Change font used by moderncv

Question

Using moderncv, is it possible to change the font? I tried to load the Palatino font with:

\usepackage{mathpazo}

with no avail.

I'm using Tex Live 2011, and I compile the tex file with pdflatex.

Answer 1

Pass the roman option to moderncv:

\documentclass[roman]{moderncv}
\usepackage{mathpazo}

In this way only the titles will be in a sans serif font. If you want everything in Palatino,

\documentclass{moderncv}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{\rmdefault}

Answer 2

moderncv uses a sans serif font for the entire document. As far as I can tell, there is no sans serif font in mathpazo, so you probably want to use the normal Palatino font in that package. To do that, you need to load the package change the sans serif font. Add

\usepackage{mathpazo}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{ppl}

at the end of your preamble.