Moderncv change date font

Question

I would like to change the font of the date column if possible in moderncv. If that is not possible how do i change the font of the whole resume?

Answer 1

Sure it's possible. moderncv uses \cventry to typeset the information, so you can redefine this command (original definition in moderncvbodyi.sty) and add the required font modification for the date (the second argument). For example, to typeset the dates using the Zapf Chancery fonts in \footnotesize you would need

\renewcommand*{\cventry}[7][.25em]{%
  \cvitem[#1]{{\fontfamily{pzc}\footnotesize\selectfont#2}}{%
    {\bfseries#3}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{, {\slshape#4}}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{, #5}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{, #6}%
    .\strut%
    \ifx&#7&%
    \else{\newline{}\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small#7\end{minipage}}\fi}}

A complete example:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{casual}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}

\renewcommand*{\cventry}[7][.25em]{%
  \cvitem[#1]{{\fontfamily{pzc}\footnotesize\selectfont#2}}{%
    {\bfseries#3}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{, {\slshape#4}}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{, #5}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{, #6}%
    .\strut%
    \ifx&#7&%
    \else{\newline{}\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small#7\end{minipage}}\fi}}


\name{John}{Doe}

\begin{document}

\section{Education}
\cventry{1920--1950}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}  \cventry{1920--1950}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description} 

\end{document}

The result:

Answer 2

You can change the font of the date column in moderncv just like in any other case. You just have to adjust the \date line respectively. If you'd like to have a bold date you can use: \date{\textbf{\today}}. If you'd like to have another font it's getting a little more complicated, because font changes are always a little complicated in TeX. See for example here: Change font in a single paragraph or here: change font of certain part of the text