Troubleshooting

Typography

Formatting text in Google Slides can be difficult. Here are some guidelines to help you do things correctly.

Sizes

The default font-sizes used in the slide template are 52, 24, 18, 16, 14, and 10. Before reducing font-sizes, please consider reducing the amount of content by talking to points. Lots of text at small font-sizes are often difficult to read at far distances and cause the audience to read rather than listen to the presenter.

Colors

The default text color is Liferay Black.

Labels and captions use Secondary Blue.

Any accent colors use Liferay Primary Blue.

For additional colors, please refer to Blueprints.

Weights

The weights used are normal, semi-bold, and bold. Never thinner or bolder.

Spacing

Line spacing by default is 1 (single) for titles and 1.15 for everything else.

Paragraph spacing after paragraphs is 0px/8px/16px, depending on how much space is needed after a hard return.

Alignment

Turn on Guides

1. At the top, click View > Guides > Show guides.

The Red guides show where content should not extend into.

The Green guides show alignment options for content to help with consistency.

The Blue guides show the vertical and horizontal center of the presentation.