fonts
I am writing an article using LaTeX, and I want to set a Times New Roman font. Does anyone know how I can do it?
When I don't use the package, the text renders as below:
When I set \usepackage{newtxtext} in the header of my document, the text gets shrunk.
The mathptmx package is not the best way to load the times font as the fonts are both incomplete and a patchwork of symbols from different sources.
Among the free fonts, you best choice today is probably newtx (alternatively, on older distributions, you have txfonts, but they have some spacing problems):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{newtxtext}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\begin{document}
$y = f(x)$
$\mathbf{y=f(x)}$
{\boldmath$y=f(x)$}
\end{document}
Let's construct what you're after:
12 point text font
For this you can pass a 12pt option to the document class. For example, use
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
Times New Roman font
While there is no actual Times New Roman font in native LaTeX, the closest you'll get is by adding the mathptmx package
\usepackage{mathptmx}
or the newtx bundle
\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath}
to your document preamble. To check the actual font is included when doing this, see How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?.
14 point chapter heading
Under the 12pt document class option, the closest to 14pt is provided by the \large switch (see What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?) - it'll actually be 14.4pt, but that would be what the font has to offer. However, the current \chapter heading is set (by default) in a combination of \huge and \Huge (the former for the chapter heading - Chapter X, and the latter for the chapter title A chapter). So, we can patch the appropriate macro(s) (\@makechapterhead and \@makechaptershead) and substitute \large for \huge (with the aid of etoolbox):
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
% \patchcmd{<cmd>}{<search>}{<replace>}{<success>}{<failure>}
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\Huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\Huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter*
\makeatother
Here's a MWE that contains the above suggestions:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum,mathptmx,etoolbox} % Or swap mathptmx with newtxtext,newtxmath
\makeatletter
% \patchcmd{<cmd>}{<search>}{<replace>}{<success>}{<failure>}
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\Huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter
\patchcmd{\@makeschapterhead}{\Huge}{\large}{}{}% for \chapter*
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\chapter{A chapter}
\lipsum[1]
\section{A section}
\lipsum[2]
\end{document}
Note how the \section title is now larger (set using \normalfont\Large\bfseries) than the \chapter title - a definite problem. However, you requested Chapter Heading 14 only.
Best Answer
How about this?