Fonts & Character Setsthe courier font

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allevo
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the courier font

Post by allevo »

hi!!!
i wrote this:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{courier}
\begin{document}
\fontfamily{courier}\selectfont ciao!!S
\end{document}
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but the text isn't in Courier. where am i wrog?!?

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localghost
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Post by localghost »

It's caused by the wrong handling.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{courier}
\begin{document}
\texttt{ciao!!S}
\ttfamily
ciao!!S
\normalfont
\end{document}
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The switches are for longer text passages.

Since the courier font is looking really ugly to me, I recommend to use the luximono font for this type face.


Best regards
Thorsten¹
allevo
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the courier font

Post by allevo »

and how can i use this font?!?! http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/seriffonts.html
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Re: the courier font

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You should tell us exactly which one from this long list you want to use.
allevo
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Post by allevo »

for example: Bera Sans ?!?!
are there an universal commander that i can use to wrote in a font?!?
for example

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\usefont{Bera Sans}text in bera sans
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frabjous
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Post by frabjous »

Try this:

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\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[scaled]{berasans}
\renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault}
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Post by localghost »

Using bera gives you access to all families, series and shapes of that font. Use the well known font commands to get what you want.

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\textsf{Text in Bera sans}
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allevo
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the courier font

Post by allevo »

ops.. thank!!
but is there a universal command to use all fonts?!?! for example:

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\usefont{fontname} text in fontname
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?!?!
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Post by localghost »

I can't see the problem. Just include this font package and you will have your text in Bera.
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frabjous
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Re: the courier font

Post by frabjous »

I think allevo wants to be able to switch fonts mid-document, or only make selected text appear in that font.
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