Re: Choosing fonts?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:06:44 -0700 (PDT), myotisone wrote:
Having now read around this a bit, it all seems some what complicated.
Ideally, I would like to use Verdana.

Equally I want a simple life and a Sans Serif font that will let me
move my files between Mac/Windows/Linux boxes, both my own , and
potentially others, would (for now) be my first choice.

So, can some one point me towards a list of "safe" fonts that should
be available on all three of these platforms by default AND will work
with final output as PDFs.

I realise that even that probably isn't that simple as it will depend
on what version of Latex is installed. For me, I have MikeTex 2.7 on
Windows and MacTex 2007 on my Mac. My Linux box is moth balled just
now.

Any good TeX distribution will provide Computer Modern Sans, a Helvetica
clone, and Avant Garde (similar to Futura). Beyond those, you won't have
a "simple life".

To get sans-serif fonts as your defaults, use

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

To replace Computer Modern by Helvetica or Avant Garde, use

\usepackage{helvet}

or

\usepackage{avant}

respectively. The following are recommended:

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}

but if you're using CM Sans, you'll then have to install one of the
font sets described here:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=type1T1

I recommend Latin Modern.

Bob T.

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