, a visually impactful presentation distinguishes you from the crowd. A key aspect of this is, of course, the choice of font. It plays a critical role in communicating your ideas effectively and setting the tone of your discourse.

In this post, we provide a comprehensive list of over 25 best-performing fonts suitable for modern and dynamic presentations. Whether you’re crafting some work in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides, we’ve got you covered. We feature both free and paid options, allowing for a range of expressive and flexible typographies to match your content and audience.

Express your creativity while maintaining a polished sense of professionalism with our handpicked font selections. Truly dazzle your audience, as you pair your great content with captivating fonts that make your presentations stand out in memorable ways.

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Salmond contemporary typeface.

Salmond Contemporary Typeface is a geometric, modern sans serif font with a distinct minimalist charm due to its tight letterspace. Offering six weights, from Light to Bold, in addition to Oblique styles and multilingual support, this versatile Font family suits various design needs, such as branding, titles, books, UI/UX, and powerful editorial work.

Variera Versatile Font

Variera Versatile Font is a geometric, semi-condensed sans serif typeface characterized by its unique charm and dynamic personality. Available in nine distinct weights, from delicate thin to impactful black, and equipped with matching italics, it’s perfect for head-turning headlines. With its design focused on visual impact, combined with multilingual support and an array of open type features, this versatile font enables captivating and distinctive designs.

Morsa Space Font

Morsa Space Font offers a perfect blend of modernity and futurism with its sleek sans serif design. It’s a versatile tool for creators, boosting the impact of digital designs, craft projects, presentations, and even greeting cards. Morsa infuses your work with an ultramodern vibe that engages viewers, adding a sharp and aesthetic touch to any creative endeavor.

Helena Display Font

Helena Display Font is a broadened sans serif typeface perfect for industry, fashion, and corporate needs. Its strong design makes it ideal for branding activities, from presentation titles and logo design to sign systems. Helena Display Font is not only aesthetic but also practical, adding a professional yet engaging edge to your editorial content.

Phoewage Creative Font

The Phoewage Creative Font is a robust and versatile typeface perfect for descriptions, covers, and various needs requiring similar aesthetic. Ideal for presentations within finance-related companies, its strong character enhances every slide. Moreover, it’s conveniently available in both .OTF and .TTF formats.

Zakesya Elegant Font

The Zakesya Elegant Font is a robust and bold font option, perfect for titles or any text that needs attention-drawing, large fonts. Its versatile design can be used to highlight the title or name of any creative work. Provided in .OTF and .TTF formats, this font does not include pictures. Its usage is only limited by your creativity.

Portlin Modern Display Font

The Portlin Modern Display Font is a versatile typeface designed by Designova, perfect for headlines, branding, logotypes, and graphic design. This adaptable font allows you to manipulate letterspacing for unique presentations and comes with extended language support. With 231 glyphs and four variants—Regular, Italic, Outline, and Outline Italic—it provides a range of options to bring a dynamic feel to your logos and promotional content.

Pulse Rounded Modern Typeface

The Pulse Rounded Modern Typeface, with its minimal yet classic sans serif design, offers a hint of character suitable for both headers and body text. The set comes with a full selection of Latin characters, numbers, special characters, and punctuation. It features ten fonts in OTF format, comprising five weights and five italics. Definitely a versatile choice for a variety of projects.

Quinn Minimal Sans Serif

Quinn is a contemporary, minimalist sans serif font with a subtly rounded design and a delightful character. Its versatility allows use in both headers and body text. Notably, it covers all Latin characters, punctuations, numbers, and special characters. The font family also gives you a broad selection of twelve OTF format fonts, including five weights and italics.

Ethos Nova Minimalist Typeface

Ethos Nova Minimalist Typeface, a neo-geometric sans-serif typeface family, offers 12 fonts, 312 glyphs, and a design that exudes modern elegance. This handcrafted typeface designed by Designova® caters to both Western European & Central European sets, and it is well-suited for an array of applications, from web and print design to branding and marketing graphics. With six weights and corresponding italic versions, Ethos Nova ensures exceptional versatility.

Stage Grotesk Modern Typeface

The Stage Grotesk Modern Typeface is an impeccably-crafted, sans-serif font family that prioritizes readability and simple design. With 14 different fonts including 7 weights and both upright and italic versions, this typeface also offers an impressive set of 618 glyphs for a creative edge. Ideal for web design, logotype projects, and graphic design needs, this typeface is highly versatile with extended language support. Includes OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts in the pack. Designed by Designova.

Augillion Soft Bold Serif

Augillion Soft Bold Serif is a contemporary, bold typeface designed to make your presentations or logos pop. Its unique features include multi-language support, a range of ligatures and alternates for each character, and PUA encoding. With both uppercase and lowercase options – as well as numbers and symbols – its versatility will surely enhance your creative projects.

Soraine Futuristic Font

Explore the cutting-edge with Soraine Futuristic Font. Drawing inspiration from tech visuals seen in logos, sci-fi films and games, Soraine offers a minimalist yet unique style. Its elegant touch and dynamic design make it an excellent choice for a variety of uses, including logos, labels, posters, packaging, and presentations. Use Soraine to give your work a dynamic, future-forward aesthetic.

Cragres Futuristic Typeface

Cragres Futuristic Typeface is a minimalist, technology-inspired font perfect for a multitude of creative purposes. With unique letterforms and an elegant touch, it enhances your design with a dynamic, futuristic feel. Ideal for logos, packaging, books, games, movie titles, and contemporary gadgets, it’s a versatile choice for injecting sleek sophistication into your projects.

Saphira Stylish Typeface

Meet Saphira Stylish Typeface, a bold and elegant font filled with various ligatures and alternates. This versatile font elevates presentations, logos, and wedding invitations with its striking design. It supports multiple languages, extends to both uppercase and lowercase, incorporates numbers and symbols, and is PUA encoded, making Saphira accent-rich and globally adaptable.

Aurelux Modern Luxury Sans

Aurelux Modern Luxury Sans is a contemporary, high-end sans-serif font with a sophisticated and sleek look. It features clean lines and a polished design that make it perfect for luxury brands and various designs. With six different styles, ranging from thin to black available in OTF format, you can utilize Aurelux to elevate and personalize your projects.

Bergen Text Typeface

Bergen Text Typeface is a charming, legible font, crafted for readability especially in small text sizes. Closely related to Bergen Sans, this font family consists of 6 unique fonts. Despite its compact composition, it provides an array of Open Type features, plus extended language support, including Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, enhancing its professional use immensely.

Carter Layered Typeface

The Carter Layered Typeface, inspired by retro signage, ignites a vintage aesthetic in your projects. This resource provides multiple type layers for a versatile look, extending from Carters Regular to Carters Drop. Its variety of uppercase and lowercase letters along with numerals and punctuations makes it perfect for headlines, logos, signs, or even t-shirts. Transform your designs with the distinctly classic Carter Layered Typeface.

Coffee Morning Sans Font

Coffee Morning Sans Font is more than just an ordinary handmade sans serif type. It embraces its flaws with an imperfect, rough stroke, akin to the strong, bold flavor of morning coffee. Just like your daily coffee ritual, this unique typeface turns imperfectness into a robust and compelling flavor, creating a wonderful start to any project. Enjoy its distinctive taste.

RNS Camelia Elegant Typeface

The RNS Camelia Elegant Typeface is a unique, demi-slab display font family with a distinct, unexpected rhythm due to its reversed strokes. Breathing life into your projects, it draws inspiration from 1920s geometric fonts and 1930s egyptiennes and is designed for use in larger sizes. This versatile font includes 14 weights and styles and comes in otf, woff, woff2, and eot formats.

Austral Sans Stylish Font

The Austral Sans Stylish Font by Antipixel features an artistic, hand-drawn aesthetic and offers a range of textures and styles for a distinctive finish. It offers three weights—Regular, Light, and Thin—each tracing crooked lines and irregular strokes. Also, this versatile font comprises three unique sets of alphabets, both uppercase and lowercase, and includes comprehensive Open-Type features. Ideal for various projects, this font supports a myriad of global languages.

Brinnan Contemporary Font

Brinnan Contemporary Font is a stylish, wide sans-serif typeface perfect for your branding or editorial needs. With its ten varying weights, from an airy Thin to a dense Black, it offers surprising versatility. This dynamic font can adapt to a variety of projects and mediums, making it a flexible option for any designer’s toolkit.

Fonseca Art Deco Font Family

The Fonseca Art Deco Font Family is a refreshingly modern take on early 20th-century typography poster design. With its straight geometric lines and revamped letterforms, this all-caps family is ideal for presenting travel, history, and cultural content in a contemporary style. Headlines, logos, magazines, and packaging projects alike will all benefit from the modernized retro charm that the Fonseca family brings.

Frank Modern Typeface

The Frank Modern Typeface is a classic-inspired font that’s perfect for print, apparel, or poster design. Available in five weight varieties, this set includes normal, oblique and rough styles and supports over 300 unique Latin glyphs. The font files come in .OTF, .TTF, .WOF/.WOF2, and .EOT formats to accommodate various projects. It’s a mix of DIN, Eurostile, and a hint of Futura, for a stunningly versatile appeal.

Marinaio Family Typeface

The Marinaio Family Typeface is a unique, handcrafted design by Valerio Dell’Edera, inspired by rubber-stamping and carving. Its gentle curves and softened edges mimic a vintage, rubber-stamp aesthetic. Its narrow, low-contrast character and range of alternate ligatures make it ideal for business cards, custom stamps, coffee table books, letterheads, invites, and more.

20 Best Google Fonts for Headings and Body Text

In this article, we’ve rounded up an excellent collection of the best Google fonts for titles, headings , and body texts. Each font has its unique design that makes it stand out from the rest. Most of these font families come with multiple styles such as thin, regular, medium, semi-bold, bold, black, and also, each one with its corresponding italics.

Some of these Google typefaces are perfect for newspapers, magazine websites, body texts and others for titles and headlines, where the text needs to have a strong visual impact.

All these Google fonts can be used for online projects. Browse through all of them and see which one fits your project.

Playfair Display

Playfair is a beautiful font that is perfect for titles and headlines. This typeface comes with various styles: regular, regular italic, bold, bold italic, black, black italic.

Rubik is a wonderful sans-serif font that was created by Philipp Hubert and Sebastian Fischer from the Hubert & Fischer design studio. The full font family is available for free download from Google fonts.

Libre Franklin

Libre Franklin is another great typeface that you can use in your online projects. This is available in many styles: regular, italic, bold, thin, light, medium, bold, semi-bold, extra bold, black, and more.

Fira Sans is a strong typeface that is available in multiple styles. Choose the one you find appropriate to your project and use it in your design to add a professional look.

Alegreya Sans

Alegreya Sans is a sans-serif font family with a lovely design that is perfect for long texts. You can download it in 7 weight styles, see which one fits your projects best.

Chivo is an amazing sans serif font family which you can download in various styles such as light, regular, bold, black, each one with its italic form.

Source Sans Pro

Source Sans Pro is a lovely font family that was created by Paul D. Hunt. This sans serif typeface that will look stunning in your designs. Take a look!

Roboto has a wonderful sans-serif design, it was created by Christian Robertson and it is available for downloaded from Google fonts.

Here is another stunning typeface with an amazing design that you can download and use right away. This is an Indian Type Foundry (ITF) with a sans-serif typeface which includes various styles: light, regular, medium, semi- bold, bold.

Archivo Narrow

Archivo Narrow is a neat sans-serif typeface family which you can use in both printed and digital projects. This font is perfect for highlights and headlines.

Crimson Text

Crimson Text is a beautiful typeface family which you can download from Google fonts and use right away. This is available in multiple styles such as regular, regular italic, semibold, semibold italic, bold, bold italic.

Montserrat is a gorgeous sans-serif font family which was designed by Julieta Ulanovsky.  This font works great for headlines and other similar uses where the text has a strong visual impact.

Domine is a strong serif typeface which is perfect for body text in online projects. This font was created by Pablo Impallariested with intent to be used for newspapers, magazines websites, etc.

Bitter is a serif font that makes online reading a pleasure. This typeface was designed by Sol Matas and can be downloaded from Google fonts in normal, italic and bold styles.

PT Sans is an amazing font that was created by the designers Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva and Vladimir Yefimov and can be downloaded and used for free.

Lato is an open-source sans-serif font which is available in Google fonts in various styles: thin, light, normal, bold and ultra-bold, along with its corresponding italic.

Neuton was designed by Brian Zick and can be downloaded and used for free from Google fonts. This open-source serif typeface has a simple but beautiful design that will get noticed.

Inconsolata

Inconsolata is a great typeface with a lovely design that was carefully created by Raph Levien. This is a special font with a bold weight, with no italic version and can be used in many situations.

Raleway is an elegant sans-serif font that is available from Google fonts in 9 weight types, with its matching italic. This was designed by Matt McInerney and it can make your online projects stand out.

Arvo is a beautiful typeface that was created by the designer Anton Koovit. This open-source serif font is available for download from Google fonts.

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Thanks for the article, I’m specially in love with Roboto, Oswald and Lato 🙂

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Google Slides is a go-to solution for creating presentations. While you can make a presentation from scratch or explore templates to get a head start, the latest Gemini AI integration takes the experience to the next level. You can create compelling slides, generate relevant visuals, and summarize a long presentation with a single click.

Whether you are a student looking to impress your class and professor, an educator aiming to go over key takeaways from received presentations, or a professional seeking to deliver an impactful presentation to potential customers or investors, Gemini is your secret weapon to get the job done in style. Let's check it in action.

Since Google Slides is a web solution, the trick below works on Windows desktops, MacBooks, and affordable Chromebooks .

Accessing Gemini in Google Slides: Requirements

While Google offers a free Gemini AI on the web and mobile, accessing the same in Google Workspace apps requires a paid Google One AI Premium plan . It's priced at $20 per month and offers a 30-day free trial for new subscribers.

Aside from unlocking Gemini in Google Workspace apps, the Google One AI Premium plan offers access to the next-gen Gemini AI model and 2TB of Google Drive space. After completing the sign-up process, Gemini AI appears in your Google Slides account. Let's check it in action.

Google Gemini tips and tricks: Put Google's most capable AI model to good use

Not sure what's up with Gemini? Here are the goods

1 Create a slide using Gemini

The ability to create a unique slide based on a text prompt is an effective way to explore and use Gemini in Google's presentation software. You can create a new presentation or open an existing one and select the Gemini icon in the upper-right corner to access the prompt text box. Now, type a text prompt and press Enter to generate a slide.

I entered Create a slide about buying an electric vehicle , and here is what Gemini generated. Google's AI model did a good job by adding a relevant heading, sharing the advantages of EVs, and generating a necessary image. Quite neat, right? Gemini is also smart enough to use the same text style as my existing presentation.

If you are satisfied with the results, select Insert . Or else, click Retry to give Gemini another shot. When I clicked Retry , it came up with the following:

Here are other prompts you can try with Gemini in Google Slides:

• Create a slide about the best activities in Paris Disneyland.
• Create a slide to thank my team members.
• Create a slide about a birthday party checklist.

Don't trust and use Gemini answers in your presentation. Give it a personal touch based on your requirements and preferences.

2 Generate original images

Coming up with unique images for your Google Slides presentation can be challenging. Instead of browsing the web for your images, ask Gemini to generate one.

I was stuck with a bland birthday checklist slide for one of my presentations. I ran this prompt to create an image: Generate an image of a birthday party with ballons and celebration items . Look at the results:

Gemini generates around four images. Select the image you want to use and click Insert . Gemini is good at generating images of objects and items. It doesn't create new images with people.

Be creative and descriptive with your text prompts for generating images. For example, when I ran Create an image of birthday party , Gemini didn't create and show suggestions. However, when I used the prompt above, Gemini did the job in style.

3 Brainstorm slide ideas

Aside from creating slides and images, you can use Gemini to brainstorm ideas. I was working on a wedding presentation and asked Gemini to brainstorm a list of ideas to manage a successful wedding . You can check the screenshot below for the outcome.

Gemini quickly created several headings with a detailed bullet list that I can use in my slides:

• Planning and Organization
• Guest Experience
• Ceremony and Reception
• Vendor Management
• Contingency Planning

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4 Summarize selected slides

Gemini AI can summarize selected slides in Google Slides and enhance efficiency. You can highlight specific slides and request summaries from Gemini, receiving brief and precise overviews. You'll save time and effort when reviewing extensive content.

You can select relevant slides from the left sidebar and ask Gemini to summarize them. In my experience, Gemini did a good job extracting key points from the selected slides.

5 Generate key takeaways from a presentation

This is another time-saving Gemini feature in Google Slides. Instead of summarizing selected slides, ask Gemini to generate key takeaways from the presentation. Here are some of the prompts you can use:

• What are the key takeaways from the first section of this presentation?
• What are the key dates mentioned in this presentation?
• What are the key takeaways mentioned in this presentation?
• According to the presentation, what are the potential benefits of buying an electric vehicle?
• Show me the benefits of using a Personal Knowledge Management system according to the presentation.
• Get me the final guest list for Mr. David's ring ceremony.

The possibilities are endless. You must be specific and use the right keywords to get the required information quickly. You no longer need to switch between slides.

Supercharge your slides

Whether you want to design a presentation from scratch, add flair to your existing slides, or find the best way to convey your message, Gemini helps you with a few clicks or commands. What are you waiting for? Sign up for the Google One AI Premium free trial and try it in your workflow.

Aside from Google Slides, your active subscription unlocks the AI chatbot in other Workspace apps like Gmail and Google Drive . Refer to our detailed guide on integrating Gemini with Google's productivity applications.

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How to Draw on Google Slides: Easy Step-by-Step Guide

Drawing on Google Slides can significantly enhance your presentations, making them more engaging and visually appealing. Whether you’re a teacher, student, or professional, mastering the art of drawing on Google Slides is a valuable skill. This blog will guide you through the process with simple steps and tips, ensuring you can create stunning visuals effortlessly.

Draw on Google Slides Using the Scribble Tool

Step 1: sign in to google slides.

Open your web browser and go to Google Slides (https://docs.google.com/presentation/). Sign in to your Google account if you haven’t done so already.

Step 2: Open or Create a Presentation

Choose an existing presentation or create a new one. Remember that the Scribble Tool isn’t available on the mobile app, so you’ll need to use a computer.

Step 3: Access the Scribble Tool

Click the down arrow next to the line tool in the toolbar above your slide. Alternatively, click the “Insert” menu button and hover over “Line.” Select “Scribble” from the options.

Step 4: Start Drawing

Your cursor will change into a crosshair. Click and drag the mouse to draw on your slide. Lift your finger from the mouse button to finalize your drawing. You can edit your drawing by changing the line thickness or making it a dashed line.

Step 5: Customize Your Scribble

Choose a color for your drawing by clicking the pen tool with a black line beneath it. You can also adjust line weight and style.

Step 6: Draw More Lines

Click the Scribble icon in the toolbar to draw additional lines.

Tips for Effective Drawing

• Use Consistent Colors: Stick to a color scheme that matches your presentation to maintain a cohesive look.
• Simplify Shapes: Keep your drawings simple and clear to avoid cluttering your slides.
• Practice Regularly: The more you practice drawing on Google Slides, the better you’ll become at creating professional-looking visuals.

Creating Custom Shapes and Illustrations

Custom shapes can add a unique and distinctive flair to your presentations. Here’s how you can create and use custom shapes in Google Slides:

1. Insert Custom Shapes:

   – Click on “Insert” and then choose “Shape” from the dropdown menu.

   – Select the shape you want to use and draw it on your slide.

2. Modify Shapes:

   – Once the shape is inserted, you can resize, rotate, and change its color using the formatting options.

   – For more advanced customization, right-click on the shape and select “Format options”.

3. Combine Shapes:

   – To create complex illustrations, combine multiple shapes.

   – Use the “Arrange” menu to align and group shapes for better organization.

For a detailed guide on adding and customizing shapes, check out our blog on how to add custom shapes in Google Slides .

Using Free Google Slides Templates

Google Slides offers a variety of free templates that you can use to enhance your presentations. Here’s how to obtain and use them:

1. Access Templates:

   – Go to the Google Slides homepage and click on “Template Gallery”.

   – Search through the available templates and pick one that serves your needs.

2. Customize Templates:

   – Once you’ve chosen a template, you can customize it by adding your content and modifying the design elements.

   – Use the drawing tools to add your unique touch to the template.

3. Explore Online Resources:

   – Numerous websites offer free Google Slides templates . These can be great for finding specialized designs for different types of presentations.

Drawing on Google Slides is a skill that can elevate your presentations, making them more dynamic and engaging. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can master the basic and advanced drawing tools in Google Slides. Don’t forget to explore the free templates available online to save time and enhance your designs. Happy drawing!

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Innovation clinic—significant achievements for 2023-24.

The Innovation Clinic continued its track record of success during the 2023-2024 school year, facing unprecedented demand for our pro bono services as our reputation for providing high caliber transactional and regulatory representation spread. The overwhelming number of assistance requests we received from the University of Chicago, City of Chicago, and even national startup and venture capital communities enabled our students to cherry-pick the most interesting, pedagogically valuable assignments offered to them. Our focus on serving startups, rather than all small- to medium-sized businesses, and our specialization in the needs and considerations that these companies have, which differ substantially from the needs of more traditional small businesses, has proven to be a strong differentiator for the program both in terms of business development and prospective and current student interest, as has our further focus on tackling idiosyncratic, complex regulatory challenges for first-of-their kind startups. We are also beginning to enjoy more long-term relationships with clients who repeatedly engage us for multiple projects over the course of a year or more as their legal needs develop.

This year’s twelve students completed over twenty projects and represented clients in a very broad range of industries: mental health and wellbeing, content creation, medical education, biotech and drug discovery, chemistry, food and beverage, art, personal finance, renewable energy, fintech, consumer products and services, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and others. The matters that the students handled gave them an unparalleled view into the emerging companies and venture capital space, at a level of complexity and agency that most junior lawyers will not experience until several years into their careers.

Representative Engagements

While the Innovation Clinic’s engagements are highly confidential and cannot be described in detail, a high-level description of a representative sample of projects undertaken by the Innovation Clinic this year includes:

Transactional/Commercial Work

• A previous client developing a symptom-tracking wellness app for chronic disease sufferers engaged the Innovation Clinic again, this time to restructure its cap table by moving one founder’s interest in the company to a foreign holding company and subjecting the holding company to appropriate protections in favor of the startup.
• Another client with whom the Innovation Clinic had already worked several times engaged us for several new projects, including (1) restructuring their cap table and issuing equity to an additional, new founder, (2) drafting several different forms of license agreements that the company could use when generating content for the platform, covering situations in which the company would license existing content from other providers, jointly develop new content together with contractors or specialists that would then be jointly owned by all creators, or commission contractors to make content solely owned by the company, (3) drafting simple agreements for future equity (“Safes”) for the company to use in its seed stage fundraising round, and (4) drafting terms of service and a privacy policy for the platform.
• Yet another repeat client, an internet platform that supports independent artists by creating short films featuring the artists to promote their work and facilitates sales of the artists’ art through its platform, retained us this year to draft a form of independent contractor agreement that could be used when the company hires artists to be featured in content that the company’s Fortune 500 brand partners commission from the company, and to create capsule art collections that could be sold by these Fortune 500 brand partners in conjunction with the content promotion.
• We worked with a platform using AI to accelerate the Investigational New Drug (IND) approval and application process to draft a form of license agreement for use with its customers and an NDA for prospective investors.
• A novel personal finance platform for young, high-earning individuals engaged the Innovation Clinic to form an entity for the platform, including helping the founders to negotiate a deal among them with respect to roles and equity, terms that the equity would be subject to, and other post-incorporation matters, as well as to draft terms of service and a privacy policy for the platform.
• Students also formed an entity for a biotech therapeutics company founded by University of Chicago faculty members and an AI-powered legal billing management platform founded by University of Chicago students.
• A founder the Innovation Clinic had represented in connection with one venture engaged us on behalf of his other venture team to draft an equity incentive plan for the company as well as other required implementing documentation. His venture with which we previously worked also engaged us this year to draft Safes to be used with over twenty investors in a seed financing round.

More information regarding other types of transactional projects that we typically take on can be found here .

Regulatory Research and Advice

• A team of Innovation Clinic students invested a substantial portion of our regulatory time this year performing highly detailed and complicated research into public utilities laws of several states to advise a groundbreaking renewable energy technology company as to how its product might be regulated in these states and its clearest path to market. This project involved a review of not only the relevant state statutes but also an analysis of the interplay between state and federal statutes as it relates to public utilities law, the administrative codes of the relevant state executive branch agencies, and binding and non-binding administrative orders, decisions and guidance from such agencies in other contexts that could shed light on how such states would regulate this never-before-seen product that their laws clearly never contemplated could exist. The highly varied approach to utilities regulation in all states examined led to a nuanced set of analysis and recommendations for the client.
• In another significant research project, a separate team of Innovation Clinic students undertook a comprehensive review of all settlement orders and court decisions related to actions brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for violations of the prohibition on unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, as well as selected relevant settlement orders, court decisions, and other formal and informal guidance documents related to actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission for violations of the prohibition on unfair or deceptive acts or practices under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to assemble a playbook for a fintech company regarding compliance. This playbook, which distilled very complicated, voluminous legal decisions and concepts into a series of bullet points with clear, easy-to-follow rules and best practices, designed to be distributed to non-lawyers in many different facets of this business, covered all aspects of operations that could subject a company like this one to liability under the laws examined, including with respect to asset purchase transactions, marketing and consumer onboarding, usage of certain terms of art in advertising, disclosure requirements, fee structures, communications with customers, legal documentation requirements, customer service and support, debt collection practices, arrangements with third parties who act on the company’s behalf, and more.

Miscellaneous

• Last year’s students built upon the Innovation Clinic’s progress in shaping the rules promulgated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act to create a client alert summarizing the final rule, its impact on startups, and what startups need to know in order to comply. When FinCEN issued additional guidance with respect to that final rule and changed portions of the final rule including timelines for compliance, this year’s students updated the alert, then distributed it to current and former clients to notify them of the need to comply. The final bulletin is available here .
• In furtherance of that work, additional Innovation Clinic students this year analyzed the impact of the final rule not just on the Innovation Clinic’s clients but also its impact on the Innovation Clinic, and how the Innovation Clinic should change its practices to ensure compliance and minimize risk to the Innovation Clinic. This also involved putting together a comprehensive filing guide for companies that are ready to file their certificates of incorporation to show them procedurally how to do so and explain the choices they must make during the filing process, so that the Innovation Clinic would not be involved in directing or controlling the filings and thus would not be considered a “company applicant” on any client’s Corporate Transparency Act filings with FinCEN.
• The Innovation Clinic also began producing thought leadership pieces regarding AI, leveraging our distinct and uniquely University of Chicago expertise in structuring early-stage companies and analyzing complex regulatory issues with a law and economics lens to add our voice to those speaking on this important topic. One student wrote about whether non-profits are really the most desirable form of entity for mitigating risks associated with AI development, and another team of students prepared an analysis of the EU’s AI Act, comparing it to the Executive Order on AI from President Biden, and recommended a path forward for an AI regulatory environment in the United States. Both pieces can be found here , with more to come!

Innovation Trek

Thanks to another generous gift from Douglas Clark, ’89, and managing partner of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, we were able to operationalize the second Innovation Trek over Spring Break 2024. The Innovation Trek provides University of Chicago Law School students with a rare opportunity to explore the innovation and venture capital ecosystem in its epicenter, Silicon Valley. The program enables participating students to learn from business and legal experts in a variety of different industries and roles within the ecosystem to see how the law and economics principles that students learn about in the classroom play out in the real world, and facilitates meaningful connections between alumni, students, and other speakers who are leaders in their fields. This year, we took twenty-three students (as opposed to twelve during the first Trek) and expanded the offering to include not just Innovation Clinic students but also interested students from our JD/MBA Program and Doctoroff Business Leadership Program. We also enjoyed four jam-packed days in Silicon Valley, expanding the trip from the two and a half days that we spent in the Bay Area during our 2022 Trek.

The substantive sessions of the Trek were varied and impactful, and enabled in no small part thanks to substantial contributions from numerous alumni of the Law School. Students were fortunate to visit Coinbase’s Mountain View headquarters to learn from legal leaders at the company on all things Coinbase, crypto, and in-house, Plug & Play Tech Center’s Sunnyvale location to learn more about its investment thesis and accelerator programming, and Google’s Moonshot Factory, X, where we heard from lawyers at a number of different Alphabet companies about their lives as in-house counsel and the varied roles that in-house lawyers can have. We were also hosted by Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati and Fenwick & West LLP where we held sessions featuring lawyers from those firms, alumni from within and outside of those firms, and non-lawyer industry experts on topics such as artificial intelligence, climate tech and renewables, intellectual property, biotech, investing in Silicon Valley, and growth stage companies, and general advice on career trajectories and strategies. We further held a young alumni roundtable, where our students got to speak with alumni who graduated in the past five years for intimate, candid discussions about life as junior associates. In total, our students heard from more than forty speakers, including over twenty University of Chicago alumni from various divisions.

The Trek didn’t stop with education, though. Throughout the week students also had the opportunity to network with speakers to learn more from them outside the confines of panel presentations and to grow their networks. We had a networking dinner with Kirkland & Ellis, a closing dinner with all Trek participants, and for the first time hosted an event for admitted students, Trek participants, and alumni to come together to share experiences and recruit the next generation of Law School students. Several speakers and students stayed in touch following the Trek, and this resulted not just in meaningful relationships but also in employment for some students who attended.

More information on the purposes of the Trek is available here , the full itinerary is available here , and one student participant’s story describing her reflections on and descriptions of her experience on the Trek is available here .

The Innovation Clinic is grateful to all of its clients for continuing to provide its students with challenging, high-quality legal work, and to the many alumni who engage with us for providing an irreplaceable client pipeline and for sharing their time and energy with our students. Our clients are breaking the mold and bringing innovations to market that will improve the lives of people around the world in numerous ways. We are glad to aid in their success in any way that we can. We look forward to another productive year in 2024-2025!