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URW Nimbus Sans
An enhanced version is available with the TeX Gyre Heros font.
Text example
![Nimbus Sans URW example](urwnimbussans-1.svg)
[Click on text example to enlarge] [PDF sample]
[LaTeX source of PDF sample]
Usage
\usepackage[scaled]{helvet}
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault} %% Only if the base font of the document is to be sans serif
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
Style examples
\normalfont
![Nimbus Sans URW example](urwnimbussans-2.svg)
\slshape
![Nimbus Sans URW example](urwnimbussans-3.svg)
\bfseries
![Nimbus Sans URW example](urwnimbussans-4.svg)
\bfseries\slshape
![Nimbus Sans URW example](urwnimbussans-5.svg)
![Nimbus Sans URW number example](urwnimbussans-num.svg)
Ligatures, German double s, and other special characters
![Nimbus Sans URW ligature example](urwnimbussans-ligs.svg)
Font implementation
URW Nimbus Sans is available as Type 1.
Part of TeX Live?
URW Nimbus Sans is part of TeX Live.
Location at CTAN
fonts/psfonts/psnfss-source/
Last update of this page
2020-01-06