How to change the font in awesome-cv?

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How do I change the font in awesome-cv? I detest the Roberto font and would like to revert back to the default latex font with math support.

I am perusing this version from Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/awesome-cv/tvmzpvdjfqxp

Edit: Is there a way to change the body text size to 12pt? I tried setting it in the options for the document class, to no avail.

What do you mean by "boxy text"? Are you referring to "body text"? — Werner, Dec 27 '16 at 15:25
Change the 11pt option in the \documentclass optional argument to 12pt. — Werner, Dec 27 '16 at 18:24
Can you elaborate? Did the main document font not change to 12pt? If not, did it change at all? Did you layout change? What happened...? — Werner, Dec 29 '16 at 23:03
The text font size did not change. I even tried 24pt just for kicks, to no avail. — Antillar Maximus, Dec 30 '16 at 01:30
Can you send an image with 11pt and one with 12pt so I can see the difference? When I change the document class option to 12pt, it changes the layout so less stuff fits on the first page (an indication that the font size/baseline skip changed). — Werner, Dec 30 '16 at 01:44

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '16 at 01:20

Since you're working in an online template, you can change the .cls to suit your needs.

Overleaf's Awesome CV loads all the fonts in the fonts/ older within the project. If you don't want to use Roborto, edit lines 177-216 of awesome-cv.cls where the "configuration for fonts" are set. Specifically, the class defines the following font families:

\newfontfamily\headerfont[
  Path=\@fontdir,
  UprightFont=*-Regular,
  ItalicFont=*-Italic,
  BoldFont=*-Bold,
  BoldItalicFont=*-BoldItalic,
]{Roboto}

\newfontfamily\headerfontlight[
  Path=\@fontdir,
  UprightFont=*-Thin,
  ItalicFont=*-ThinItalic,
  BoldFont=*-Medium,
  BoldItalicFont=*-MediumItalic,
]{Roboto}

% Set font for footer (default is Source Sans Pro)
\newfontfamily\footerfont[
  Path=\@fontdir,
  UprightFont=*-Regular,
  ItalicFont=*-It,
  BoldFont=*-Bold
]{SourceSansPro}

% Set font for body (default is Source Sans Pro)
\newfontfamily\bodyfont[
  Path=\@fontdir,
  UprightFont=*-Regular,
  ItalicFont=*-It,
  BoldFont=*-Bold,
  BoldItalicFont=*-BoldIt
]{SourceSansPro}

\newfontfamily\bodyfontlight[
  Path=\@fontdir,
  UprightFont=*-Light,
  ItalicFont=*-LightIt,
  BoldFont=*-Semibold,
  BoldItalicFont=*-SemiboldIt
]{SourceSansPro}

where \@fontdir points to the fonts/ folder.

Upload a new font into the fonts/ folder and update the above. If you just want good ol' Computer Modern, you can add

\let\headerfont\rmfamily
\let\headerfontlight\rmfamily
\let\footerfont\rmfamily
\let\bodyfont\rmfamily
\let\bodyfontlight\rmfamily

just before \begin{document} in resume.tex.

Note that with a change in font there is most certainly going to be a change in layout (as can be seen by the sectional unit ending without content at the bottom of the first page).

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