When choosing a font for a presentation, the only factor to consider is legibility. We all have had our days of trying to decipher bad handwriting, so don’t make it a pain for your audience too.

My personal favourite font is Helvectica Neue. You can see the 3 popular variations of it, Regular, Light and Ultra Light below.

What makes this my favorite font is how versatile it really is. With a single font structure, you are able to convey 3 moods yet not disrupt the overall consistency of the presentation. The problem with using different fonts to create a different moods is that it creates an overall messy slide. The 3 variations brings about a different emphasis on the words.

• Regular – Steady and serious
• Light – Dependable but bordering on a little playfulness
• Ultralight – Present, but not attention seeking

In this example, it’s Regular, Ultra Light, and Light.

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Other Recommended Fonts:

Gill Sans has the same properties as Helvectica Neue, but I personally feel it exudes more playfulness and can be used in informal presentations.

Edwardian Script can be used to portray classiness. This font is beautiful.

Adobe Garamond is used as a substitute for Times New Roman. It could be a human reflex, but because we have been working with most of our documents in Times, there is this certain tiredness associated with this font. Garamond is updated, yet it does not compromise on the formality.

Century Gothic is a favorite among Windows Users, and I won’t recommend it unless you have no choice as it has been overused. Nice basic font.

Arial Black is my final recommendation. Like “Impact” font, use it for impact! However, kern it (-100, makes the letters closer to each other) and caps them. Otherwise, the font looks pretty bad.

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I have come to the end of my first post, do you have your own favorite fonts for presentation use? Please share them with me!