shenanigans with fonts

[powerswing]

hey man >

look, i am confused about fontfamily: using your template to create manuscripts.
how to change fonts using that? seems like i gotta tweak the .tex template file first, as this command:

\newcommand*{\authorfont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}

so the value phv is possible to change but i still i can't get anything to work.
i tried to use ptm and tweak fontfamily: to Times but it shouted that i didn't have Times.sty file.

could you thus provide me with little insight on that? i would solely appreciate that! >

offtopic: you rock
E.

[powerswing]

also how to tweak fontsize of sections like 'Introduction' and 'Conclusion'?

[svmiller]

Curious, which template are you referencing? The manuscript one?

[svmiller]

Oh, and one point: pretty sure fontfamily is case-sensitive. You may not have a Times.sty file but you should have a times.sty file.

[powerswing]

hm. okay, and yes -- the manuscript one

so i opened svm-latex-ms.tex

\newcommand*{\authorfont}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}

changed to ptm instead of phv
then in fontfamily: i stated times in my .rmd file

and IT WORKED. nice

ps. so descriptive as anyone stumbles on it later.

thank you,
E.

[svmiller]

Also, if you want to tweak section fonts, call in the secsty package in LaTeX and start fudging it to get something you like. Here's a good primer on it: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/103286/how-to-change-section-subsection-font-size

[powerswing]

thank you, sir