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Subject: Custom Font "Manrope" Not Rendering Properly in Power BI Service on Other Machines
This is a common challenge with custom fonts in Power BI Service. While Power BI Desktop allows local fonts like "Manrope" to render properly on your own machine, the Power BI Service does not support custom or locally installed fonts for web rendering across different users’ devices. Instead, it relies on web-safe fonts or fonts explicitly supported by Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.
Since "Manrope" isn’t one of the natively supported fonts, it will fall back to a default font on machines that don’t have it installed, which explains the inconsistent appearance. Unfortunately, Power BI does not currently support embedding fonts directly in reports or via themes in a way that enforces consistent rendering for all users.
The only reliable workaround is to stick with widely supported web-safe fonts (e.g., Segoe UI, Arial, or Verdana), or if branding is essential, you can consider creating visuals with your custom font in tools like Illustrator or Figma, then embedding them as images. This, however, limits interactivity. Microsoft may improve font support in the future, especially with Fabric's evolution, but as of now, consistent rendering of custom fonts like Manrope across users isn’t possible in Power BI Service alone.
Super UserThis is a common challenge with custom fonts in Power BI Service. While Power BI Desktop allows local fonts like "Manrope" to render properly on your own machine, the Power BI Service does not support custom or locally installed fonts for web rendering across different users’ devices. Instead, it relies on web-safe fonts or fonts explicitly supported by Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.
Since "Manrope" isn’t one of the natively supported fonts, it will fall back to a default font on machines that don’t have it installed, which explains the inconsistent appearance. Unfortunately, Power BI does not currently support embedding fonts directly in reports or via themes in a way that enforces consistent rendering for all users.
The only reliable workaround is to stick with widely supported web-safe fonts (e.g., Segoe UI, Arial, or Verdana), or if branding is essential, you can consider creating visuals with your custom font in tools like Illustrator or Figma, then embedding them as images. This, however, limits interactivity. Microsoft may improve font support in the future, especially with Fabric's evolution, but as of now, consistent rendering of custom fonts like Manrope across users isn’t possible in Power BI Service alone.