Is there a collision between lmodern and mathptmx?

Question

I have realized that in my document there are multiple fonts loaded:
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[nomath]{lmodern} % first = lmodern
usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} 
usepackage{mathptmx} % second = Times
usepackage{mathtools}

My question is: Is there a collision between these two? I found that generally the second font loaded overwrites the first one, but not always. Currently I am not sure if my document is created in Times or lmodern.

Ulrike Fischer · Accepted Answer

As you load mathptmx as second it will set the roman (serif) font. You can check this with
documentclass[]{article}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[nomath]{lmodern} % first = lmodern
usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
usepackage{mathptmx} % second = Times
usepackage{mathtools} 
begin{document}
 aaaaaaaaa
end{document}

The log-file will show at the end a times font:
    /texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmr8a.pfb

The sans serif font and the mono font will be from lmodern.

Is there a collision between lmodern and mathptmx?

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