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I'm learning LaTeX and I don't understand the following:

Why is it, that when I include the following line in the preamble, \usepackage{times}. My Roman font changes to the Times font; however, when I include, \usepackage{arial} or \usepackage{sans} (instead of the times package), the sans serif type fonts don't change. In fact, they become Roman?

Thanks.

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  • Is it not \usepackage{uarial} AFAIK. Then you should get arial fonts. –  Mar 12 '12 at 01:45

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The file times.sty issues commands

\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr}

When used in \usepackage{times} whereas sans issues

\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{cmss}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{cmr}

(which is computer modern roman). You can locate the respective .sty files and see what they are changing. For a detailed font management scheme see this post by Alan Munn.

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