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I'm a total TeX newb - please be nice! :-)

How can I change the font and size of Chapter headings? I don't mind where it's placed on the page - but would like it to be a sans-serif font and perhaps a bit bigger? These are un-named chapters... they just need to say Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.

I tried to post pictures of my code and the results but the forum said I have to earn 10 reputation points to post images. :-(

\documentclass[10pt]{memoir}

\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=6in, paperheight=9in]{geometry}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\pagestyle{plain}

\begin{document}


\input{chapter01.tex}

\input{chapter02.tex}

\end{document}
doncherry
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Gretchen
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    Welcome to TeX.sx! As new user without image posting privileges simply include the image as normal and remove the ! in front of it to turn it into a link. A moderator or another user with edit privileges can then reinsert the ! to turn it into an image again. – doncherry Nov 05 '12 at 19:41
  • Thanks for the Welcome and I will try removing the ! next time! – Gretchen Nov 05 '12 at 20:36

1 Answers1

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Choose the section chapter style and redefine the macros \chapnumfont and \chaptitlefont. See section 6.5 of the memoir manual for details. (Note: The \HUGE fontsize switch isn't available in the standard classes.)

\documentclass{memoir}

\chapterstyle{section}
\renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\normalfont\HUGE\bfseries\sffamily}
\renewcommand*{\chaptitlefont}{\normalfont\HUGE\bfseries\sffamily}

\usepackage{mathpazo}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\chapter{First chapter}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

enter image description here

As an alternative, you could redefine \printchaptertitle to gobble its argument (here: not print "First chapter" at all):

\documentclass{memoir}

\renewcommand*{\chapnamefont}{\normalfont\HUGE\bfseries\sffamily}
\renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\normalfont\HUGE\bfseries\sffamily}
\renewcommand*{\afterchapternum}{}
\renewcommand*{\printchaptertitle}[1]{}

\usepackage{mathpazo}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\chapter{First chapter}

\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

enter image description here

As cfair has commmented, I have replaced the obsolete palatino package with mathpazo.

lockstep
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  • Okay.. thanks - I've got it looking a little more like I want it to using your suggestions. Is there a way to be able to specify a font by name? – Gretchen Nov 05 '12 at 20:35
  • @Gretchen You'd have to use XeLaTeX (a LaTeX variant with easier font handling) for that -- I'm not versed in XeLaTeX, though. Have a look at the [tag:xetex] tag. – lockstep Nov 05 '12 at 20:40
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    Hmmmm since I BARELY grasp what the heck I'm doing in LaTeX I might just hold off on looking at XeLaTeX.... – Gretchen Nov 05 '12 at 20:44
  • @Gretchen If you regard my answer as helpful, please upvote and accept it. Alternatively, you can edit your question to include more details. For follow-up questions ask a new question. – lockstep Nov 05 '12 at 20:49