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URW Nimbus Sans

An enhanced version is available with the TeX Gyre Heros font.

Text example

Nimbus Sans URW example
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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

\slshape

Nimbus Sans URW example

\bfseries

Nimbus Sans URW example

\bfseries\slshape

Nimbus Sans URW example

Nimbus Sans URW number example

Ligatures, German double s, and other special characters

Nimbus Sans URW ligature example

Font implementation

URW Nimbus Sans is available as Type 1.

Part of TeX Live?

URW Nimbus Sans is part of TeX Live.

Location at

fonts/psfonts/psnfss-source/

Last update of this page

2020-01-06