[Tex/LaTex] standard latex font in lyx

fontslyx

By default, LyX sets font to be Times New Roman in the article class. When I print my document it looks different than most other latex documents which seem to be using a different font. What font/size is the standard for latex documents?

The following packages in the preamble:

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{longtable,lscape}
\usepackage[nolists,tablesfirst]{endfloat}
\usepackage{caption} 
\captionsetup[table]{skip=20pt}
\usepackage{color, colortbl}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\setcitestyle{round}
\usepackage{bigstrut}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{figure}{section}
\usepackage{etoolbox}% http://ctan.org/pkg/etoolbox
\patchcmd{\maketitle}{\let\footnoterule\relax}{}{}{}

Best Answer

The standard font used by TeX is called Computer Modern, but some document classes may use a different font. The default size also depends on document class, but for the standard classes (book, article, report) at least it is 10pt.

LyX does not change this, so Computer Modern is the default here as well. If they are not used, either you're using a document class that specifies a different font, or you've added a font package to the preamble, or you've at some point changed the LyX default settings.

To make Computer Modern (or the new derivative, Latin Modern, which looks similar) the default, go to Document --> Settings --> Fonts, select one of these for the Roman font (and possibly for Sans Serif and Typewriter as well), and click the button labeled Save as document defaults.

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