Using Arial and font size 8.5pt

Question

Is there a way to set font arial and font size 8.5pt using TexStudio? Which documentclass can apply font size 8.5pt?

Texstudio is only the editor. Are you searching for using Arial with LaTeX (pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex) and for setting up font size 8.5pt with LaTeX or are you searching how to setup the font and font size of the editor? — Schweinebacke, Feb 02 '17 at 13:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '17 at 13:37

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The scrartcl class can work with any font but you have to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX:

\documentclass[fontsize=8.5pt,DIV=calc]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}
\begin{document}
This should be in 8.5pt font.
\end{document}

answered Feb 02 '17 at 13:37

wilx

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There are packages to support Arial like fonts using pdflatex, e.g., uarial for the ugly URW A030 (Arial). – Schweinebacke Feb 02 '17 at 13:42
@Schweinebacke: With 8.5pt size? – wilx Feb 02 '17 at 13:43
uarial provides scalable font setup. KOMA-Script classes (and also memoir) do not depend on XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. So: Yes. – Schweinebacke Feb 02 '17 at 13:55

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '17 at 13:16

You can try:

% The command below will automatically compile your document with XeLaTeX, which is needed if you want to use Arial or any font which is installed on your system.
% !TeX program = xelatex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec} % Needed to run XeLaTeX
\usepackage{lipsum} % (Use for dummy (Lorem ipsum) text
\setmainfont{Arial}

\usepackage[9pt]{extsizes} % The sizes available are 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, and 20pt

\begin{document}
    \lipsum[1]
\end{document}.

Using Arial and font size 8.5pt

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