I have to make slides under some given restrictions for a presentation. I am thinking of using beamer, even though I have not used it before. One of the given restrictions is that a title has to be in Arial, 44 pt size, and bold. After reading the manual I came up with the following experimental code.
\documentclass{beamer}
\setbeamerfont*{titlefont}{size*={44pt}{24pt}, family={\fontfamily{phv}}, series=\bfseries}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\usebeamerfont*{titlefont}
Titles 44 pt and bold
\end{frame}
\end{document}
The output is in Arial and bold, however, the size seems much larger than 44pt. What seems to be the problem? Is there anther way to do this?
44pt? – Gonzalo Medina Jun 14 '12 at 1:4044pt(it's42.99pt), since no44ptinphvexist; LaTeX does a substitution here. To see what44ptlooks like, add\rule{1pt}{44pt}before the title, and you'll see that your title is smaller than the44ptrule. – Werner Jun 14 '12 at 1:43Arialis a clone ofHelvetica, but not completely identical to it. (Most people probably would be hard-pressed to tell them apart, except maybe when shown some letters such asR,G, anda.) If the organization where you're giving the presentation is a stickler about fonts, you may be asked to use a "real"Arialrather thanHelvetica. (I know: there's no accounting for tastes...) If that happens, you may want to take a look at the URW Arial package, available at ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/arial. – Mico Jun 14 '12 at 2:37