Microsoft is bringing font syncing and more to Word

Users of Microsoft Office are in line for an interesting font-related upgrade that will make it easier to manage typefaces across multiple devices,

Microsoft is introducing an updated font picker in Word (and, presumably, other Office apps) and there are a number of improvements to look forward to. Key additions include the ability to sync fonts between devices and an easy means of seeing which fonts are used in a document.

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On the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the company says: "Picking your fonts just got much easier! Microsoft Office modern font picker is a completely reimagined experience for Office. Pin your favorite fonts so you can quickly access them on any device or platform. Easily view all the fonts used in a document, including notifications for missing and embedded fonts".

Microsoft goes on to say:

Choose from all the available styles for a font family, whether simply bold or italic or more exotic variants, such as condensed semi bold italic. In the Office Fonts section, see which fonts are available on all platforms and don't need to be embedded in a document. Microsoft Office modern font picker offers you the effortless typographical experience you've been waiting for.

All of these changes and improvements are interesting, but font pinning is arguably the most useful. In some circumstances, however, being able to see which fonts are used in a documents is also incredibly helpful.

Whatever feature will aid you the most, you can look forward to it rolling out later this month.