On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 02:41:54PM +0200, Dekel Tsur wrote: > > What are the rules TeX uses here? > > I don't know the exact rules. > When the size of the normal text is \normalsize, then TeX uses \scriptsize > for subscript, and \tiny for double subscript. > Currently, LyX uses \tiny for both. > > I think that the rule should be: > If current text size is <= \normalsize (and > \tiny), use \scriptsize/\tiny
Actually, it might be better to use \footnotesize/\scriptsize instead. It is more important to have the text readable on your screen, than have the same algorithm as TeX. BTW, lyx <=1.1.6 used \footnotesize/\scriptsize.
