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Questions tagged [fontsize]

{fontsize} is about selecting a document's standard font size (with class options like 12pt), changing relative font sizes within a document (with macros like \small or \large), and defining or modifying {macros} related to font sizes.

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I need fontsize 8.5pt

I need \fontsize 8.5pt. I know there are some other questions with a similar question. There I read something about using KOMA-Script, but this does not work for me: \documentclass[fontsize=8.5pt]{...
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Font size: small/tiny/...relative to the current font size

I took some templates/macros that use \Large/\small... to configure the font size of my title page. The problem is that when I change the font size of the rest of the document using \documentclass[...
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Redefining the equation and align environment to use a different font size

How do I redefine the equation and align environment to use a font size of 9.0pt? I found this nice solution (apart from starting a new paragraph after applying it), allowing me to define the font ...
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How to determine the partial heights of a font

I want to determine the heights of a font. \f@size gives me the total height of the line. This should be top line to bottom line. How can I determine the length between top and 2 (fat) and the length ...
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Increasing font size for section headings using titlesec in rmarkdown bookdown package

I would like to increase the font size of my chapter titles. I am producing a pdf using bookdown package in rmarkdown. I have followed this answer, but I get the result that my chpater headings are ...
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Create a complete 10.5 font size setup for XeLaTeX

I must print a book with 10.5 pt size, and I am using XeLaTeX because I need to use some otf fonts. In the past, I have been able to create a custom fontsize by redefining the commands \normalsize, \...
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Overlapping options of fonts after the font size and font series modification in memoir

I managed to set precise font size in memoir class on the basis of this answer, e.g. normalsize is 14bp. After applying tempora package I have to reset ttdefault, e.g. by Computer Modern Typewriter. ...
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LuaLaTeX: Using a custom command in a font size range

My problem is that the fonts I want to use don't have optical sizes or medium cuts available and the slimming of hairlines at small text sizes disturbs me. Since the fake boldening of fontspec doesn't ...
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What's the idea behind 94% scale factor of the sans serif in NewTX? [closed]

Feeding \documentclass{standalone}% 2018/03/26 v1.3a \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}% 2021/04/29 v2.0v \usepackage[helvratio=.9]{newtxtext}% 2022/02/28 v1.71 \begin{document} X\textsf{X}x\textsf{x} \end{...
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scale text size

I'm stuck with a somewhat unusual problem. The poster template that I have to use outputs A4 pages, while the final poster will be A0. That means, I have to scale everything by a factor of 4 (linearly)...
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How to make font smaller than 4pt?

I am writing a cheat sheet, but I want to make the 4pt smaller this is my set up. I tried a lot but nothing really helped. This is my setup: \documentclass[a4paper,landscape,parskip=full]{article} \...
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comic sans in different font sizes, and updmap ? [update 3]

[update #3 --- problem is with updmap?] Installation Procedure I installed comicsans via comicsans.tds.zip. a replay of my installation process is: # sudo bash # wget http://mirrors.ctan.org/...
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How to increase the size of the mathscr font

Im on an book report class document and I want a extremely large \mathscr{T} covering a considerable portion of a page. I know how to do this without the \mathscr font but as soon as I add the font, ...
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Change font size globally. With KOMA-Script: bad size for indexes and exponents

I need to change the font-size of my document. So far, I use KOMA-Script in order to do this. I noticed that the appearance of the same mathematical text is not the same with different font sizes. I ...
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Grouping and undefined control sequence error

I was trying to figure out an answer to another question, which required a change of font and size in the middle of a sentence. So I tried to use a \begingroup and \endgroup to isolate the change of ...
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