Comments on: PowerPoint 2008 WTF: No Support for 3rd Party Fonts!?! http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/ Thoughts on Dynamic Languages, Web Apps, and more Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Heidi http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Heidi Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:25:47 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2795 Hi Andrew, thanks for the response. I'll keep searching or maybe downgrade to an earlier version where everything seemed to work fine. Hi Andrew, thanks for the response. I’ll keep searching or maybe downgrade to an earlier version where everything seemed to work fine.

]]> By: Andrew Shebanow http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2794 Andrew Shebanow Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:34:06 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2794 Heidi, I think the service pack 1 reference only applies to Mac PowerPoint 2008. Heidi, I think the service pack 1 reference only applies to Mac PowerPoint 2008.

]]> By: Heidi http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2793 Heidi Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:33:39 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2793 Hello, Per Jeff's comment I installed the service pack 1 for powerpoint (I have 2007) and it did not fix the font stacking issue with Myriad Pro. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Heidi Hello,

Per Jeff’s comment I installed the service pack 1 for powerpoint (I have 2007) and it did not fix the font stacking issue with Myriad Pro. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Heidi

]]> By: Andrew Carr http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Andrew Carr Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:14:50 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2779 I've run into this too but can use some 3rd party fonts but not all, for example Avenir 65 Heavy works but Avenir 55 Book doesn't. I’ve run into this too but can use some 3rd party fonts but not all, for example Avenir 65 Heavy works but Avenir 55 Book doesn’t.

]]> By: Jeff Whatcott http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Jeff Whatcott Wed, 21 May 2008 02:27:25 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2741 The latest service pack fixed this issue. Huzzah. The latest service pack fixed this issue. Huzzah.

]]> By: Andrew Shebanow http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Andrew Shebanow Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:43:16 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2723 Haven't heard a word on this from Microsoft, but then I haven't been paying a huge amount of attention. Haven’t heard a word on this from Microsoft, but then I haven’t been paying a huge amount of attention.

]]> By: Jeff Whatcott http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Jeff Whatcott Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:42:43 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2716 Hi Andrew. Have you seen any update on this from Microsoft? Hi Andrew. Have you seen any update on this from Microsoft?

]]> By: Andrew Shebanow http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2641 Andrew Shebanow Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:52:20 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2641 As a point of clarification: I don't actually think the MS support person knew what they were talking about: it HAS to be a bug. But its still an unbelievably arrogant and unsympathetic thing to tell a customer. As a point of clarification: I don’t actually think the MS support person knew what they were talking about: it HAS to be a bug. But its still an unbelievably arrogant and unsympathetic thing to tell a customer.

]]> By: jeremy http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2640 jeremy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:14:12 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2640 It feels like Microsoft has a death wish don't it? It feels like Microsoft has a death wish don’t it?

]]> By: marco http://shebanator.com/2008/02/26/powerpoint-2008-wtf-no-support-for-3rd-party-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 marco Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:16:30 +0000 http://shebanation.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-2639 Dear God. I do hope they fix this. What's next 'everything in Comic Sans??? Dear God. I do hope they fix this. What’s next ‘everything in Comic Sans???

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