EPSON | Presenters Online : Basics > Visuals > Fonts and PowerPoint: TrueType vs. PostScript

TrueType fonts are fully scalable fonts in Windows. This means that you can increase and decrease their size without any change in the font style. These fonts are ideal for presentations because they are completely universal on Windows machines. You don’t have to worry about creating a beautiful presentation on the office machine, only to find that the rental laptop at the trade show does not project the fonts well.

TrueType fonts are designated by their .ttf extension. Typically, they are located under drive/windows/fonts on Windows machines.

PostScript

PostScript fonts are similar to TrueType fonts, but they are supported by ATM (Adobe Type Manager). The advantage to using PostScript fonts is that there are so many more of them than there are TrueType fonts. The one hitch to using PostScript fonts is that ATM must be installed on whatever machine you use to create and deliver your presentation.

You should always use True Type or PostScript fonts when creating presentations. These fonts remain the same, whatever the output device. You can create a presentation on your laptop and project it from a different one at a hotel and be assured that the image will appear the same in both locations.

PostScript fonts are designated by their .pfb extension. Typically, they are located under drive/psfonts on Windows machines.