PowerPoint 2007 messes up 66-pt and larger OpenType fonts

[8thnote]

I've discovered an extremely frustrating bug that occurs only in
PowerPoint
2007, but none of the other 2007 office applications.

If I type text using a professional, OpenType font (such as from Adobe
Font
Folio), PowerPoint renders it correctly. But if I size this font as
66-point
or larger, the text messes up as if the character spacing was negative
causing all letters to display on top of each other.

You can see a screenshot of this error here:
http://www.DJosephDesign.com/files/ppt2007otferror.jpg . The only
difference
between the two lines of text is that the second is scaled to 66-point,
while
the first is 60-point. Try it yourself.

This occurs with and without ClearText enabled.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi 8thnote,

You may want to use the link below to also post this in the Powerpoint newsgroup and mention there what version of Powerpoint 2007
you're using (Beta2, B2TR or Release), the version of Windows and the printer model and driver version.

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I've discovered an extremely frustrating bug that occurs only in
PowerPoint
2007, but none of the other 2007 office applications.

If I type text using a professional, OpenType font (such as from Adobe
Font
Folio), PowerPoint renders it correctly. But if I size this font as
66-point
or larger, the text messes up as if the character spacing was negative
causing all letters to display on top of each other.

You can see a screenshot of this error here:
http://www.DJosephDesign.com/files/ppt2007otferror.jpg . The only
difference
between the two lines of text is that the second is scaled to 66-point,
while
the first is 60-point. Try it yourself.

This occurs with and without ClearText enabled. >>
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Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.powerpoint
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Echo S]

Hi, 8thnote,

I vaguely recall this happening in one of the beta versions, but I can't
repro it in the RTM (final, released to manufacturing) version. I don't have
Myriad Pro here, so I can't test it specifically, but all was well with the
various Open Type fonts I tried.

Are you using a beta version of PPT still?

 

[DJosephDesign]

Hi. This is "8thNote" This behavior carried through to PowerPoint 2007
release, was in every beta version, and I've seen the repeated behavior on
multiple computers.

Windows XP Professional.

 

[Echo S]

As I replied to your post in the powerpoint group, try installing a
certified printer driver and setting it as the default printer.
http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/category.aspx?bcatid=1044&tabid=1

I know it sounds odd, but it seems PPT 2007 is especially dependent on
printer drivers for proper display.