Font family not converting from ppt to pdf

[jonzaikowski]

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with fonts not properly converting from PowerPoint to PDF. While I am able to get the main font in the family to convert from one format to another, I can't seem to get the formatted variants of it to do so (like bold, italicized, condensed, etc.). It all just ends up converting into the same main version of the font with all the formatting gone.

I've tried tinkering around with the "Embed fonts in the file" option in PowerPoint, and selecting the font to embed in the Adobe PDF Settings feature in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. Neither has worked so far.

Thanks in advance for your help working out this problem.

[Matt24207974b5yp]

@bvickers2015  Why do you think this tricks Adobe/PPT?!?! This is such a bizarre solve. I'm so curious. I'll keep wondering. 

[Test Screen Name]

I suspect that adding text effects turns the text into a graphic. So it converts the same - but probably won't copy/paste.

[Max24662072n9kp]

Sir, you are gentleman and a scholar. I created account just to like your comment. Thank god people like you exist. 

[AA27507674tnaj]

Found the BEST solution:  File/Export/Create PDF/XPS Document

It preserves everything.

[Kinastic30789545qnc9]

Unfortunatley this solution doesn't work for me either. I work with the professional Office 360 on a Windosw Thinkpad. I also tried "Print > Microsoft Printer to PDF" which indeed keeps the fonts, but I end up having a white band around the slides, because I cannot choose "slide" as print size (see @diegog78903587). Can someone help me please? Would be much appreciated!

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com]

Try using one of the 3 methods of exporting PDFs listed in this free tutorial: https://www.pubcom.com/blog/tutorials/ms-office/export-pdf/index.shtml

[Markus323158257bng]

Select a font, set the font fill color to 1% transparency, then export as usual. This worked for me.

Also: Microsoft is overpaid

[Markus323158257bng]

This did not solve the issue for me. Conversely the workaround above (adding 1% tranparency to the font fill color) renders the font correctly with the standard pdf export.

[Anja35753510ri21]

Hi everyone, 
if this error occurs check if the affected fonts are variable or static fonts. With variable fonts, the font weight seems to not be applied correctly during PDF export. If posible, install the static font variants instead. The exported PDFs looked as expected for me then.