[Tex/LaTex] Set section and subsection header to ttf font in KOMA-script

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I'd like to set a custom font I acquired for all section and subsection headers in a scratcl paper I'm writing. It's a ttf and installed correctly on my Mac.

I know about \setkomafont and \addtokomafont, and I also have found the fontspec package, but all that seems to do is set the font for the entire document via \setmainfont, or for a section via \fontspec if I understand correctly.

I just can't seem to add one and one here, so to recap: how do I set (sub)section headers to a font installed on my Mac?

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To use the system fonts you need to use xe(la)tex or lualatex instead of (pdf)latex. And with fontspec you can define a new family with \newfontfamily.

% I'm a UNICODE/UTF-8 encoded file!
\documentclass{scrartcl}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily\atfamily{American Typewriter}

\addtokomafont{disposition}{\atfamily}

% for testing
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\section{Test}
\subsection{Test}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Save this file as UTF-8 file and compile it with xelatex then you’ll get this.

result

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[Tex/LaTex] How to force KOMA-Script use headers/footers as standard classes

If you want the same footskip as used by the standard class article then change it to 30pt:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=2cm,
  footskip=30pt% <- added
]{geometry}
\begin{document}
A test document: \the\footskip
\end{document}

enter image description here

Explanation:

With a KOMA-Script class the \footskip is set to 3.5\baselineskip. The standard classes article and report use 30pt as \footskip while the book class uses .35in with fontsize 10pt, .38in with 11pt and 30pt with fontsize 12pt. If you change only the margins using package geometry the \footskip is not changed even if you use a standard class. See the following example:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[
  margin=30pt,
  showframe% to show the page layout
  ]{geometry}
\begin{document}
A test document: \the\footskip
\end{document}

Result:

enter image description here

As you can see the page number can be also too close to the paper edge even if the standard class article is used. Hence the page number is not placed wisely by the standard class - its baseline is simple placed 30pt below the text body.

So if you change the margins manually it is your task to manually adjust the footskip.

If the baseline of the page number should be in the middle of the white space you can use footskip=1cm (= half of the bottom margin). Or choose something like footskip=\dimexpr1cm+.7ex\relax if the page number should be nearly centered in the white space at the bottom.

Update/Addition (regarding the changed question and a comment)

Here is your second example using the packages showframe and layout:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,headsepline,twoside=false]{scrbook}
\usepackage[left=3.50cm, right=2.50cm, top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm,
%includehead,
]{geometry}
\usepackage{pagegrid}
\pagegridsetup{tl,firstcolor=blue!50}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\layout
\chapter{Test Chapter}
\lipsum[10]
\clearpage
\noindent\lipsum[10]
\end{document}

Result:

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As you can see the text body starts 2.5cm below of the paper edge. Note that the KOMA option headsepline sets the KOMAoption headinclude for the KOMA package typearea. But you change your layout using geometry. So you have to tell this package that the header should be included. If you uncomment its option includehead in the example you get

enter image description here

Now the top of the header is 2.5cm below of the paper edge.

The command \layout from the package layout shows us the exact values

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The top of the header is 1inch+\voffset+\topmargin below of the paper edge. Note that \voffset is normally 0pt. With option includehead this results in your 2.5cm (set by geometry).

The text body starts 1inch+\voffset+\topmargin+\headheight+\headskip below of the paper edge. Without option includehead this results in 2.5cm (set by geometry).

Using geometry you can controll:

the distance to the text body (without includehead) or the distance to the top of the header by the geometry option top
the height of the head by the geometry option headheight
the sep between header and text body by the geometry option headsep

See the documentation of geometry for more Information.

[Tex/LaTex] Changing the Font in Moderncv

Building on the solution you linked to (→ Change body font in moderncv without affecting the other fonts), I found that the following works:

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

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{FiraSans}

\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{\fontspec{FiraSans}\fontsize{40}{48}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\titlefont{\fontspec{FiraSans}\fontsize{20}{24}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\addressfont{\fontspec{FiraSans}\selectfont}
\renewcommand*\sectionfont{\fontspec{FiraSans}\fontsize{20}{24}\selectfont}

\begin{document}

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