The default font used in LaTeX is a little bland. Most of us would like to use Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica or something similar. This is quite a simple thing to do. All of the fonts are stored in packages and simply including that package (\usepackage{package}) will change the font.

Some of the fonts which are available are:

• Antiqua (antiqua package)
• Arial (uarial package)
• Courier (courier package
• Helvetica (helvet package)
• Luximono (luximono package)
• Palatino (palatino package)
• Times New Roman (times package)

For example, to use Times New Roman, Add the following to the top of the document:

\usepackage{times}

There are many, many more fonts out there. A quick google search should be able to tell you which package to use.