installable license fonts saved with pptx not showing in PowerPoint on android

Sanjit Keskar 40 Reputation points
2026-06-29T17:18:09.42+00:00

I use a free font called ARCITECTURA whose license is installable and embeddable. I save the font with my powerpoint presentations. When i open and run the PowerPoint on my android tab using MS PowerPoint (for android) the font is substituted creating problems in the way the slide looks onscreen.

PS The font displays correctly when used and packed with a MS Word file (docx) and used with word for android and even with Copilot MS 365 for android

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  1. Kai-H 26,760 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-06-30T07:42:07.71+00:00

    Hi, Sanjit Keskar

    This looks more like a PowerPoint for Android limitation than a problem with the ARCITECTURA font license. Even if the font is installable and embedded in the PPTX, PowerPoint on Android may still substitute it, while Word for Android can handle the same embedded font differently.

    Here are some suggestions you can try:

    First, resave the file from desktop PowerPoint. Go to File, Options, Save, then enable Embed fonts in the file and choose Embed all characters, not only the characters used. Then reopen the new copy on the Android tablet.

    If it still substitutes the font, I would not spend too much time reinstalling the font on Android, since PowerPoint mobile does not handle custom/embedded fonts the same way as desktop PowerPoint. It is recommended that you either replace ARCITECTURA with a standard font that is already available on Android, or convert the affected text boxes to images/SVGs before presenting.

    If animations and motion paths are important, the safer workaround is to present from Windows/Mac PowerPoint, or use a PDF/video export only when the slides do not need full PowerPoint animation.

    Thank you for your patience in reading, I hope this information has been helpful to you. 

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