diff --git a/assignment_template/Makefile b/assignment_template/Makefile
index 9d0527f..b9216a6 100644
--- a/assignment_template/Makefile
+++ b/assignment_template/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: $(patsubst %.tex,%.pdf,$(wildcard *.tex))
 #	Rscript -e "library(knitr); knit('$<')"
 
 %.pdf: %.tex 
-	latexmk -f -pdf $<
+	latexmk -f -lualatex $<
 
 clean: 
 	latexmk -C *.tex
diff --git a/assignment_template/text.tex b/assignment_template/text.tex
index b8e6ea1..1951ed7 100644
--- a/assignment_template/text.tex
+++ b/assignment_template/text.tex
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 % with article-3 \chapterstyle, change to: \pagestyle{memo}
 \pagestyle{mako-mem}
 
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
-
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-\usepackage{textcomp}
-\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\setmainfont{EB Garamond}
+\setsansfont{TeX Gyre Heros}
 
 \usepackage[letterpaper,left=1.65in,right=1.65in,top=1.3in,bottom=1.2in]{geometry}
 
diff --git a/letter_template/Makefile b/letter_template/Makefile
index 237689e..0a6f949 100644
--- a/letter_template/Makefile
+++ b/letter_template/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 all: $(patsubst %.tex,%.pdf,$(wildcard *.tex)) 
 
 %.pdf: %.tex 
-	latexmk -f -pdf $<
+	latexmk -f -lualatex $<
 
 clean: 
 	latexmk -C *.tex
diff --git a/letter_template/text.tex b/letter_template/text.tex
index e10c7ae..454b1b1 100644
--- a/letter_template/text.tex
+++ b/letter_template/text.tex
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 \documentclass[12pt]{letter}
 
-\usepackage{ucs}
-\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
-
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-\usepackage{textcomp}
-\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
-\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
-\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\setmainfont{EB Garamond}
+\setsansfont{TeX Gyre Heros}
 
 \usepackage[letterpaper,left=1.3in,right=1.3in,top=0.8in,bottom=0.8in]{geometry}
 
diff --git a/paper_template/Makefile b/paper_template/Makefile
index 0bca574..09e0e7d 100644
--- a/paper_template/Makefile
+++ b/paper_template/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: $(patsubst %.tex,%.pdf,$(wildcard *.tex))
 #	Rscript -e "library(knitr); knit('$<')"
 
 %.pdf: %.tex 
-	latexmk -f -pdf $<
+	latexmk -f -lualatex $<
 
 clean: 
 	latexmk -C *.tex
diff --git a/paper_template/text.tex b/paper_template/text.tex
index 0532930..7a330d4 100644
--- a/paper_template/text.tex
+++ b/paper_template/text.tex
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 % \published tag
 \chapterstyle{cdsc-article}
 
-\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\setmainfont{EB Garamond}
+\setsansfont{TeX Gyre Heros}
 \usepackage{wrapfig}
-\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
-\usepackage{textcomp}
-\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
 
 \usepackage[letterpaper,left=1.65in,right=1.65in,top=1.3in,bottom=1.2in]{geometry}