diff --git a/auxi.c b/auxi.c
index 020b2a7..a0a35b7 100644
--- a/auxi.c
+++ b/auxi.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ write_config_file (void)
   fprintf (file, "global_height=%" LLFORMAT "\n", prop.global_height);
   fprintf (file, "global_width=%" LLFORMAT "\n", prop.global_width);
   fprintf (file, "latex_export=%d\n", prop.latex_export);
+  fprintf (file, "serif=%d\n", prop.serif);
   if (prop.path_gs != NULL)
     fprintf (file, "path_gs=%s\n", prop.path_gs);
   if (prop.path_pstoedit != NULL)
@@ -233,6 +234,8 @@ #define LEN 100
       sscanf (buf, "global_width=%" LLFORMAT "\n", &(prop.global_width));
     if (strncmp (buf, "latex_export=", 13) == 0)
       sscanf (buf, "latex_export=%d\n", &(prop.latex_export));
+    if (strncmp (buf, "serif=", 6) == 0)
+      sscanf (buf, "serif=%d\n", &(prop.serif));
     if (strncmp (buf, "path_gs=", 8) == 0)
     {
       /* We have to remove the newline at the end */
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 8044fcf..47e92ba 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct Properties
   LLINT global_height;
   LLINT global_width;
   int latex_export;
+  int serif;
   gchar * path_gs;
   gchar * path_pstoedit;
 };
diff --git a/easychem.c b/easychem.c
index bf8f187..afdda86 100644
--- a/easychem.c
+++ b/easychem.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ GdkGC *gc_help, *gc_sel, *gc_gray;
 
 
 /* Here are the default properties, take care not to mess with that! */
-struct Properties prop = { GLOBAL_SIZE_H, GLOBAL_SIZE_V, TRUE, NULL, NULL };
+struct Properties prop = { GLOBAL_SIZE_H, GLOBAL_SIZE_V, TRUE, TRUE, NULL, NULL };
 
 
 /* Some variables need to be static */
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ menu_export (void)
 {
   int response;
   unsigned int i;
-  GtkWidget *dialog, *label, *radio[EXPORT_DELIMITER], *latex;
+  GtkWidget *dialog, *label, *radio[EXPORT_DELIMITER], *latex, *serif;
 
   if (gs_status == PROGRAM_UNKNOWN)
     gs_status = detect_gs ();
@@ -720,6 +720,14 @@ menu_export (void)
     gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (latex), TRUE);
   else
     gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (latex), FALSE);
+
+  serif = gtk_check_button_new_with_label (_("Use serif fonts"));
+  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (GTK_DIALOG (dialog)->vbox), serif,
+                      TRUE, TRUE, 20);
+  if (prop.serif)
+    gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (serif), TRUE);
+  else
+    gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (serif), FALSE);
   
   gtk_widget_show_all (dialog);
 
@@ -735,6 +743,8 @@ menu_export (void)
       export_type = i;
   prop.latex_export = gtk_toggle_button_get_active
                         (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (latex));
+  prop.serif = gtk_toggle_button_get_active
+                        (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (serif));
   gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
   menu_export_file ();
 }
diff --git a/export.c b/export.c
index 531edf3..20362f7 100644
--- a/export.c
+++ b/export.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,14 @@ #include "postscript/cm_common.c"
     }
     else
     {
+      if (prop.serif)
+      {
 #include "postscript/times.c"
+      }
+      else
+      {
+#include "postscript/helvetica.c"
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/postscript/Makefile b/postscript/Makefile
index db1abae..88b4d4c 100644
--- a/postscript/Makefile
+++ b/postscript/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-all: preamble.c times.c cm.c cmi.c cmb.c cmbi.c cm_common.c
+all: preamble.c helvetica.c times.c cm.c cmi.c cmb.c cmbi.c cm_common.c
 
 %.c: %.ps
 #	sed -e 's#$$#\\n", file);#' $*.ps | sed -e 's#^#fputs ("#' > $*.c
diff --git a/postscript/helvetica.ps b/postscript/helvetica.ps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be2ac31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postscript/helvetica.ps
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+[/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/space/exclam/quotedbl/numbersign/dollar/percent/ampersand
+/quoteright/parenleft/parenright/asterisk/plus/comma/hyphen/period
+/slash/zero/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight/nine/colon
+/semicolon/less/equal/greater/question/at/A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I
+/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z/bracketleft
+/backslash/bracketright/asciicircum/underscore/quoteleft/a/b/c/d
+/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z
+/braceleft/bar/braceright/asciitilde/Euro/oe/OE
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef
+/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/.notdef/space/exclamdown
+/cent/sterling/currency/yen/brokenbar/section/dieresis/copyright
+/ordfeminine/guillemotleft/logicalnot/hyphen/registered/macron
+/degree/plusminus/twosuperior/threesuperior/acute/mu/paragraph
+/periodcentered/cedilla/onesuperior/ordmasculine/guillemotright
+/onequarter/onehalf/threequarters/questiondown/Agrave/Aacute
+/Acircumflex/Atilde/Adieresis/Aring/AE/Ccedilla/Egrave/Eacute
+/Ecircumflex/Edieresis/Igrave/Iacute/Icircumflex/Idieresis/Eth
+/Ntilde/Ograve/Oacute/Ocircumflex/Otilde/Odieresis/multiply/Oslash
+/Ugrave/Uacute/Ucircumflex/Udieresis/Yacute/Thorn/germandbls
+/agrave/aacute/acircumflex/atilde/adieresis/aring/ae/ccedilla
+/egrave/eacute/ecircumflex/edieresis/igrave/iacute/icircumflex
+/idieresis/eth/ntilde/ograve/oacute/ocircumflex/otilde/odieresis
+/divide/oslash/ugrave/uacute/ucircumflex/udieresis/yacute/thorn
+/ydieresis]/isolatin1encoding exch def
+
+% Makes the latin1 encoding for a given font
+/latin1{findfont dup length dict begin{1 i /FID ne{def}{pop pop}ifelse}forall
+  /Encoding isolatin1encoding def currentdict end definefont pop}bd
+
+% The fonts we will probably use
+/TR/Helvetica latin1
+/TRi/Helvetica-Oblique latin1
+/TRb/Helvetica-Bold latin1
+/TRbi/Helvetica-BoldOblique latin1
+
+% This is used to set the font to the current fs/relfs/ft values
+/sf{ft 0 eq{/TR findfont}{ft 1 eq{/TRi findfont}{ft 2 eq{/TRb findfont}{/TRbi
+    findfont}ifelse}ifelse}ifelse fs relfs mul scalefont setfont}bd
+% This is used to set the font to Symbol, ignoring ft and using relfs/fs
+/g{/Symbol findfont fs relfs mul scalefont setfont}bd
+
+% We set the font
+sf