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Simplest way to typeset entire document in sans serif (Helvetica)

I use document class article and included 

\usepackage{helvet}

I now begin my document with

\begin{document}
  \sf     % select sans-serif family
  % ... text here ...

Most text is indeed sans-serif. But fur example the footnotes and {\bf bold text} is not.

Let me summarize a test document:

\documentclass[12pt,english]{article}
\usepackage{helvet}
\begin{document}
  \sf  % select sans-serif family
  \title{Document title is sans-serif, fine}
  \maketitle

  Normal Text is sans-serif, too.  % sans-serif, ok.

  {\bf This bold text should be sans-serif, too.} % bold, but roman!!!
\end{document}
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This assumes you have no math in your document.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{helvet} % or \usepackage{tgheros}

%%% we want that the default font family is sans serif
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{\sfdefault}

\begin{document}

This is sans serif; \textbf{this also} and this again.

\end{document}

Don't use the old two letter commands such as \sf or \bf.

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  • I mean is there any way (or package) to put sans serif into maths? –  Sep 26 '12 at 13:44
  • @HarishKumar Not with Helvetica or clones thereof, if one wants a nice result. There are no (free) math fonts that accompany it. – egreg Sep 26 '12 at 13:44
  • Oh. very bad. :( –  Sep 26 '12 at 13:45
  • Very good. Luckily, no math here. If it there were, I'd like it to stay in roman anyway -- it just looks better. The constraints on the font family for the document are not mine, of course. Who would define a sans-serif font for a long text? Oh, I forgot to mention: It's supposed to be "Arial"... now you know where such directives are brewed up ;-) I don't mind, though -- those kitchens will not recognize the differences to Helvetica. – towi Sep 26 '12 at 14:23