[OS X TeX] Arial (or similar) font in TeX

[Bruno Voisin]

Holger Frauenrath wrote:
> 
> On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 03:40 PM, J.Huelsmann wrote:
> 
>> I am not sure but I think Arial is the same as Helvetica. (This must 
>> be some licence thing...)
>> You can use \usepackage{helvet}
>>
> 
> Thanks. However, while \usepackage{times} and \usepackage{palatino} do 
> what they are expected to do, \usepackage{helvet} does not seem to do 
> anything. TeXShop seems to find the style file, but the output still 
> looks like CM.
> 
> Any ideas?


Have you tried:

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

in the preamble of your document (in addition to \usepackage{helvet})?

Bruno Voisin


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