Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Arial font in table

[Ross Ahmed]

The code below has set arial font throughout file. However, note the table contents is not arial. How can I make even the table content arial font?

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\documentclass[12]{article}

\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{phv}
 % Arial font
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv} 
% Arial font

\begin{document}

\title{test}
\maketitle

This is a test document

% Table created by StarGazer v.3.0.1 by Marek Hlavac, Harvard University. E-mail: hlavac at fas.harvard.edu
% Date and time: Sat, Feb 02, 2013 - 12:41:40
\begin{table}[htb] \centering 
  \caption{} 
  \label{} 
\footnotesize 

\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{5pt}} c c c } 
\\[-1.8ex]\hline 
\hline \\[-1.8ex] 
variable1 & variable2 & variable3 \\ 
\hline \\[-1.8ex] 
$21$ & $6$ & $160$ \\ 
$21$ & $6$ & $160$ \\ 
$22.800$ & $4$ & $108$ \\ 
\hline \\[-1.8ex] 
\normalsize 
\end{tabular} 
\end{table} 

\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Ross,

it shows the same font, when I tried it:

font.png (6.33 KiB) Viewed 9472 times

Click on "Open in writeLaTeX" above your code example to verify. Please check your example again, if it really does what you said.

Stefan

[Ross Ahmed]

Note that numbers within the table columns are not Arial.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Ah, the numbers! Well, they have math font. That's not necessary just for numbers if you would like to use the same font. So, simply remove the $ symbols.

If math mode would really be necessary, it could be achieved by

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\usepackage{sfmath}

Btw. phv means Helvetiva (or the Nimbus Sans clone), not Arial - Arial is kind of a Microsoft copy of the original Helvetica.

Stefan

[Ross Ahmed]

Great, many thanks.