How to Add Fonts to Google Slides

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Google Slides provides many options to add new fonts and adjust fonts according to various language scripts. You can choose between various fonts and add new fonts to Google Slides to suit your presentation needs. In what follows, we will show you how to change the font, search for new fonts, and add new fonts to Google Slides.

How to Change Font in Google Slides

If you are new to Google Slides and wish to change the font for your text, simply select the text and click the Font dropdown menu from the top toolbar.

Selecting text boxes in Google Slides
Selecting text boxes in Google Slides

This will enable you to pick a desired font from the list to change your font.

Selecting a pre-installed font from Google Slides
Selecting a pre-installed font from Google Slides

How to Add Font to Google Slides

While Google Slides provides a font list from the Font menu, it does not show all available fonts. You can search and add fonts to the list by going to More Fonts.

Locating the More Fonts option in Google Slides
Locating the More Fonts option in Google Slides

From the dialog box that appears, you can search and add fonts to your Google Slides font list. The available options include the following:

Scripts: The Scripts menu provides fonts from various language scripts to pick and choose fonts according to need.

Selecting All Scripts in Google Slides
Selecting All Scripts in Google Slides

Show: This menu can be used to select specific or all fonts from the given list to add to Google Slides.

Show All Fonts option in Google Slides
Show All Fonts option in Google Slides

Sort: This menu can be used to sort fonts alphabetically, by popularity, date, and trend.

Sort All Fonts option in Google Slides
Sort All Fonts option in Google Slides

Search Bar: The top search bar can also be used to search and add fonts to Google Slides.

Search fonts in Google Slides
Search fonts in Google Slides

Once you have selected your desired font via More Fonts, it will become available for use from the Font dropdown menu in Google Slides.

How to add fonts in Google Slides
How to add fonts in Google Slides

Add Fonts using a Third-Party Extension

To add fonts to Google Slides, you can also use Google Slides extensions. To do this, go to Extensions > Add-ons > Get Add-ons.

Add extension in Google Slides
Add extension in Google Slides

Search for extensions related to Fonts and add them to Google Slides by allowing access to your account.

Get extension from Google Marketplace
Get extension from Google Marketplace

There are various valuable extensions in the Google Workspace Marketplace, such as the Extensis Fonts extension for Google Slides.

Extensis Font extension in Google Slides
Extensis Font extension in Google Slides

Extensis Fonts provides over 1400 fonts for Google Slides which you can access by launching the extension via Extensions > Extensis Fonts > Start.

Start the Extensis Font extension in Google Slides
Start the Extensis Font extension in Google Slides

This will open a menu in the right pane that can be used to pick and choose fonts for your Google Slides Templates and presentations.

Change font in Google Slides using Extensis Font extension
Change font in Google Slides using Extensis Font extension

Other than fonts provided directly in Google Slides, the closest method to import fonts into Google Slides is to use third-party extensions. You can search and select fonts from a variety of scripts and styles to match your design needs and also ensure that your content appears novel enough to help you avoid monotony. We recommend you to visit our tutorial on how to add fonts to PowerPoint and best PowerPoint fonts.

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