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Is there a way to set font arial and font size 8.5pt using TexStudio? Which documentclass can apply font size 8.5pt?
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The scrartcl class can work with any font but you have to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX:
\documentclass[fontsize=8.5pt,DIV=calc]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}
\begin{document}
This should be in 8.5pt font.
\end{document}
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There are packages to support Arial like fonts using
pdflatex, e.g.,uarialfor the ugly URW A030 (Arial). – Schweinebacke Feb 2 '17 at 13:42 -
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uarialprovides scalable font setup. KOMA-Script classes (and alsomemoir) do not depend on XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. So: Yes. – Schweinebacke Feb 2 '17 at 13:55
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You can try:
% The command below will automatically compile your document with XeLaTeX, which is needed if you want to use Arial or any font which is installed on your system.
% !TeX program = xelatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} % Needed to run XeLaTeX
\usepackage{lipsum} % (Use for dummy (Lorem ipsum) text
\setmainfont{Arial}
\usepackage[9pt]{extsizes} % The sizes available are 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, and 20pt
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}.
pdflatex,lualatex,xelatex) and for setting up font size 8.5pt with LaTeX or are you searching how to setup the font and font size of the editor? – Schweinebacke Feb 2 '17 at 13:45