[OS X TeX] Changing fonts

[Raheel Ahmad]

Also, how can I view which fonts are available for Latex?

On May 7, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Raheel Ahmad wrote:

> Thanks.. That solves the font size issue.
> Any ideas why no change in font happens when I have just this in my  
> preamble:
>
> \documentclass{article}
>
> \usepackage{helvet}
>
> I am a beginner to Latex (obviously) and am just trying to follow  
> tutorial directions.
> Thanks
>
> On May 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Jonathon Swiderski wrote:
>
>> - Standard document fonts are only 10pt, 11pt, or 12pt.  If you want
>> to use anything else, you'll need to do it some other way, such as
>> with the extsizes or KOMA bundles, or the memoir class, all of which
>> available on CTAN.  See
>> [http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=extsizes], the UK TUG
>> FAQ on extended document-font sizes.
>>
>> - Similarly, there is a package to choose the helvetica
>> font---\usepackage{helvet}.
>>
>> On 5/7/07, Raheel Ahmad <rahmad at cs.siu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am having problems trying to change fonts in any latex file (using
>>> MacTex-2007). So if I say \documentclass[16pt,helvet]{article}, I
>>> will get:
>>>
>>> LaTeX Warning: Unused global option(s):
>>>      [16pt,helvet].
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathon Swiderski -- jonathon.swiderski at gmail.com
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>> Evan
>> Esar
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Raheel Ahmad
Department of Computer Science,
Southern Illinois University
rahmad at cs.siu.edu
618-453-6025
Faner-3123



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