Text FormattingUsing different fonts for section and body

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hariharanb
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Using different fonts for section and body

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Hello all,

I've been using LaTeX for past 6 months. I am stuck with a problem here.

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\usepackage{lmodern}
This will put LM Roman font in the paragraph text. I would like to know how to use different font Say, Minion Pro, for

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\section{Introduction}
\section{Technical Overview}
etc..

Please clarify. I am using TeXLive 2009, Linux.
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Using different fonts for section and body

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Hi Hariharan,

the titlesec package provides commands for formatting section headings. They may be used for switching the font.

I prefer KOMA-script classes, they are like extensions of the standard classes. Among many features they provide commands to adjust the fonts of section headings, like \setkomafont{section}{\large\usefont{T1}{...}{bx}{n}} etc.

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hariharanb
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Using different fonts for section and body

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For Minion Pro, should I give "Minion Pro" instead of '...' inside \usefont?

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\setkomafont{section}{\large\usefont{T1}{...}{bx}{n}}
should it be like this?

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\setkomafont{section}{\large\usefont{T1}{Minion Pro}{bx}{n}}
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