\documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{graphics} \usepackage[output=latex]{plantuml} % Have sans serif font at each tikz diagram. Source: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/4888/9075 \tikzstyle{every picture}+=[font=\sffamily] \begin{document} \begin{plantuml} @startuml class Car Driver - Car : drives > Car *- Wheel : have 4 > Car -- Person : < owns @enduml \end{plantuml} \end{document}