Specify Font Typeface in LaTeX
Jan. 12, 2025
(1) For a certain piece of text1
By the code \fontfamily{#1}\selectfont, where #1 is the “font code” in the following table:
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\documentclass[a4paper,landscape]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\newcommand{\testfont}[1]{\fontfamily{#1}\selectfont The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 0123456789}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
Font & Font package name & Font code & Example\\ \hline
Computer Modern Roman & & cmr & \testfont{cmr}\\ \hline
Latin Modern Roman & lmodern & lmr & \testfont{lmr}\\ \hline
Latin Modern Dunhill & lmodern & lmdh & \testfont{lmdh}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Termes & tgtermes & qtm & \testfont{qtm}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Pagella & tgpagella & qpl & \testfont{qpl}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Bonum & tgbonum & qbk & \testfont{qbk}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Schola & tgschola & qcs & \testfont{qcs}\\ \hline
Times & mathptmx & ptm & \testfont{ptm}\\ \hline
Utopia / Fourier & utopia / fourier & put & \testfont{put}\\ \hline
Palatino & palatino & ppl & \testfont{ppl}\\ \hline
Bookman & bookman & pbk & \testfont{pbk}\\ \hline
Charter & charter & bch & \testfont{bch}\\ \hline
Computer Modern Sans Serif & & cmss & \testfont{cmss}\\ \hline
Latin Modern Sans Serif & lmodern & lmss & \testfont{lmss}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Adventor & tgadventor & qag & \testfont{qag}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Heros & tgheros & qhv & \testfont{qhv}\\ \hline
Helvetica & helvet & phv & \testfont{qhv}\\ \hline
Computer Modern Typewriter & & cmtt & \testfont{cmtt}\\ \hline
Latin Modern Sans Typewriter & lmodern & lmtt & \testfont{lmtt}\\ \hline
TeX Gyre Cursor & tgcursor & qcr & \testfont{qcr}\\ \hline
Courier & courier & pcr & \testfont{pcr}\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{document}
More typefaces can be found in the reference2.
(2) For the whole document1
By importing the package whose name is “font package name” mentioned in the above table, we can change the font typeface for the whole document. Take “TeX Gyre Bonum”, we have:
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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tgbonum}
\begin{document}
\vspace*{\fill}
\lipsum[1-7]
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{document}
and “Helvetica”:
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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\begin{document}
\vspace*{\fill}
\lipsum[1-7]
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{document}
and “Courier”:
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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage[x11names]{xcolor}
\pagecolor{AntiqueWhite1}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{courier}
\renewcommand\familydefault{\ttdefault}
\begin{document}
\vspace*{\fill}
\lipsum[1-6]
\vspace*{\fill}
\end{document}
Note that in the “Helvetica” example and “Courier” example, code \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}3 and \renewcommand\familydefault{\ttdefault}4 is necessary.
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