MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\wedge{\small\wedge}{\tiny\wedge}$
\end{document}
All the \wedges have the same size...
3 Answers
\small and \tiny are text font macros (just like \large, \huge, ...). You most likely received the following font warnings in your .log file:
LaTeX Font Warning: Command \small invalid in math mode on input line 3.
LaTeX Font Warning: Command \tiny invalid in math mode on input line 3.
Inside math mode, in order to use a different (smaller) font, you could/should use \scriptstyle or \scriptscriptstyle:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\wedge{\small\wedge}{\tiny\wedge}$\par
$\wedge{\scriptstyle\wedge}{\scriptscriptstyle\wedge}$
\end{document}
\scriptstyle denotes the font size of super-/subscripts, while \scriptscriptstyle denotes the font size for super-/subscripts of super-/subscripts. Thereafter (higher scripting), the font size remains at \scriptscriptsize. See
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$x\ x^x\ x^{x^x}\ x^{x^{x^x}}\ x^{x^{x^{x^x}}}$
\end{document}
That's why there's a suggestion to use \scalebox (and possibly some height adjustment using \raisebox) - it allows you to have a little more variation in the fonts in smaller/larger sized.
answered Dec 30, 2012 at 18:34
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5I find
\scaleboxa good solution for my problem, which may be different from the original question... Commented Apr 24, 2016 at 5:46
use
$\wedge$\small$\wedge$\tiny$\wedge$\normalsize
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8or
$\wedge${\small$\wedge$\tiny$\wedge$}so that it's not necessary to return explicitly to\normalsize, since that may or may not actually be the current size (say, in a footnote). Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 19:42 -
1@barbarabeeton: yes, you're right. As usual :-)– user2478Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 19:51
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Can this technique be transferred to environments like
equation? Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 16:42 -
@bluenote10: try it ... ;-)– user2478Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 17:36
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2@Herbert: I did and I failed :). That is why I'm asking whether there is a trick to "temporarily leave" the equation environment to achieve the same. Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 19:36
Whenever you want to choose to have a small-sized equation in math mode, I would suggest the following
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[ 3+3=\text{\footnotesize{\(x^2-13 =\)} \tiny{\( y^3-26 \)} } \]
\end{document}
Just be careful with parenthesis and spacing!
\smallworks in math mode at all.