\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
\renewcommand{\bfdefault}{b}
\usepackage[scaled=0.92]{helvet}
\usepackage{courier}
\normalfont % in case the EC fonts aren't available
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\begin{document}
\frenchspacing
\title{PSNFSS: \\ Times, Helvetica, Courier, Zapf Chancery}
\author{Sebastian Rahtz \and Walter Schmidt}
\date{2001-06-04}
\maketitle
\def\Try#1#2{%
{\fontfamily{#1}\selectfont
This is typeset in #2 (#1): 
\begin{quote}
\raggedright
A regular f\'ee.
\textit{An italic f\'ee.}
\textsl{A slanted f\'ee.}\\
\textsc{A SmallCaps f\'ee.}\\
{\bfseries A bold f\'ee.
 \textit{A bold italic f\'ee.}\\
 \textsl{A bold slanted f\'ee.}\\
 \textsc{A bold SmallCaps f\'ee.}\\
}
\end{quote}
\par
}}

\Try{ptm}{Adobe Times Roman}
\Try{phv}{Adobe Helvetica}
\Try{pcr}{Adobe Courier}

% Zapf Chancery is available as italic font shape only:
This is typeset in Adobe ZapfChancery (pzc):
\begin{quote}
\fontfamily{pzc}\fontshape{it}\selectfont
An italic f\'ee.
\end{quote}

In Helvetica we can try the narrow font series, too.\footnote{Thanks to Frank
  Poppe for putting this in.}
\begin{quote}
\raggedright
\fontfamily{phv}\fontseries{mc}\selectfont
\upshape A narrow f\'ee.
\slshape A narrow slanted f\'ee.\\
{\fontseries{bc}\selectfont
\upshape A bold narrow f\'ee.
\slshape A bold narrow slanted f\'ee.
}
\end{quote}

\end{document}