[Tex/LaTex] Change body font in moderncv without affecting the other fonts

Question

Is there a way to change the body font in moderncv (v0.7) without affecting the other fonts (for example \firstnamefont)?

If I change the font via setting \sfdefault it influences not only the body font but all fonts of sections and title in the document.

Answer 1

You have some predefined commands to change the fonts of some elements:

\namefont \titlefont \addressfont \sectionfont \subsectionfont \hintfont \quotefont

Redefining those commands you can change the font attributes for the associated elements. Here's a little example in which I changed the font associated to the first four commmands to use Zapf Chancery:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{CV}               
\address{Baker Street}{Southampton}
\mobile{+1~(234)~567~890}                         
\phone{+2~(345)~678~901}
\fax{+3~(456)~789~012}       
\email{john@doe.org}                              
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}            

\renewcommand*\namefont{\fontfamily{pzc}\fontsize{40}{48}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\titlefont{\fontfamily{pzc}\fontsize{20}{24}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\addressfont{\fontfamily{pzc}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\sectionfont{\fontfamily{pzc}\fontsize{20}{24}\selectfont}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{Test Section}
\cventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{Description}
\cventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{Description}

\section{Test Section}
\cventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{Description}
\cventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{Description}

\end{document}

If you want to change the font for some particular argument(s) of, for example, the \cventry command you can define your own command to include the necessary redefinition(s); here's an example in which I defined a \Mycventry command using Zapf Chancery for the last argument of \cventry:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{classic}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{CV}               
\address{Baker Street}{Southampton}
\mobile{+1~(234)~567~890}  

\phone{+2~(345)~678~901}
\fax{+3~(456)~789~012}       
\email{john@doe.org}                              
\homepage{www.johndoe.com}            

\newcommand\Mycventry[6]{%
  \cventry{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{\fontfamily{pzc}\selectfont#6}}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{Test Section}
\Mycventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{\fontfamily{pzc}\selectfont \lipsum[2]}
\cventry{2012}{Title}{Institute}{City}{}{\lipsum[2]}

\end{document}

And the output showing the comparison between \cventrya and \Mycventry: