Change font type in all tables

Question

I want to make the font type of a table to be the same that I am using in the text, how do I do that? I am using Roboto Slab Light in the text but in the tables and captions the font is the Roboto Slab.

Here is an example

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[rm,light]{roboto}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\title{example}
\date{September 2018}

\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{Introduction}
Text text text.

\begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{c|c}
       text  & text \\
       text  & text
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Normally tables are set in the same font as the surounding text. Could you please make a minimal working example (MWE) that demonstrated your problem? — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Sep 28 '18 at 14:48

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Answer 1 · 2018-09-28T16:26:29.840

1

As a workaround you could add \mdseries to your table:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[rm,light]{roboto}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}


\begin{document}


\section{Introduction}
Text text text.

\begin{table}[h]
    \centering\mdseries
    \begin{tabular}{c|c}
       text  & text \\
       text  & text
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}

\end{document}

*EDIT

to automatically apply this to all tables, you can use the @egreg's nice solution from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/286772/36296

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[rm,light]{roboto}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\appto\@floatboxreset{%
  \ifx\@captype\andy@table
    \mdseries
  \fi
}
\def\andy@table{table}
\makeatother

\begin{document}


\section{Introduction}
Text text text.

\begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{c|c}
       text  & text \\
       text  & text
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}

\end{document}

edited Sep 28 '18 at 16:26

answered Sep 28 '18 at 15:33

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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Thank you! That works! But is there a way to make it in the main.tex so I don't have to change it every time? – Marina Sep 28 '18 at 15:40
@Marina You could try the following trick: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2594/36296 – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Sep 28 '18 at 15:51
I tried it but it doesn't work – Marina Sep 28 '18 at 16:17
@Marina Please see my edit – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Sep 28 '18 at 16:26

Change font type in all tables

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