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Embedding fonts in a presentation with non-standard fonts

October 11, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

Are you a font freak? Do you just LOVE interesting fonts? I must admit that I’m a font idiot who can hardly tell the difference between Arial, Tahoma and Verdana, unless they’re right next to each other. Even then, I won’t know which is which. Designers are horrified when I tell them this! Fonts can […]

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Filed Under: Text & fonts Tagged With: embedding fonts, fonts

8 steps to add branding to your presentations

November 11, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 6 Comments

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When I do corporate training or public webinars, I usually ask attendees to submit a couple of slides. After covering basic principles of how to transform presentations (and the reasons behind those principles), I show makeovers of the submitted slides. The makeovers help people see how to use the principles on their own slides. One […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color Tagged With: branding, colors, fonts, theme

Design for quick changes–because changes always happen

October 13, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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At Presentation Summit 2012, Nolan Haims, Director of Presentation at Edelman (a large PR firm) gave a session called “In the Trenches” about how to design presentations for quick changes and high-end results. His department is responsible for designing presentations that the firm uses to get new clients. Not only do they have to be […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: changes, editing, embed, EMF, EPS, fonts, gradient, WMF

5 great tools for presenters

April 14, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

Jon Thomas, in his blog, Presentation Advisors, has written a post, “My Five Favorite Free Presentation Design Tools,” and I thought I’d share them with you. Compfight is a tool to search for images on Flikr. letting you easily find images that have Creative Commons or Commercial licenses. DaFont is a site for free fonts. […]

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Choose fonts and colors for legibility

July 10, 2002 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

Solomon Schneider, a faculty member at Sam Houston State University, in Huntsville, Texas, sent me some guidelines for choosing fonts and color to get the highest text legibility. Color Medium-colored text + medium-colored background = low legibility. To obtain the best legibility, choose either a very light font on a very dark background or vice […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color, Text & fonts Tagged With: audience, background, color, fonts, PowerPoint

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