! LaTeX Error: File `arial.sty' not found

Question

i m using following command.

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{arial}

but getting error message:

! LaTeX Error: File `arial.sty' not found. How can i fix this error.

Regards

Answer 1

Does it have to be Arial or is Helvetica okay? If it is okay then use:

\usepackage[scaled]{helvet}
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

If no, you can use uarial, an Arial clone (http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/arial/).

To install:

a) follow http://www.tug.org/fonts/getnonfreefonts/ to install the getnonfreefonts script, it works on Windows as well

b) run getnonfreefonts --all(installs all URW fonts, run getnonfreefonts --help for more details)

c) Use the following in your document:

\usepackage[scaled]{uarial}
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

d) If you have Arial installed on your computer anyway, you can also use XeTeX/LuaTeX, as described in the mentioned How to set font to Arial throughout the entire document?:

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}