What are all the possible first arguments to `\setbeamerfont`?

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I have searched in the user guide for the string \setbeamerfont, but the only thing I could find was a description that said \setbeamerfont{some beamer element}.

Where can I find a listing of all beamer elements whose font can be set using this command?

In this particular case, I am trying to find the beamer font for "normal" text.

Search for /-Font instead. – marczellm Jun 04 '14 at 06:40 — marczellm, Jun 04 '14 at 06:40

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '14 at 06:47

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There are three macros for setting the font:

\usefonttheme[settings] {font theme}
\setbeamerfont * {beamer element}{attributes}
\usebeamerfont * {beamer element}

The attributes are something like size, shape, etc

The predefined beamer fonts are

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answered Jun 04 '14 at 06:47

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Could you please provide the source of this table? I can't find it anywhere. – Lars Kotthoff Aug 29 '14 at 11:24
Lars, it is a simple longtable – Aug 29 '14 at 18:10
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Thanks Herbert, I mean not the source as in source code, but the source of the information in it :) – Lars Kotthoff Aug 29 '14 at 18:19
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Oh, it's in "Presentations with LaTeX" – Aug 29 '14 at 19:55

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Answer 2 · 2022-10-01T10:14:14.510

There is no definitive list of fonts because font names are arbitrary. You can use whatever(*) name you like in \setbeamerfont{}{} and beamer will create this font for you and you'll be able to use it afterwards with \usebeamerfont{}.

You can find an overview of the font names used in the default themes (which come with beamer) in the beamer cheat sheet from https://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~masson/latex/Beamer-appearance-cheat-sheet.pdf :

Just be aware that there are many more themes out there and some of them will use their own font names.

(*) within the limits of reasonable letters and symbols which won't make latex throw up

What are all the possible first arguments to `\setbeamerfont`?

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