Fix Word Font Substitution Replacing Brand Fonts With System Defaults

You open a Word document that was carefully designed with your company’s brand font, but the text now appears in a system default like Calibri or Arial. This happens because Word substitutes missing fonts with a built-in fallback. The substitution can break layouts, misalign logos, and make your document look unprofessional. Word uses a font … Read more

Fix Word Showing Tofu Boxes Instead of Unicode Characters After Update

After a recent Windows or Office update, you may open a Word document and see small rectangular boxes, often called tofu boxes, where special Unicode characters, emoji, or non-Latin scripts like Arabic, Chinese, or Devanagari should appear. This happens because the update replaced a system font or changed Word’s default font fallback behavior. In this … Read more

Why Word’s Font Pane Shows the Wrong Size Despite Selecting a Specific Font

You select a font size in Word, but the Font pane or the font size dropdown shows a different number. This mismatch can be confusing, especially when you need precise formatting for a document. The issue usually occurs because of how Word handles font scaling, character spacing, or paragraph-level settings that override the selected type … Read more