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Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Whoa. How does this work?

One of the major issues we had at my previous company weaning people off of powerpoint (to google docs) was brand fonts. Ours, of course.

A lot of what is considered brand identity in presentations comes from fonts, which makes Google Docs Slides a non-starter for many unfortunately.

(we ended up making them in powerpoint and using the Google Docs compatibility mode with pptx).

Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Whoa. How does this work? One of the major issues we had at my previous company weaning people off of powerpoint (to google docs) was brand fonts. Ours, of course. A lot of what is considered brand identity in presentations comes from fonts, which makes Google Docs Slides a non-starter for many unfortunately. (we ended up making them in powerpoint and using the Google Docs compatibility mode with pptx).

> Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste.

Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Whoa. How does this work? One of the major issues we had at my previous company weaning people off of powerpoint (to google docs) was brand fonts. Ours, of course. A lot of what is considered brand identity in presentations comes from fonts, which makes Google Docs Slides a non-starter for many unfortunately. (we ended up making them in powerpoint and using the Google Docs compatibility mode with pptx).

From the small info icon that opens up a section.

  > Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy.

Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Whoa. How does this work? One of the major issues we had at my previous company weaning people off of powerpoint (to google docs) was brand fonts. Ours, of course. A lot of what is considered brand identity in presentations comes from fonts, which makes Google Docs Slides a non-starter for many unfortunately. (we ended up making them in powerpoint and using the Google Docs compatibility mode with pptx).

From the small info icon that opens up a section. > Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy.

Oh thanks! I looked but I missed that.

So, I need to be super rich? Thats sad.

Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the small info icon that opens up a section. > Google Workspace lets brands who pay enough embed custom corporate fonts into their docs and slides. Normally, these are locked to just those brands shelling out for custom typefaces, but there's one loophole: the ol' copy/paste. Below are a selection of brand fonts with which you can do exactly that. Enjoy.

Oh thanks! I looked but I missed that. So, I need to be super rich? Thats sad.

Why did we go from owning the software we run and being able to just modify things as we see fit to "You have to give Google a lot of money so you can have your own font in your own presentation"?

Where did things go this wrong?

Re: Font Smuggler – Copy hidden brand fonts into Google Docs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh thanks! I looked but I missed that. So, I need to be super rich? Thats sad.

Why did we go from owning the software we run and being able to just modify things as we see fit to "You have to give Google a lot of money so you can have your own font in your own presentation"? Where did things go this wrong?

If you want to drink your own wine in a restaurant, you have to pay for that, too.

This isn’t much different; there still are plenty of non-Google options for creating presentations to choose from that do allow using your own font.

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