[texhax] changing base font

[Steve Peter]

On Dec 13, 2005, at 7:13 AM, William Adams wrote:

> In addition to Luca's suggestion of:
>
>>> \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{phv}
>>> in your document preamble
>
> You'll want to d/l the sansmath package from CTAN and use it if you
> want your math to be sans as well.
>
> Whether or no all of this is a good idea typographically I'll leave to
> the reader to experiment with and learn.

Indeed. Also, you've probably want to

\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}

lest you get Computer Modern Sans mixed in with your Helvetica.