>>>>> "Glenn" == Glenn Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Glenn> Hi there! Just installed the latest version of LyX, thinking it
Glenn> might fix my lack-of-Helvetica problems, but nope. I can select
Glenn> Helvetica in the document layout menu, but it still appears as
Glenn> the default font (computer-modern) on output. Is this a LyX
Glenn> problem, or is it TeX/LaTeX, or is it my system? Anyone else
Glenn> have font problems like this? (BTW, all the other fonts work
Glenn> fine, and my system is Mandrake 7.2.)
This is rather a design problem of the font packages of psnfss. All
the 'helvet' package does is to change the default sans serif font to
helvetica. It does not change the default font to helvetica. The times
package is different, since it changes all tex fonts to
times/helvetica/courrier. Confusing? Yes.
If you just want to have a sans serif font as default, the magic latex
command for that is
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
You will not see a difference on screen, though, unless you also set
in Preferences your default roman font to something like helvetica.
JMarc
