Code not working on overleaf

Asked Sep 08 '21 at 15:38

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I am using overleaf but this code is not working can you help?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{uarial}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\blindtext
\end{document}

asked Sep 08 '21 at 15:38

Pitaya88

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The error that Overleaf shows me is "File uarial.sty not found". What is that file, and what should it be doing? Without that line, your file example compiles just fine. – Teepeemm Sep 08 '21 at 15:42
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in texlive 2021 I get ! LaTeX Error: File \uarial.sty' not found.` – David Carlisle Sep 08 '21 at 15:42
I guess here it is explained and solved. – Onur Gürdoğan Sep 08 '21 at 15:47
What happens, if you delete or comment out '\usepackage{uarial}' ? – MS-SPO Sep 08 '21 at 15:47
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If I remember correctly, there used to be a font package called uarial, which implemented a clone of the Arial font face which, in turn, is a (weak) clone of the Helvetica font face. Unless you have to submit your document to a font freak who (a) can discern the mostly very subtle differences between Helvetica and Arial and (b) cares deeply that Arial rather than Helvetica should be employed, just replace \usepackage{uarial} with \usepackage{helvet} and live happily ever after. – Mico Sep 08 '21 at 15:49
See https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/23957 for suggegtions how to either install uarial (manual installation) or to replace it by other, similar fonts. – gernot Sep 08 '21 at 15:49
@Onur Gürdoğan How do i add this https://ctan.crest.fr/tex-archive/fonts/urw/arial/latex/uarial.sty to my document? I get an error when adding. – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 16:00
@gernot I downloaded the setup file, but it wasn't seen as a setup file on my computer, so I couldn't install it. – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 16:01
@MS-SPO When i delete file opens but without uarial:) – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 16:03
Some of the solutions may be tricky to use on Overleaf, like when trying to install fonts. Ask the staff at Overleaf how to set the paths. Or better, switch to fonts supported by standard TeX distributions. Or install TeX locally. – gernot Sep 08 '21 at 16:13
why do you need urarial which is not supported in standard tex distributions rather than use one of the Arial/Helvetica clones that is supported? – David Carlisle Sep 08 '21 at 16:14
@gernot thanks. – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 17:34
@DavidCarlisle Arial doesn't work :( I am getting error like uarial – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 17:35
did you use helvet as mico suggested or tgheros package – David Carlisle Sep 08 '21 at 17:46
yes so i used.. – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 17:48
so we can close this now? – David Carlisle Sep 08 '21 at 17:49
of course. thank you – Pitaya88 Sep 08 '21 at 17:58

Code not working on overleaf

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