[texhax] Font Size Question

[Thomas Jacobs]

Axel,

Thanks, yet again.  That is most helpful on the resize of \tiny and it is
only on your sharing it a second time that I finally see

vii = 7, etc.

Tom

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Axel E. Retif <axel.retif at mac.com> wrote:

> On  22 Jun, 2010, at 12:46, Thomas Jacobs wrote:
>
> > Karl and Alex,
> >
> > Thanks very much for the replies.  The link Karl shared helps me to
> > know that I cannot use tiny if my base font is 12 and I am limited to
> > a minimum 7 pt size.
>
> Yes, you can:
>
> \documentclass[12pt]{book}
> \renewcommand{\tiny}{\fontsize{7pt}{8pt}\selectfont}
> \begin{document}
> Normal size in 12pt. {\tiny This should be in 7pt}. And 12pt again.
> \end{document}
>
>
> > I used Alex' reply to navigate to the .clo files in the MikTeX
> > distribution.  While I can see what he shared I must confess, I am
> > unfamiliar with much of the code.
> >
> > What is the difference between bk12.clo and size12.clo?
>
> See your log file ---book class uses bk12.clo; article, report and letter
> classes use size12.clo:
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/book.cls
> Document Class: book 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/bk12.clo
> File: bk12.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> )
>
> > How does one interpret @vipt vs. @viipt, for example?
>
> 6pt, 7pt
>
>
> Best
>
> Axel
>
>


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Thomas Jacobs
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