It looks different in one app

Your font is one file, so in any app that can use it the letters are identical. What differs is how much of the rest an app bothers to apply. One app on the list below cannot take your font at all.

Think of it as your letters always arriving, and the polish being optional at the other end.

What each does

- Browsers, design tools, print — everything applies. - Microsoft Word — everything applies, on a recent font and a current document. Details - PowerPoint — letters and spacing; no kerning, no joins, no variation. Always, and nothing to configure. More - Google Docs — cannot use your font at all. More - Very old software — letters yes, the rest usually not.

Find out which side is wrong

Type the same words in a browser and in the app that looks wrong. The browser applies everything, so it shows what your font actually contains.

- Browser looks right, app looks flat — the app is dropping features. Nothing to fix in the font; use the app's limits or export an image. - Both look flat — it is the font, not the app. Usually a Free font, which carries no joins or variation (Free and Pro), or an older file that needs remaking.

The two commonest surprises

Slides. PowerPoint drops everything, so a font that looks alive in Word looks plain on a slide. Use an image export where the writing matters.

Old documents. A Word file created years ago opens in compatibility mode with modern font features switched off. A new document behaves correctly.

If the letters themselves differ

That is a different problem — an older version of the font is selected. Inkling names each version distinctly and both stay installed. I installed it but an app can't see it.