3.22.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

3.22.2.1 How do I use a particular font for a small section of text in my document?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/25249/how-do-i-use-a-particular-font-for-a-small-section-of-text-in-my-document

The standard font packages make global changes to the fonts in my document. What if I want to use a particular font for just a portion of my text? 
How do I find the right name of the font? 
How do I  ...
 

- asked by Alan Munn (352 votes), answered by frabjous (281 votes)

3.22.2.2 \subtitle doesn't work in article document class

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/5948/subtitle-doesnt-work-in-article-document-class

I'm relatively new to TeX but until now I used mostly the beamer class. There I did this: 
\documentclass{beamer} 
\title{title} 
\subtitle{subtitle} 
\author{name} 
\date{\today} 
\begin{document} 
...
 

- asked by nickik (101 votes), answered by Stefan Kottwitz (77 votes)