Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ the courier font

[allevo]

excuse me.. i don't explain my thought very well...
i'd like have a command that, passed the name of fonts, set the font of following text.
i'd want use a command like this: \usefont{name of font}
for example:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\newcommand \usefont[1]{ ?!?!?}
\begin{document}
\usefont{Arial} arial text
\usefont{Charter BT} Charter BT text
\usefont{Humanist} Humanist text
\end{document}

is possible?!?!

[frabjous]

Experimenting a little, this sorta does the trick:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\choosefont}[1]{\fontfamily{#1}\selectfont}
\begin{document}

\choosefont{phv} Helvetica text

\choosefont{pcr} Courier text

\choosefont{pzc} Zapf chancery text

\end{document}

I used "choosefont" rather than "usefont" since the latter already seems to have another use.

By default that will let you use the fonts included in the PSNFSS bundle, and you'll have to refer to them by their family names used there. Here's a guide:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/system/software ... nfss2e.pdf

See especially page 9.

If you want more, you'll have to load additional packages. E.g, for the Bera fonts, you might use:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{bera}
\newcommand{\choosefont}[1]{\fontfamily{#1}\selectfont}
\begin{document}

\choosefont{phv} Helvetica text

\choosefont{pcr} Courier text

\choosefont{pzc} Zapf chancery text

\choosefont{fve} Bera Serif text

\choosefont{fvs} Bera Sans text

\end{document}

For the fontfamily names used with the Bera package:
http://ftp.math.purdue.edu/mirrors/ctan ... a/bera.pdf

Someone else might have some better solutions. I'm a newbie myself.

And perhaps it goes without saying, but I hope you have a good reason for wanting this. There's nothing more annoying than reading something that changes fonts often for no good reason. Things tend to look better when one font or font family is used throughout. Just my personal opinion.

[allevo]

thank for all answer!!!!
but what is the parameter that i pass to \fontfamily?!?
where can i find a list containing all parameters?!?!?

EDIT: at pg 9 of the pdf linked there're a list. is it complete?!?!

[localghost]

[...] but what is the parameter that i pass to \fontfamily?!? [...]

This parameter is an abbreviation which identifies the font definitely.

[...] where can i find a list containing all parameters?!?!? [...]

I'm not aware of a comprehensive list. But you can take a look at the package files themselves. The packages do in principal nothing else than you can see in my sample code below. They redefine the default settings to make a whole document appear in the chosen font. For more information you can take a look at the PSNFSS or start a search engine and search for the "LaTeX Font Selection Scheme" or "NFSS".

[...] at pg 9 of the pdf linked there're a list. is it complete?!?!

I only see a single page in this document. But of course the list is complete.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}

\parindent0em

\newcommand*{\berarm}[1]{\usefont{T1}{fve}{m}{n}#1\normalfont}  % Bera Roman
\newcommand*{\berasf}[1]{\usefont{T1}{fvs}{m}{n}#1\normalfont}  % Bera Sans
\newcommand*{\beratt}[1]{\usefont{T1}{fvm}{m}{n}#1\normalfont}  % Bera Mono

\begin{document}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  \smallskip
  \berarm{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}

  \smallskip
  \berasf{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}

  \smallskip
  \beratt{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}

  \smallskip
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
\end{document}

Compare the parameters with those you can find in the bera font sample document. Note that bera needs to be installed for this example because the new commands need access to the font definition files. In LaTeX you cannot specify a font like you want to. Perhaps XeTeX is worth a look.

[allevo]

thank a million!!!!

[frabjous]

at pg 9 of the pdf linked there're a list. is it complete?!?!

I only see a single page in this document. But of course the list is complete.

I believe he was referring to the first PDF I linked to, the one on PSNFSS, not the second (the one on Bera). The one on Bera has only one page, but the other has more.

[localghost]

I believe he was referring to the first PDF I linked to, the one on PSNFSS, not the second (the one on Bera). The one on Bera has only one page, but the other has more.

I see. But for this document it is also true that the data table containing the font shapes is complete.