How to exclude package when converting md to tex with pandoc

Question

I need to use \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}. Pandoc default is \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

My YAML header in md file is

---
title: My tytle
author: Me
header-includes:
  - \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
---

When I compile md file, I have both T1 and T2A packages. Is it possible to exclude T1 package, please?

I try

---
title: My tytle
author: Me
header-includes:
  - \usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
header-excludes:
  - \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
---

but it not working

DG' · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-07 09:33:27Z

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Pandoc defines a variable for fontenc in the default template, that means that you can specify the encoding in the YAML-header directly:

---
title: My tytle
author: Me
fontenc: T2A
---

answered Oct 7, 2020 at 9:33

DG'

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Btw. you can use pandoc -D latex to print the default latex template to check what pandoc is actually doing, instead of guessing...
– DG'
Oct 7, 2020 at 9:35
Thank you. It works for T2A. But I still need to remove \usepackage{lmodern} (I use Cyrillic fonts). I can comment it in tex file, but it will be nice if I can remove it from YAML header in md file.
– Alan Ford
Oct 7, 2020 at 10:46
This site works on a one question at a time basis, so please mark my answer as accepted. How to change fonts has already been answered here: tex.stackexchange.com/a/234796/29873 and it is well documented in the user's guide: pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#variables-for-latex
– DG'
Oct 7, 2020 at 11:08

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