Style fix: font style changes now cleaner

Font style is now selected for the whole cover pages at once.
Exception: the fond needs to be re-applied locally for titleFr and titleEr (back cover page), because they rely on the \section* command

Couverture-these/resume.tex

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 %background image for resume (back)
 \backcoverheader
 
-
+% Switch font style to back cover style
+\selectfontbackcover{ % Font style change is limited to this page using braces, just in case
 
 \titleFR{titre (en fran\c cais)..............}
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ Thalassius vero ea tempestate praefectus praetorio praesens ipse quoque adrogant
 docens, idque, incertum qua mente, ne lateret adfectans. quibus mox Caesar acrius efferatus, velut contumaciae quoddam vexillum altius erigens, sine respectu salutis alienae vel suae ad vertenda opposita instar rapidi fluminis irrevocabili impetu ferebatur.
 Hae duae provinciae bello quondam piratico catervis mixtae praedonum.}
 
-
+}
 
 % Rétablit les marges d'origines
 % Restore original margin settings

these-ubl.cls

@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
 \FrenchFootnotes
 
 % Define commands to set fonts throughout the document
-\newcommand*{\fontfrontcover}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}  % Font style used in front cover 
-\newcommand*{\fontbackcover}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}   % Font style used in back cover 
-\newcommand*{\fontchapheads}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont} % Font style used chapter headings
+\newcommand*{\selectfontfrontcover}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}  % Font style used in front cover 
+\newcommand*{\selectfontbackcover}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont}   % Font style used in back cover 
+\newcommand*{\selectfontchapheads}{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont} % Font style used chapter headings
 
 % Override default font here if you want
 %\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{qpl}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             \scshape \@chapapp{} \thechapter
         \par\nobreak
         \interlinepenalty\@M
-    \fontchapheads \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
+    \selectfontchapheads \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
     %\vspace*{1\p@}%
     \hrulefill
     \par\nobreak
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
             \scshape \vphantom{\@chapapp{} \thechapter}
         \par\nobreak
         \interlinepenalty\@M
-    \fontchapheads \Huge \bfseries #1 \par\nobreak
+    \selectfontchapheads \Huge \bfseries #1 \par\nobreak
     %\vspace*{1\p@}%
     \hrulefill
     \par\nobreak
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@
   };
    \node at (current page.center)
 {\parbox{17.6cm}{
-\fontfrontcover % Set front font locally (in this parbox)
 \vspace{4.2cm}
-\sffamily
 
-{\fontfrontcover \Huge \textsc{Th\`{e}se de doctorat de}} \\ % Front font needs to be selected locally in every pair of braces
+\selectfontfrontcover % Set font style for front cover page
+
+{\Huge \textsc{Th\`{e}se de doctorat de}} \\
 
 
 %\begin{huge}
@@ -286,33 +286,33 @@
 
 \vspace{2.2cm}
 
-{\setlength{\baselineskip}{0.9\baselineskip} {\fontfrontcover \large \@unite} \\
-{\fontfrontcover \textsc{\@ubl}} \\
+{\setlength{\baselineskip}{0.9\baselineskip} {\large \@unite} \\
+{\textsc{\@ubl}} \\
 \par}
 \vspace{0.01cm}
 {\setlength{\baselineskip}{0.7\baselineskip}
-{\fontfrontcover \textsc{\@ecoledoc}} \\
-\fontfrontcover \textit{\@nomecole} \\
+{\textsc{\@ecoledoc}} \\
+ \textit{\@nomecole} \\
 \@spec
 
 
 \vspace{0.5cm}
 \hspace{0.6cm}Par \vspace{0.3cm}
 \par}
-\hspace{0.6cm}{\fontfrontcover \LARGE\textbf{\@author}} \vspace{0.5cm}
+\hspace{0.6cm}{\LARGE\textbf{\@author}} \vspace{0.5cm}
 
-{\fontfrontcover \Large\textbf{\@title}} \vspace{0.5cm}
+{\Large\textbf{\@title}} \vspace{0.5cm}
 	
-{\fontfrontcover \large{\@lesoustitre}} \vspace{0.5cm}
+{\large{\@lesoustitre}} \vspace{0.5cm}
 \begin{spacing}{1}
-	\fontfrontcover \small \textbf{Th\`{e}se pr\'{e}sent\'{e}e et soutenue \`{a} \@lieu, le \@date} \\
-	\fontfrontcover \small \textbf{\@uniterecherche} \\
-	\fontfrontcover \small \textbf{\@numthese}
+	 \small \textbf{Th\`{e}se pr\'{e}sent\'{e}e et soutenue \`{a} \@lieu, le \@date} \\
+	 \small \textbf{\@uniterecherche} \\
+	 \small \textbf{\@numthese}
 \end{spacing}
 \vspace{1.1cm}
 	\begin{small}
 	\begin{spacing}{1}
-		\fontfrontcover \@jury
+		 \@jury
 	\end{spacing}
 	\end{small}
 }
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@
 {\centering \noindent \textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{\rule{\textwidth}{0.2cm}}}
 \vspace{-1cm}
 \selectlanguage{french}
-\section*{\fontbackcover\small\textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{Titre : }{\fontbackcover\mdseries{#1}}}
+\section*{\selectfontbackcover\small\textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{Titre : }{\selectfontbackcover\mdseries{#1}}} % In this particular case, font style needs to get re-selected locally
 }
 
 \newcommand{\keywordsFR}[1]{%
 \vspace{-0.2cm}
-\noindent{\fontbackcover \small \textbf{Mot cl\'{e}s : }#1}
+\noindent{ \small \textbf{Mot cl\'{e}s : }#1}
 }
 
 \newcommand{\abstractFR}[1]{%
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
 \begin{multicols}{2}
 \begin{small}
 \begin{spacing}{1}
-    \fontbackcover \noindent \textbf{R\'{e}sum\'{e} : }#1
+	\noindent \textbf{R\'{e}sum\'{e} : }#1
 \end{spacing}
 \end{small}
 \end{multicols}
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@
 {\centering \noindent \textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{\rule{\textwidth}{0.2cm}}}
 \vspace{-1cm}
 \selectlanguage{english}
-\section*{\fontbackcover\small\textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{Title: }{\fontbackcover\mdseries{#1}}}
+\section*{\selectfontbackcover\small\textcolor{mathSTIC-Color}{Title: }{\selectfontbackcover\mdseries{#1}}} % In this particular case, font style needs to get re-selected locally
 }
 
 \newcommand{\keywordsEN}[1]{%
 \vspace{-0.2cm}
-\noindent{\fontbackcover \small \textbf{Keywords: }#1}
+\noindent{ \small \textbf{Keywords: }#1}
 }
 
 \newcommand{\abstractEN}[1]{%
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
 \begin{multicols}{2}
 \begin{small}
 \begin{spacing}{1}
-    \fontbackcover \noindent \textbf{Abstract: }#1
+	\noindent \textbf{Abstract: }#1
 \end{spacing}
 \end{small}
 \end{multicols}