[Tex/LaTex] sig-alternate undefined control sequence for copyright and isbn

acmcopyright

I am getting the following error message while using the sig-alternate class:

! Undefined control sequence.
l.84 \setcopyright
{othergov}
! Undefined control sequence.
l.86 \isbn
! Undefined control sequence.
l.87 \doi

What could be the possible reason and how can it be fixed?

Best Answer

The sig-alternate class file available here fixed the problem. There is also a need to download the copyright.sty file.

http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html/

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\documentclass{article}
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This will work with your class too.

Your class is using the ae-fonts as default. Something which nobody today would do. Also for some reason is sets the font family in the preamble to aer, that confuses latex in combination with the T5 encoding and leds to your corrupted NFSS table message.

I would suggest to undo the aer setting e.g. with

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