On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:11:48AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>
> I've been editing LaTeX for 11 years. I've always had
> \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{phv}
> \renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
> \rmfamily
>
The correct way to change to sans serif font is to put
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
in the preamble.
If you want to use the helvetica font instead of the default Computer Modern
Sans Serif font, then use
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
In lyx, you can do the latter by selecting helvetica as the font in the
document dialog.
