LaTeX lstlisting not highlighting keywords when basic style is ttfamily

Question

I'm working on a LaTeX document and using lstlisting to display my Java source code. My setup looks like this:

\lstset{
  basicstyle=\ttfamily,
  keywordstyle=\bfseries,
  language=Java,
  frame=single,
  aboveskip=11pt,
  belowskip=11pt,
  breaklines=true,
  breakatwhitespace=false,
  showspaces=false,
  showstringspaces=false
}

The keywords are not highlighted bold when using ttfamily, but if I use small or don't specify the basic style, they're highlighted fine.

What am I missing?

Costin

Answer 1

The default font in LaTeX, Computer Modern, does not provide a bold version of the teletype family. You can install this as the bold-extra package; see this FAQ entry for details.

Knoll

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Right, I think I oversaw it yesterday, but thanks for the hint! – Costin

Answer 2

Another option is to swap which fonts you're using for bold as described here: http://www.macfreek.nl/mindmaster/LaTeX_Bold_Typewriter_Font

Just putting this line at the top of my document worked for me on a pretty standard Ubuntu build:

\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{cmtt}{bx}{n}{<5><6><7><8><9><10><10.95><12><14.4><17.28><20.74><24.88>cmttb10}{}

Platto

Answer 3

There is an alternative approach (a bit simplee IMHO) here using a Courier font instead of the default Computer Modern:

% Using Courier font
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr}
\begin{lstlisting}[basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries]
y:=2
\end{lstlisting}

All credits goes of cause to Marco Daniel!

Anew