topic Re: ODS Powerpoint and fonts: How to use Verdana (or other fonts) in SAS Programming

ODS Powerpoint and fonts: How to use Verdana (or other fonts)

MatSchu — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:39:09 GMT

Dear all,

I use SAS Enterprise Guide 8.3 and SAS 9.4M6, which runs on a Red Hat Linux Server. I have been trying to set Verdana as font for footnotes on PowerPoint slides using the following code:

ods _all_ close;

ods path (prepend) work.template (update);

proc template;
   define style styles.mystyle;
      parent = styles.powerpointlight;
      class SystemTitle /
            fontsize = 20 pt
            just = left;
      class SystemFooter /
            fontfamily = "Verdana"
            fontsize = 7.9 pt
            just = left;
   end;
run;

options papersize = (240mm 143mm)
        dev = png
        nodate 
        nonumber;

ods powerpoint file = "Test.pptx" 
               style = styles.mystyle 
               nogtitle 
               nogfootnote;

ods powerpoint layout = TitleAndContent;

title 'This is a title';
footnote 'This is a footnote';

goptions hsize = 11.43 cm vsize = 11.43 cm;

proc gmap map = maps.us data = maps.us all;
  id state;
  choro statecode / statistic = frequency discrete nolegend;
run;  
quit;

ods _all_ close;

However, the font on the resulting PowerPoint slide is Courier instead of Verdana. I suspect that Verdana is not available. Running the following code does not list Verdana in the log:

proc registry startat = "\CORE\PRINTING\FREETYPE\FONTS" list;
run;

Is it somehow possible to use Verdana?

I would greatly appreciate your help.

Re: ODS Powerpoint and fonts: How to use Verdana (or other fonts)

svh — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:49:32 GMT

While playing with this code, I was able to get the title and footnote to reflect the styles declared in PROC TEMPLATE. I was only able to produce this example by changing the POWERPOINT LAYOUT= statement. Not sure if this helps you at all (especially if Verdana may not be installed). PDF is attached since a .PPT cannot be uploaded.

proc template;
   define style styles.testa;
      parent = styles.PowerPointLight;
      class SystemTitle /
            fontsize = 20 pt
            just = left
			color = Pink;
      class SystemFooter /
            fontfamily = "Garamond"
            fontsize = 7.9 pt
			color = green
            just = left;
   end;
run;
ods powerpoint file="testnew14.ppt" style=styles.testa nogtitle nogfootnote;
options nodate nonumber;
ods powerpoint layout=Content; /* NOTE THIS CHANGE */
title 'This is a title';
footnote 'This is a footnote';

goptions hsize = 11.43 cm vsize = 11.43 cm;
proc gmap map = maps.us data = maps.us all ;
  id state;
  choro statecode / statistic = frequency discrete nolegend;
run;  
quit;
ods powerpoint close;
run;

Re: ODS Powerpoint and fonts: How to use Verdana (or other fonts)

MatSchu — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:48:52 GMT

@svh Thanks for your reply. Your code runs and produces a PowerPoint file. The font family "Garamond" works as well as other font families. However, Verdana does still not work and I get the warning: The 'CONTENT' layout template is undefined.

Re: ODS Powerpoint and fonts: How to use Verdana (or other fonts)

svh — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:53:06 GMT

It would seem that LAYOUT=CONTENT is not an actual layout, so my bad. 🙂
Perhaps the solution is to find out how install the Verdana font on your machine, since other aspects of the code seem to work.