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Questions tagged [fonts]

{fonts} is about fonts and how to use them. It deals with questions about changing family, shape and weight of fonts, but also with font packages. If your question is not about a font in general but about specific symbols, use {symbols} instead. For questions about font sizes, use {fontsize}.

is about fonts and how to use them. It deals with questions about changing family, shape and weight of fonts, but also with font packages.

For choosing a font, the LaTeX Font Catalogue is a very useful resource. If you are interested in installing a new font, perhaps the font installation guide can help. Though be warned, installing fonts in LaTeX is not trivial.

For using a font locally, see How do I use a particular font for a small section of text in my document?.

If your question is not about a font in general but about specific symbols, use instead. For questions about font sizes, use .

Specialized tags: , , , , , ,

Tags for specific "styles": , , , ,

Tags for specific typefaces: , , , , , ,

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How do I use a particular font for a small section of text in my document?

The standard font packages make global changes to the fonts in my document. What if I want to use a particular font for just a portion of my text? How do I find the right name of the font? How do I select the font? How do I restrict the scope of…
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How to change font size mid document?

I want to create a TeX document for which the first (summary) page is \documentclass[10pt]{article}, but for which the rest of the document is \documentclass[12pt]{article}. Is there an easy way to do this?
Joel
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How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?

Is it possible to identify the font used in a specific document/picture? Answers to this question should identify: Possible methods to do this (perhaps one answer per method) and adequately describe how to use it (as opposed to merely stating…
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How to set font to Arial throughout the entire document?

In preamble, I have: \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \usepackage{arial} but it doesn't work. How do I set my font to Arial throughout the entire document? UPDATE: In short, both answers work. It really depends on the environment. If using…
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How to set not italic or not bold?

It is well known that you can make the font italic or bold using \textit{} or \textbf{}. However, if I have an italic or bold font, what command can I use to make it nonitalic or nonbold?
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Use courier font inline on text

If I want to apply the courier font to a small piece of text in my file, how can I do that? I have searched around but can't seem to find information for the courier font.
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Soviet Union Postal-code-style digits in Latex

For some problem for textbook I need the digits 0...9 like in zip-codes on the Soviet-Union postal envelopes, like this Does anybody know the possible font or package for getting them in LaTeX? Thanks
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Blur the text so it's not readable

On a related note to How do I make my document look like it was written by a Cthulhu-worshipping madman?, I want to create a LaTeX command that blurs the text so it's unreadable. Unfortunately, whatever I google to get ideas on how to do this, I…
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Handwritten font with math support

Friends, I've been looking for a handwritten font with math support. In The LaTeX Font Catalogue, there are great handwritten fonts available, but unfortunately I could not find one with proper math support. I'm aware that the general rule is to use…
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Possible values for \fontseries and \fontshape

What are the possible values for \fontseries and \fontshape? I'm aware of \fontseries{m} \fontseries{bx} \fontshape{n} \fontshape{it} But I'm sure there're more of them.
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What fonts are installed on my box?

How can I find out which fonts are currently available in my TeX installation? (I'm using a Mac, OS 10.6.x, if that matters, although I'd prefer a machine-independent TeX-based answer). Thanks. As a followup, I tried googling for an answer to this…
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Resetting mathcal font to default

I am using the package mathptmx to change the text font to Times. However, the mathcal font is changed as well, which is think is a bit ugly. How can I reset the mathcal font to its default?
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How to use the Calibri font

How can I use the Calibri font in LaTeX? I am using the following commands: \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Calibri} I get the following error message: ! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex" ! The fontspec package requires either XeTeX…
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Working with arial or helvetica fonts

I want to use arial font, but it doesn't generate any document. I'm using Texpad software. I tried with helvet package, but it doesn't work. Here's my code, maybe I'm not right. Can you help me? \documentclass[10pt,…
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change font of certain part of the text

Possible Duplicate: How do I use a particular font for a small section of text in my document? I am looking for changing the font just of a little part of my text, not a section title or anything, just some text in my document. If I use…
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