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.