diff --git a/R/tex.R b/R/tex.R
index 14757f55..5564e1ef 100644
--- a/R/tex.R
+++ b/R/tex.R
@@ -213,11 +213,13 @@ validLatexFont <- function(theme_font) {
   # Make sure the theme font is valid; provide a fallback rather than erroring
   poss_fonts <- c("bookman","charter","courier","fourier","helvet","lmodern",
                   "lmr","palatino","tgadventor","tgbonum","tgcursor","tgheros","tgpagella",
-                  "tgschola","tgtermes","times","utopia")
+                  "tgschola","tgtermes","times","utopia", "raleway")
+
+  # Raleway is Rawline, YouGov's default font.
   if (is.null(theme_font) || !tolower(theme_font) %in% poss_fonts) {
-    theme_font <- "helvet"
+    theme_font <- "raleway"
     warning("theme$font must be in ", paste0(poss_fonts, collapse = ", "),
-            ". It has been set to `helvet`.", call. = FALSE)
+            ". It has been set to `raleway`.", call. = FALSE)
   }
   return(theme_font)
 }
diff --git a/R/theme.R b/R/theme.R
index e75c992a..ac12b3da 100644
--- a/R/theme.R
+++ b/R/theme.R
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ themeDefaultExcel <- function(font = getOption("font", default = "Calibri"),
 #'
 #' \code{themeDefaultLatex} is the default theme. Users can change base options
 #'
-#' @param font the font to use (default: `"helvet"` for Helvetica)
+#' @param font the font to use (default: `"raleway"` for Raleway)
 #' @param font_size the font size to use (default: 12)
 #'
 #' @return A set of theme defaults for use in `writeLatex`
 #'
 #' @export
-themeDefaultLatex <- function(font = getOption("font", default = "helvet"),
+themeDefaultLatex <- function(font = getOption("font", default = "raleway"),
                               font_size = getOption("font_size", default = 12)){
 
   norm <- list(font = font, font_size = NULL)
diff --git a/R/writeLatex.R b/R/writeLatex.R
index 44179d7d..68b05ac9 100644
--- a/R/writeLatex.R
+++ b/R/writeLatex.R
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ latexDocHead <- function(theme, title, subtitle, banner = NULL) {
     paste0("\\fancyhead[L]{{", applyLatexStyle(title, theme$format_title), "}",
            applyLatexStyle(subtitle, theme$format_subtitle), "}"),
     logo,
+    "\\setlength{\\headheight}{16pt}", # Issue 47
     "\\newcolumntype{d}{D{.}{.}{3.2}}", #!topline
     "\\newcolumntype{g}{D{\\%}{\\%}{3.0}}", #!topline #changed 20190907 from 5.0 to 3.0
     usepackage("float"), #topline
diff --git a/man/themeDefaultLatex.Rd b/man/themeDefaultLatex.Rd
index c5d973ab..bab33251 100644
--- a/man/themeDefaultLatex.Rd
+++ b/man/themeDefaultLatex.Rd
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 \title{Generate default Theme for `writeLatex`}
 \usage{
 themeDefaultLatex(
-  font = getOption("font", default = "helvet"),
+  font = getOption("font", default = "raleway"),
   font_size = getOption("font_size", default = 12)
 )
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{font}{the font to use (default: `"helvet"` for Helvetica)}
+\item{font}{the font to use (default: `"raleway"` for Raleway)}
 
 \item{font_size}{the font size to use (default: 12)}
 }