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Font family not converting from ppt to pdf

New Here ,
Apr 08, 2019 Apr 08, 2019

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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.

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022

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

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LEGEND ,
Apr 26, 2022 Apr 26, 2022

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

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May 30, 2022 May 30, 2022

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

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New Here ,
Dec 09, 2022 Dec 09, 2022

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

It preserves everything.

PP to PDF.png

 

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Jun 29, 2023 Jun 29, 2023

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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!

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Community Expert ,
Jun 29, 2023 Jun 29, 2023

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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

 

|    Bevi Chagnon   |  Designer, Trainer, & Technologist for Accessible Documents |
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New Here ,
Sep 15, 2023 Sep 15, 2023

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

Also: Microsoft is overpaid

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Sep 15, 2023 Sep 15, 2023

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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.

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Sep 06, 2024 Sep 06, 2024

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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. 

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