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Hi Taco,

> > Hi all,
> > 
> > can someone please tell me how to change the current font family, so that
> > other atributes (size, weight and style) remain the same?
> 
> \def\familyswitch#1[#2]{%
>      \edef\oldalternative{\fontalternative}%
>      \switchtobodyfont[#2]%
>      \getvalue{\oldalternative}}
> 
> \familyswitch[pos]

thanks for the tip. It works, however everytime I switched to another
family, then the font definition file is loaded again (font-pos.tex). Is
there anyway to prevent it? My need is to typeset a few characters in the
body text in different font than the main font, so the switching is used
quite frequently.

Regards
Thanh