Re: Newcommand -- make symbol independent of font size

[Herbert Voss]

Am 30.07.23 um 11:15 schrieb Bernt Lie:

Thanks. OK -- then I have to switch to luatex... (I use MikTeX -- does that 
distribution contain luatex?)


sure


Anyways, I'll defer it to when LyX 2.4 is released. At that stage, I also need 
to make sure that I can have Unicode fonts in computer listing.


Package fancyvrb and environment Verbatim can handle all unicode
characters. However, that does not mean that the used typewriter font
also has all glyphs in the font.

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RE: Newcommand -- make symbol independent of font size

[Bernt Lie via lyx-users]

Thanks. OK -- then I have to switch to luatex... (I use MikTeX -- does that 
distribution contain luatex?)

Anyways, I'll defer it to when LyX 2.4 is released. At that stage, I also need 
to make sure that I can have Unicode fonts in computer listing.

BL

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Am 30.07.23 um 10:35 schrieb Bernt Lie via lyx-users:
>
> I'm trying to define the "plimsoll" symbol (used to indicate 
> thermodynamic standard condition). I found on the internet the 
> following suggestion:
>
> \newcommand\plimsoll{{\circ\kern-0.495em-}}
>
> Seems like a good number ("0.495" -- I've also tried with "0.415") 
> depends on the font size... Here is what it looks like in a Section 
> heading (ok with “0.415”):
>

use lualatex and unicode-math. Write into the preamble

\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmainfont{XITS-Regular.otf}
\setmathfont{XITSMath-Regular.otf}

\newcommand\plimsoll{\ensuremath{\scriptscriptstyle\circlehbar}}



then the following will work:


H${}^{\plimsoll}$ $G^{\plimsoll}$

\Huge
H${}^{\plimsoll}$ $G^{\plimsoll}$


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Re: Newcommand -- make symbol independent of font size

[Herbert Voss]

Am 30.07.23 um 10:35 schrieb Bernt Lie via lyx-users:


I'm trying to define the "plimsoll" symbol (used to indicate 
thermodynamic standard condition). I found on the internet the 
following suggestion:


\newcommand\plimsoll{{\circ\kern-0.495em-}}

Seems like a good number ("0.495" -- I've also tried with "0.415") 
depends on the font size... Here is what it looks like in a Section 
heading (ok with “0.415”):




use lualatex and unicode-math. Write into the preamble

\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmainfont{XITS-Regular.otf}
\setmathfont{XITSMath-Regular.otf}

\newcommand\plimsoll{\ensuremath{\scriptscriptstyle\circlehbar}}



then the following will work:


H${}^{\plimsoll}$ $G^{\plimsoll}$

\Huge
H${}^{\plimsoll}$ $G^{\plimsoll}$


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Newcommand -- make symbol independent of font size

[Bernt Lie via lyx-users]

I'm trying to define the "plimsoll" symbol (used to indicate thermodynamic 
standard condition). I found on the internet the following suggestion:



\newcommand\plimsoll{{\circ\kern-0.495em-}}



Seems like a good number ("0.495" -- I've also tried with "0.415") depends on 
the font size... Here is what it looks like in a Section heading (ok with 
"0.415"):

[cid:image001.png@01D9C2D1.91829D70]



And here is what it looks like in displayed equation (ugly):

[cid:image002.png@01D9C2D1.91829D70]



  *   How can I make the definition so that it looks fine in any font size?



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Re: Hebrew document, numbers inside marginal note and footnote change to small font size

[Jürgen Spitzmüller via lyx-users]

Am Freitag, dem 25.03.2022 um 19:11 + schrieb tush via lyx-users:
> I noticed that changing the Language package to polyglossia removes
> the \beginL and \endL.
> 
> Why is it?

Because the Bidi package (used by polyglossia) internally sets the
correct direction to Arabic numbers.

If language package is none, LyX cannot know you actually want
polyglossia.

The \small output is a bug.

> How can I avoid the \beginL and \endL when using "None" as the
> Language package, and also remove the \small{} change for the font
> size?

Put the number in ERT (TeXMode).

Jürgen





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Hebrew document, numbers inside marginal note and footnote change to small font size

[tush via lyx-users]

Consider the attached LyX file.
The document's language is Hebrew and the Language package is set to "None".
I inserted a marginal note and typed inside
```
א 1
```

For some reason, the latex code for the "1" is transformed into
```
{\small{} }{\beginL 1\endL}
```

Same happens with footnotes.

I noticed that changing the Language package to polyglossia removes the \beginL 
and \endL.

Why is it?

How can I avoid the \beginL and \endL when using "None" as the Language 
package, and also remove the \small{} change for the font size?

However, inside a caption, digits doesn't seem to change font size

I guess I need to amend the Inset Layout in the stdinsets.inc file for the 
marginal note and the footnote, but I don't know what needs to be changed.

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Why LyX formats digits as small font size

[tush via lyx-users]

I have created a module that creates a custom inset for marginal paragraphs. 
This inset is typed inside the Marginal Note inset.
When I type Hebrew text inside this inset, digits are converted to small font 
size:

instead of 1​, it is formatted as `{\small{}1}`. Why is it?

This is the module:

#\DeclareLyXModule{Parbox}
#DescriptionBegin
#Adds custom inset to be inserted inside Marginal Note.
#DescriptionEnd

Format 66

InsetLayout Flex:MarginalRemark
Requires amssymb
LyXTypecustom
LabelString"MarginalRemark"
LatexType  Command
LatexName  parbox{\dimexpr\marginparwidth-2\fboxsep}
Decoration classic
NeedProtect0
LeftDelim  "$\vartriangleleft$ "
End

And a MWE file is attached.

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Re: Increase base font size

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2021, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:


Try in

 Document -> Settings... -> Custom: 14pt


el,

Huh! That hadn't occurred to me.

Thanks!

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Re: Increase base font size

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Try in

 Document -> Settings... -> Custom: 14pt

el

On 09/03/2021 19:03, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

On 3/9/21 11:26 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

Using lyx-2.3.6.1 and KOMA-Script Article class. I'm preparing speaker's
notes for a forthcoming video presentation and I want the body text larger
than 12pt. In Settings->Fonts the choice is limited to 12pt.

What's the LaTeX for changing paperfontsize 12 to paperfontsize 14? Is it
\renamecommand{paperfontsize}{14}?

TIA,

Rich

Not directly an answer, but in the prerelease (beta?  alpha?)  version
of LyX 2.4, with KOMA-Script Article selected, the font size list goes
up to a whopping 20pt size.  (I believe that going any higher may
require permits from your local building authority.)

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Re: Increase base font size

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 3/9/21 11:26 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

Using lyx-2.3.6.1 and KOMA-Script Article class. I'm preparing speaker's
notes for a forthcoming video presentation and I want the body text 
larger

than 12pt. In Settings->Fonts the choice is limited to 12pt.

What's the LaTeX for changing paperfontsize 12 to paperfontsize 14? Is it
\renamecommand{paperfontsize}{14}?

TIA,

Rich
Not directly an answer, but in the prerelease (beta? alpha?) version of 
LyX 2.4, with KOMA-Script Article selected, the font size list goes up 
to a whopping 20pt size. (I believe that going any higher may require 
permits from your local building authority.)


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Re: Increase base font size

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 9 Mar 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:


\renamecommand{paperfontsize}{14}?


Oops! I think it's \renewcommand{paperfontsize}{14}

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Increase base font size

[Rich Shepard]

Using lyx-2.3.6.1 and KOMA-Script Article class. I'm preparing speaker's
notes for a forthcoming video presentation and I want the body text larger
than 12pt. In Settings->Fonts the choice is limited to 12pt.

What's the LaTeX for changing paperfontsize 12 to paperfontsize 14? Is it
\renamecommand{paperfontsize}{14}?

TIA,

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Re: Setting LyX window font size [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

I'm not sure about Slackware, but on Mint (and Ubuntu) there is a utility 
named qt5ct (Qt5 Configuration Tool). On Mint (and presumably Ubuntu) it's 
available from the system menu by searching "qt5". If you install it and run 
it, you should get a simple GUI interface that lets you set all sorts of 
things. In the Fonts tab, click the ellipsis next to "General", leave the 
font selection alone but switch the font style to "Regular", pick a larger 
font size, click OK and then (back in the main window) Apply. You should see 
the font in the LyX menus change immediately (no restart required). There's a 
caveat: this will apply to all Qt5 apps (including the configuration tool), 
not just LyX.


Thanks, Paul! I had not installed that package from SBo; it's building now.

I kept looking in /etc/, ~/.config, and other places but found nothing
relevant.


If you want larger toolbar icons in LyX, that's handled from within LyX.
Right click in any empty space on any toolbar and, at the bottom of the
context menu, pick your preferred icon size.


The pictures I can easily see and recognize; it's the words that need
enlarging to accomodate the many miles logged by my eyeballs.

Stay well,

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Re: Setting LyX window font size

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 1/27/21 2:14 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
Running lyx-2.3.6.1 on Slackware-14.2/x86_64 with Xfce4-4.12.1. This 
upgrade

changed the font size on the window's menu, outline panel, and other
non-text-body elements. They're now too small for me to comfortably read.
See attached screenshot.

Using Preferences -> Display I can set the document typeface, stroke, and
size. But I cannot find where to change the window decorations. And using
the Xfce4 Settings -> Display I can change the font size of other
applications (e.g., GnuCash) but not the LyX window.

I'm assuming that LyX uses Qt5 as the application framework in C++ and 
I'm

having difficulties finding how I can change the Qt5 font size in this
application.

All ideas on how to increase the font size on the frame surrounding the
writing area are solicited.

TIA,

Rich

I'm not sure about Slackware, but on Mint (and Ubuntu) there is a 
utility named qt5ct (Qt5 Configuration Tool). On Mint (and presumably 
Ubuntu) it's available from the system menu by searching "qt5". If you 
install it and run it, you should get a simple GUI interface that lets 
you set all sorts of things. In the Fonts tab, click the ellipsis next 
to "General", leave the font selection alone but switch the font style 
to "Regular", pick a larger font size, click OK and then (back in the 
main window) Apply. You should see the font in the LyX menus change 
immediately (no restart required). There's a caveat: this will apply to 
all Qt5 apps (including the configuration tool), not just LyX.


If you want larger toolbar icons in LyX, that's handled from within LyX. 
Right click in any empty space on any toolbar and, at the bottom of the 
context menu, pick your preferred icon size.


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Setting LyX window font size

[Rich Shepard]

Running lyx-2.3.6.1 on Slackware-14.2/x86_64 with Xfce4-4.12.1. This upgrade
changed the font size on the window's menu, outline panel, and other
non-text-body elements. They're now too small for me to comfortably read.
See attached screenshot.

Using Preferences -> Display I can set the document typeface, stroke, and
size. But I cannot find where to change the window decorations. And using
the Xfce4 Settings -> Display I can change the font size of other
applications (e.g., GnuCash) but not the LyX window.

I'm assuming that LyX uses Qt5 as the application framework in C++ and I'm
having difficulties finding how I can change the Qt5 font size in this
application.

All ideas on how to increase the font size on the frame surrounding the
writing area are solicited.

TIA,

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Re: table of contents font size

[phil]

My data is wide.  Maybe 100 characters in a fixed field format.

it's lab data, which I use a python script to bring into a .lyx doc.

My script automatically formats with lyxcode and breaks up the data into 
sections, then make a .pdf with TOC.


Since almost everyone has 8.5x11 printers, I use that size for the paper.

I have to make all the text footnote size with typewriter font to get 
everything to align and look pleasing to the reader.


I'm going to try what you mentioned.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Phil

On 1/21/2019 11:48 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, phil wrote:


I have all my sections in footnotesize. I do that because my document is
very wide and so I reduce the size of the text so that it will fit on 
8.5

x 11.


Phil,

I'm curious about the above.

Why is your document very wide?

Can you change the page layout to landscape (11 x 8.5)?

Many of my documents use a custom page size of 6 x 9.5 with default 10pt
body text fontsize. When printed on letter-size paper there are large
margins for ease of reading or writing notes. Perhaps changing your 
default

page size and orientation will allow you to use a readable fontsize,
especially for eyeballs with more than 40 years wear on them.

Regards,

Rich

Re: table of contents font size

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, phil wrote:


I have all my sections in footnotesize. I do that because my document is
very wide and so I reduce the size of the text so that it will fit on 8.5
x 11.


Phil,

I'm curious about the above.

Why is your document very wide?

Can you change the page layout to landscape (11 x 8.5)?

Many of my documents use a custom page size of 6 x 9.5 with default 10pt
body text fontsize. When printed on letter-size paper there are large
margins for ease of reading or writing notes. Perhaps changing your default
page size and orientation will allow you to use a readable fontsize,
especially for eyeballs with more than 40 years wear on them.

Regards,

Rich

Re: table of contents font size

[phil]

On 1/18/2019 2:13 PM, Ricardo Berlasso wrote:

El vie., 18 ene. 2019 a las 18:42, Phil (<mailto:philip_...@yahoo.com>>) escribió:



Hi LyXer's

My TOC font is too small.

I am using the article class with typewriter font.

How can I make the TOC font larger?

I tried to put ERT around the TOC as \being{LARGE} \end{LARGE} but
had no success.

Any tips?


You need to use a package like tocloft

https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft

See if this example helps (I did not test it)

https://www.kronto.org/thesis/tips/format-toc.html


I was able to figure it out.

I didn't realize that the TOC used the font that is used the body of the 
document.


I have all my sections in footnotesize.   I do that because my document 
is very wide and so I reduce the size of the text so that it will fit on 
8.5 x 11.


The problem is that the TOC is too small to read.

So I just had to increase the font size for all my section titles.

Thanks for you suggestion on tocloft, that's helpful too for further 
customization.


Phil

Re: table of contents font size

[Ricardo Berlasso]

El vie., 18 ene. 2019 a las 18:42, Phil () escribió:

>
> Hi LyXer's
>
> My TOC font is too small.
>
> I am using the article class with typewriter font.
>
> How can I make the TOC font larger?
>
> I tried to put ERT around the TOC as \being{LARGE} \end{LARGE} but had no
> success.
>
> Any tips?
>

You need to use a package like tocloft

https://ctan.org/pkg/tocloft

See if this example helps (I did not test it)

https://www.kronto.org/thesis/tips/format-toc.html

table of contents font size

[Phil]

Hi LyXer's
My TOC font is too small.   

I am using the article class with typewriter font.
How can I make the TOC font larger?  

I tried to put ERT around the TOC as \being{LARGE} \end{LARGE} but had no 
success.
Any tips?

Re: Use LARGE font size for entire document

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:14:04 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard  wrote:

>I tried placing ERT boxes with \LARGE{ at the beginning of the
> document and } at the end of the document but it doesn't seem to
> affect the compiled font size. What is the recommended way to have a
> document with body text larger than 12 point?
> 
> Rich
> 

Standard document classes Book, Report, Article and Letter all have
versions that are "with extra font sizes". Choose one of those extra
font size document classes and you have what you need.
 
SteveT

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Re: Use LARGE font size for entire document

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018, Daniel wrote:


It works for me (see attachment).
Otherwise I have found some possibilities here:
https://texblog.org/2012/08/29/changing-the-font-size-in-latex/


Daniel,

  I found a solution: the 12-point type is sufficiently large.

Regards,

Rich

Re: Use LARGE font size for entire document

[Daniel]

On 10/12/2018 20:14, Rich Shepard wrote:

   I tried placing ERT boxes with \LARGE{ at the beginning of the document
and } at the end of the document but it doesn't seem to affect the compiled
font size. What is the recommended way to have a document with body text
larger than 12 point?

Rich




It works for me (see attachment).

Otherwise I have found some possibilities here:

https://texblog.org/2012/08/29/changing-the-font-size-in-latex/

Daniel


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Use LARGE font size for entire document

[Rich Shepard]

  I tried placing ERT boxes with \LARGE{ at the beginning of the document
and } at the end of the document but it doesn't seem to affect the compiled
font size. What is the recommended way to have a document with body text
larger than 12 point?

Rich

Re: Setting LyX font size [FIXED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Rich Shepard wrote:


Now, the LyX frame and menu font size has shrunk. The document display
font remains the same, it's the application frame and menus that have
changed.

 Is there a place where I can change this?


  Found the solution in the wiki: qtconfig is the tool to use.

  The LyX menu font size had shrunk to ~6pt. I reset it to 9pt and it's once
again readable.

Rich

Setting LyX font size

[Rich Shepard]

  Using font manager I deleted a bunch of typefaces that I have never used
nor will use in the future. Many are look-alikes (to me, at least) of serif
and sanserig type faces. Now, the LyX frame and menu font size has shrunk.
The document display font remains the same, it's the application frame and
menus that have changed.

  Is there a place where I can change this? I don't find it on the Tools ->
Preferences -> Display menu.

TIA,

Rich

Re: Different font size with theme Warsaw for Content and Toc

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 11/21/2016 09:08 AM, Uwe Ade wrote:

Hello

I use the Beamer Theme Warshaw. is it possible to use different font size for 
the Content on the slide an the generated Toc in the top of the side?

For the content i want use a bigger font and for the Toc on the top i smaller 
one.

Thanks

uwe
To control the content font size, you can go to Documents > Settings... 
> Fonts and adjust the base size, or you can go to Document > 
Settings... > Document Class and fill in the font size in the custom 
class options box. The default size is 11pt; according to the manual, 
the class option can be set to 12pt, 14pt, 17pt or the whopping 20pt. (I 
think other values are just ignored.)


To control the size of the navigation information at the top, you need 
to put a line in the document preamble (Document > Settings... > LaTeX 
Preamble), after the \usetheme{Warsaw} command. Adding


\setbeamerfont{headline}{size=\TINY} makes the head line as small as 
Beamer will allow. Other size options are explained at the top of page 
199 of the Beamer user guide (version 3.24).


Paul

Re: Different font size with theme Warsaw for Content and Toc

[Guenter Milde]

On 2016-11-21, Uwe Ade wrote:
> Hello

> I use the Beamer Theme Warshaw. is it possible to use different font
> size for the Content on the slide an the generated Toc in the top of
> the side?

> For the content i want use a bigger font and for the Toc on the top i
> smaller one.

This is possible but not easy.

It requires reading the Beamer documentation and adding relevant code to
Document>Settings>LaTeX preamble.

Günter

Different font size with theme Warsaw for Content and Toc

[Uwe Ade]

Hello

I use the Beamer Theme Warshaw. is it possible to use different font size for 
the Content on the slide an the generated Toc in the top of the side?

For the content i want use a bigger font and for the Toc on the top i smaller 
one.

Thanks

uwe

Re: modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, Robert Susmilch wrote:


Depending on which style you are using (casual, oldstyle, etc.) I found
for the casual style that the name font size is defined in the file
moderncvstylecasual.sty on line 66:
\renewcommand*{\namefont}{\fontsize{38}{40}\mdseries\upshape}



The first number is the font size in points, the second number is the
baselineskip in points.



I imagine there is a similar line in the other styles.


Robert,

  Well, mea culpa! The style file is the only one I did not see and examine.
I'm using the classic style and there is a \namefont specified there, too.

Thanks very much,

Rich

Re: modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size [UPDATE]

[Robert Susmilch]

Rich,

Depending on which style you are using (casual, oldstyle, etc.) I found for 
the casual style that the name font size is defined in the file 
moderncvstylecasual.sty on line 66:
\renewcommand*{\namefont}{\fontsize{38}{40}\mdseries\upshape}

The first number is the font size in points, the second number is the 
baselineskip in points.

I imagine there is a similar line in the other styles.
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Robert Susmilch
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On Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:09:27 PM Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > In addition to changing the size of my name on the first page I need to
> > learn how to display page numbers (Settings -> Headers is set to "Fancy")
> > and to put a date (in \small{} font) at the very end.
> 
>Figured out how to paginate and add the date. It would be very helpful
> for me to learn how to slightly shrink the size of my name at the top so it
> fits on a single line.
> 
> Rich


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Re: modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:


In addition to changing the size of my name on the first page I need to
learn how to display page numbers (Settings -> Headers is set to "Fancy")
and to put a date (in \small{} font) at the very end.


  Figured out how to paginate and add the date. It would be very helpful for
me to learn how to slightly shrink the size of my name at the top so it fits
on a single line.

Rich

Re: modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size [UPDATE]

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:


 I've made a copy of moderncv.lyx for myself and modified the preamble.
What I have not found is where the font size for my name is controlled. I
want to decrease the font size but in the Settings menu all fonts are
"default."


  In addition to changing the size of my name on the first page I need to
learn how to display page numbers (Settings -> Headers is set to "Fancy")
and to put a date (in \small{} font) at the very end.

  There is no PDF manual for this package and grepping source files and
looking at examples does not show me how to do these things.

Help needed,

Rich

Re: modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2016, Rich Shepard wrote:


 Please point me to the proper line in the .lyx file controlling the size
of \firstname{} and \lastname{}.


  I've looked at moderncv.sty and moderncv.cls and have not seen where I can
change the font size of my name.

Anyone?

Rich

modernCV.lyx: Change Name Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

  I've made a copy of moderncv.lyx for myself and modified the preamble.
What I have not found is where the font size for my name is controlled. I
want to decrease the font size but in the Settings menu all fonts are
"default."

  Please point me to the proper line in the .lyx file controlling the size
of \firstname{} and \lastname{}.

TIA,

Rich

Change font size of inline citations

[karthikeya]

I want the inline citations to appear as font size 'smaller', so that they
don't break the flow of text much. The only way I can do it now is select
each citation, and set the font size individually. Is it possible to make
all inline citations (author year) smaller font by any single switch or
command? It would be nice if it can be done from withing lyx, or


One workaround i could think of is replacing


\citet{bibkey} or \citep{bibkey}


with


{\footnotesize \citet{bibkey}}

using sed, but I am not good at reg exps, especially with so many special
characters.

Re: Increasing font size upsets justification

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Sonntag 13 Oktober 2013, 09:07:46 schrieb Anthony Campbell:
> Many thanks for the reply. I found those settings on the Net yesterday
> and yes, they do fix the problem. I didn't know about microtype but I
> will load that as well.

Microtype does some micro-typographic polishment, most notably "margin 
kerning" and "font expansion". These generally lead to a better inline-harmony 
and thus often avoid overfull lines.

Quoting from http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb22-3/tb72thanh.pdf

"Margin kerning is the technique to move the characters slightly out to the 
margins of a text block in order to make the margins look straight. Without
margin kerning, certain characters when ending up at the margins can cause the 
optical illusion that the margins look rather ragged. Margin kerning is 
similar to hanging punctuation, but it can also be applied to other characters 
as well. When used with appropriate settings, this extension can help to
considerably improve appearance of a text block.
Font expansion is the technique to use a slightly wider or narrower variant of 
a font to make inter-word spacing more even. A font that can be expanded thus 
has some ”stretchability” and ”shrinkability”. The potentiality to make a font 
wider or narrow then can be used by the line-breaking engine to choose better 
breakpoints."

Jürgen

Re: Increasing font size upsets justification

[Anthony Campbell]

On 12 Oct 2013, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell:
> > I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I
> > increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too
> > far toe the right by a few characters.
> > 
> > AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be
> > because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no
> > difference.
> > 
> > Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it?
> 
> Often, it suffices to load the package microtype (which you should do 
> anyway). 
> 
> Additionally, here are my standard settings to avoid overfull lines as well 
> as 
> widows and orphans. Works pretty well for me:
> 
> \tolerance 1414
> \hbadness 1414
> \emergencystretch 1.5em
> \hfuzz 0.3pt
> \widowpenalty = 1
> \vfuzz \hfuzz
> \raggedbottom
> 
> HTH
> Jürgen

Many thanks for the reply. I found those settings on the Net yesterday
and yes, they do fix the problem. I didn't know about microtype but I
will load that as well.

Incidentally, apologies to the list for inadvertently hijacking this
thread - I'd meant to start a new one.

Anthony

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Re: Increasing font size upsets justification

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Freitag 11 Oktober 2013, 17:35:24 schrieb Anthony Campbell:
> I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I
> increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too
> far toe the right by a few characters.
> 
> AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be
> because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no
> difference.
> 
> Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it?

Often, it suffices to load the package microtype (which you should do anyway). 

Additionally, here are my standard settings to avoid overfull lines as well as 
widows and orphans. Works pretty well for me:

\tolerance 1414
\hbadness 1414
\emergencystretch 1.5em
\hfuzz 0.3pt
\widowpenalty = 1
\vfuzz \hfuzz
\raggedbottom

HTH
Jürgen

Increasing font size upsets justification

[Anthony Campbell]

I have completed a book in Book class using Palatino at 10pts. If I
increase the font to 11pts this causes occasional lines to project too
far toe the right by a few characters.

AI can fix this manually but it's annoying. I thought it might be
because I had hyphenpenalty set to 600 but turning it off makes no
difference.

Is this the expected behaviour? Can anything be done about it?


Anthony
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Re: How to change enumerate label font size in beamer?

[Csikos Bela]

"Jürgen Spitzmüller"  írta:
>Am Donnerstag 13 Juni 2013, 14:37:51 schrieb Csikos Bela:>
> No. I use the default beamer theme/template loaded with lyx.>
> It has a white background, and the label number has no any background.>
> An it is not scaled.>
>
It scales if you put \Large in ERT before the list (instead of selecting the >
fontsize via the dialog).>
>

I did not know that. Thanks.

bcsikos

Re: How to change enumerate label font size in beamer?

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Donnerstag 13 Juni 2013, 14:37:51 schrieb Csikos Bela:
> No. I use the default beamer theme/template loaded with lyx.
> It has a white background, and the label number has no any background.
> An it is not scaled.

It scales if you put \Large in ERT before the list (instead of selecting the 
fontsize via the dialog).

Jürgen

Re: How to change enumerate label font size in beamer?

[Csikos Bela]

"Jürgen Spitzmüller"  írta:
>Am Donnerstag 13 Juni 2013, 13:27:13 schrieb Csikos Bela:
>> I have a frame in beamer with an enumerated list where I increased the font
>> size of the text. How can I adjust the font size of the label accordingly?
>> The font size was changed to Larger (\Large in the latex source).
>> I don't want to change the font for all lists, only for this specific one.

Thanks for the super fast answer!

>I suppose you use the "ball" enumerate item theme, since "plain" scales by 
>default.

No. I use the default beamer theme/template loaded with lyx.
It has a white background, and the label number has no any background.
An it is not scaled.

>The "ball" items are hardcoded in size, so you have to set up a new template 
>for "large" balls. In preamble, something like
>
>\defbeamertemplate{enumerate item}{largeball}
>{
>  \begin{pgfpicture}{-1ex}{-0.65ex}{1.5ex}{1.5ex}
>\usebeamercolor[fg]{item projected}>
{\pgftransformscale{3.25}\pgftext{\Large\pgfuseshading{bigsphere}}}>
{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0pt}{0.5pt}}>
  \pgftext{\usebeamerfont*{item projected}\Large\insertenumlabel}}>
  \end{pgfpicture}%
>}
>
>Then in the document, right before the list:
>
>\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[largeball]
>

This works. As I don't need the ball background I modified the code to:

\defbeamertemplate{enumerate item}{large}{\Large\insertenumlabel.}

This works too. 

Thanks again,

bcsikos

Re: How to change enumerate label font size in beamer?

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Donnerstag 13 Juni 2013, 13:27:13 schrieb Csikos Bela:
> I have a frame in beamer with an enumerated list where I increased the font
> size of the text. How can I adjust the font size of the label accordingly?
> The font size was changed to Larger (\Large in the latex source).
> I don't want to change the font for all lists, only for this specific one.

I suppose you use the "ball" enumerate item theme, since "plain" scales by 
default.

The "ball" items are hardcoded in size, so you have to set up a new template 
for "large" balls. In preamble, something like

\defbeamertemplate{enumerate item}{largeball}
{
  \begin{pgfpicture}{-1ex}{-0.65ex}{1.5ex}{1.5ex}
\usebeamercolor[fg]{item projected}
{\pgftransformscale{3.25}\pgftext{\Large\pgfuseshading{bigsphere}}}
{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{0pt}{0.5pt}}
  \pgftext{\usebeamerfont*{item projected}\Large\insertenumlabel}}
  \end{pgfpicture}%
}

Then in the document, right before the list:

\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[largeball]

HTH
Jürgen

How to change enumerate label font size in beamer?

[Csikos Bela]

Hello:

I have a frame in beamer with an enumerated list where I increased the font 
size of the text.
How can I adjust the font size of the label accordingly?
The font size was changed to Larger (\Large in the latex source).
I don't want to change the font for all lists, only for this specific one.

Thanks,

bcsikos

Re: Font-size in footnotes is ignored

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am Montag, 4. März 2013, 16:27:11 schrieb Clemens Eisserer:
> Hi,
> 
> I have some long URLs in footnotes which do not fit into a single line
> at the default font size.
> Therefore, I tried to reduce the fontsize of the footnotes by changing
> the text-style using the right-click context menu (sorry, don't know
> the correct english naming, I am using the german version).
> 
> Although the fontsize is displayed correctly in lyx, the font-size
> stays unaltered for the generated PDF file.
> 
> Any ideas how to work around this issue?

right mouse click on the URL allows you to give a short name for your URL, 
which than fits the footnote. You don't need to use a smaller font size

Wolfgang

Re: Changing font size for 'References' heading

[Richard Heck]

On 02/28/2012 02:16 PM, Steve wrote:

Hey,
I'd like to modify my document (Document Class -- article) so that
the 'References' heading appearing at the beginning of my bibliography section
shows up bold with the same font size as the main text (Roman: Times Roman: 12
pt).  Any thoughts?
This can be done, but may not be as easy as it seems, since the heading, 
in an article, is set with a \section* command, and the formatting for 
\section* is just the same as that for \section. You probably don't want 
to reformat all the section headings this way, which is what using the 
titlesec package to reformat the headings in the preamble would do.


However, you may be able to use the same sorts of commands in ERT right 
before you do the bibliography. I'm not sure.


Richard

Changing font size for 'References' heading

[Steve]

Hey,
I'd like to modify my document (Document Class -- article) so that 
the 'References' heading appearing at the beginning of my bibliography section 
shows up bold with the same font size as the main text (Roman: Times Roman: 12 
pt).  Any thoughts?  
Thanks.  -LyX 2.0 Windows user

Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 14.10.2011 02:25, schrieb Uwe Stöhr:


To change the font size for a certain note, simply highlight it and use the 
text style dialog.


I meant to highlight its content, not the note box.

regards Uwe

Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 13.10.2011 18:59, schrieb Tim Wescott:


How do I change the font size in marginal notes?  I've looked around --
I don't see much guidance in Kopka&  Daly,


Well, have a look at the lyX documentation first ;-): Sec. 4.3 of the EmbeddedObjects manual you 
find in LyX's Help menu has some examples how to modify margin notes.


To change the font size for a certain not, simply highlight it and use the text style dialog. If you 
want to define a size for ALL margin notes in your document, have a look at the last example and replace


 \hspace{0pt}\textsf{\textbf{\underbar{Attention!}}}% \vspace{1.5mm}\\

by

\tiny

or whatever size you like.

regards Uwe

Re: SV: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Tim Wescott]

Thanks Ingar.  I just want tiny little marginal notes (so I used 'tiny')
in a document to point out where I have inadequate information and must
correct things before I'm really "done".

It worked perfectly with

\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
\renewcommand\marginpar[1]{\-\oldmarginpar[\raggedleft\tiny #1]%
{\raggedright\tiny #1}}

On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 17:02 +, Ingar Pareliussen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I use this in the preamble:
> 
> \let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
> \renewcommand\marginpar[1]{\-\oldmarginpar[\raggedleft\footnotesize #1]%
> {\raggedright\footnotesize #1}}
> 
> and it works like a charm :). I guess you could use another size instead of 
> footnotesize, but it seem to about right for me :)
> 
> HTH
> Ingar Pareliussen

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Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Marcus Glöder]

Hello Philip, hello all together,

you write:

The problem is that this is not the way of doing things in LaTeX & LyX.
How do you format your chapter and section headings? Don't misuse “Edit”
-> “Text Style”...


That's right, at least in principle. But for a short text with only a 
few marginal notes you can make it so (even if it's dirty). See my 
second posting.


Kind regards
Marcus

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Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Marcus Glöder]

Hello Tim, hello all together,

of course, my proposed solution is only practical if you have a short 
text with a few marginal notes. For a text with many marginal notes, 
you'll do not come around to put LaTeX code in "Document" -> "Settings" 
 -> "LaTeX Preamble". In this case have a look at the other answers in 
this thread.


Kind regards
Marcus

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Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[PhilipPirrip]

On 10/13/2011 07:36 PM, Marcus Glöder wrote:

What’s your problem? Write any text and put your cursor at any place in
your text. Click “insert” -> “marginal note”, type any text in the red
framed box, mark this text, click “Edit” -> “Text Style” -> “Customized
...” -> “Size” -> “Very tiny”, click “OK” and be lucky. :-)


The problem is that this is not the way of doing things in LaTeX & LyX. 
How do you format your chapter and section headings? Don't misuse 
“Edit” -> “Text Style”...

Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Marcus Glöder]

Hello Tim, hello all together,

Tim write:

How do I change the font size in marginal notes?


What’s your problem? Write any text and put your cursor at any place in 
your text. Click “insert” -> “marginal note”, type any text in the red 
framed box, mark this text, click “Edit” -> “Text Style” -> “Customized 
...” -> “Size” -> “Very tiny”, click “OK” and be lucky. :-)


Kind regards
Marcus

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Re: Marginal Notes Font Size

[PhilipPirrip]

On 10/13/2011 06:59 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:

How do I change the font size in marginal notes?  I've looked around --
I don't see much guidance in Kopka&  Daly, and the only thing I found on
a web search was this, which isn't helping:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg19731.html

TIA.



Find some inspiration here:

\def\mparsetup{%
   \slshape\footnotesize%
   \parindent=0pt \lineskip=0pt \lineskiplimit=0pt %
   \tolerance=2000 \hyphenpenalty=300 \exhyphenpenalty=300%
   \doublehyphendemerits=10%
   \finalhyphendemerits=\doublehyphendemerits}

\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar

\renewcommand{\marginpar}[1]{\oldmarginpar[\mparsetup\raggedleft\hspace{0pt}{#1}]{\mparsetup\raggedright\hspace{0pt}{#1}}}

SV: Marginal Notes Font Size

[Ingar Pareliussen]

Hi

I use this in the preamble:

\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
\renewcommand\marginpar[1]{\-\oldmarginpar[\raggedleft\footnotesize #1]%
{\raggedright\footnotesize #1}}

and it works like a charm :). I guess you could use another size instead of 
footnotesize, but it seem to about right for me :)

HTH
Ingar Pareliussen

Marginal Notes Font Size

[Tim Wescott]

How do I change the font size in marginal notes?  I've looked around --
I don't see much guidance in Kopka & Daly, and the only thing I found on
a web search was this, which isn't helping:

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg19731.html

TIA.

-- 

Tim Wescott
www.wescottdesign.com
Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design.

Re: Font size in footnotes and marginal notes.

[Julien Rioux]

On 26/04/2011 1:52 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote:

This is a very minor matter, evident in the screen display but not the
pdf. The font size in a footnote or margin note after emphasizing,
bolding, or small-capping (nouning) reverts to normalsize rather than
footnotesize.

Click the margin note button. Write ``First part.'' Then click the
emphasis button. Write ``Emphasis.'' Click it again to turn off
emphasis. Now write ``Second part.''. On my system, on screen, ``First
part.'' is footnotesized but ``Emphasis. Second part.'' is normalsized.
The note in the pdf however is all footnotesized, so the discrepancy in
the screen display has no practical consequences for a printout. This
doesn't necessarily show up in the first footnote or margin note but
does in the second or later ones. (It may be necessary to zoom to 150%
for this to be obvious.)

I've noted this in LyX 1.6.9 and LyX 2.0 rc2, both on Windows Vista.

Andrew Parsloe



Indeed. You may consider opening a bug for it and tagging it as 
``cosmetic'' and minor.


http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome

--
Julien

Font size in footnotes and marginal notes.

[Andrew Parsloe]

This is a very minor matter, evident in the screen display but not the 
pdf. The font size in a footnote or margin note after emphasizing, 
bolding, or small-capping (nouning) reverts to normalsize rather than 
footnotesize.


Click the margin note button. Write ``First part.'' Then click the 
emphasis button. Write ``Emphasis.'' Click it again to turn off 
emphasis. Now write ``Second part.''. On my system, on screen, ``First 
part.'' is footnotesized but ``Emphasis. Second part.'' is normalsized. 
The note in the pdf however is all footnotesized, so the discrepancy in 
the screen display has no practical consequences for a printout. This 
doesn't necessarily show up in the first footnote or margin note but 
does in the second or later ones. (It may be necessary to zoom to 150% 
for this to be obvious.)


I've noted this in LyX 1.6.9 and LyX 2.0 rc2, both on Windows Vista.

Andrew Parsloe

TOC entry font size- memoir class

[Richard Opheim]

Hello again.
The problem that I have is as follows:
I have a TOC whose entries are bolded and the chapter name font size is
Large
I want to de-bold and change the chapter name font size to /normalsize
So, I insert

\renewcommand{\cftchapterfont}{\normalsize}

in the preamble.
This has the effect of debolding all of the entries. Not what I expected,
but I'll take it.
However, the font size of the chapter name has not changed and remains
Large.
My question is, if "chapter" is not the K value for the chapter name entry,
what is?

Richard Opheim

Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt  wrote:

> I solved 
> this with something like the following:
> 
> \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
> \enlargethispage{1.50in}
> ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
> 
> You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
> center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
> different than mine.
> 
> I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
> or maybe another style -- I don't remember.

Further to this Steve,

I couldn't for the life of me get the thing working as you describe. I
tried the above commands in the preamble, in the LaTeX options when the
file was inserted, as ERT and none worked in article (KOMA-Script)
Tried every combination I could think of, but no joy. All manner of
error messages.

So I went back to book (KOMA-Script) Insert->Graphics and into the
directory where the .pdf document was located. Then inserted the .pdf
front page as a graphic, and without any further ado it came onto the
front page. That was it.

I was surprised that the .pdf was shown as a graphic, but that was an
advantage, not a problem.

Painless as it turned out, and simpler than trying to insert it as a
file.

Thanks again for your help.
Charlie
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Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:55:39 -0500
Steve Litt  wrote:

> I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
> this with something like the following:
> 
> \frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
> \enlargethispage{1.50in}
> ~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in
> 
> You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to
> center the PDF just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little
> different than mine.
> 
> I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right,
> or maybe another style -- I don't remember.
> 
> HTH
> 
> SteveT

Thanks Steve,

My apologies for attributing your good work to someone else.

I actually have your pages bookmarked and they have been most helpful
in all manner of ways.

Thank you for your great work and sharing, it is much appreciated, here
certainly and I imagine in a lot more places than you know.

Be well,
Charlie
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Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 11 March 2011 17:37:43 Charlie wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
> 
> Rob Oakes  wrote:
> > > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
> > > class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
> > > environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
> > > front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
> > > copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's
> > > how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see
> > > it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
> > > one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> > 
> > I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
> > a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
> > PDFpages.
> > 
> > To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
> > use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
> > correct.
> > 
> > \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}
> 
> Tried your good idea Rob:
> Created a front page
> and used Insert->File->External Material
> Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
> first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)
> 
> It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
> something wrong.
> 
> Could you please give me a hint what that might be.
> 
> As always - Thanks in advance,
> Charlie

Hi Charlie, 

My bad. I knew that would be an issue and forgot to talk about it. I solved 
this with something like the following:

\frontmatter\thispagestyle{empty}\setcounter{page}{1}
\enlargethispage{1.50in}
~\\[-1.7in]\leftskip -1.83in\rightskip -1.0in

You have to enlarge the page a little bit, and then you need to center the PDF 
just right. Obviously your numbers will be a little different than mine.

I think you might need to \usepackage{setspace} to get it done right, or maybe 
another style -- I don't remember.

HTH

SteveT

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Re: Title placement and font size

[Charlie]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:05:03 -0700
Rob Oakes  wrote:

> > 
> > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document
> > class's features for the front matter. I just use custom
> > environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the
> > front matter -- the title, the author, the cover image, the
> > copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's
> > how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see
> > it, every element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and
> > one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> 
> I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using
> a matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using
> PDFpages.
> 
> To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still
> use \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look
> correct.
> 
> \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Tried your good idea Rob: 
Created a front page 
and used Insert->File->External Material
Inserted the .pdf document, but couldn't get it to be placed on the
first page in either article (KOMA-Script) or book (KOMA-Script)

It always inserted onto page 2 - obviously missing something or doing
something wrong.

Could you please give me a hint what that might be.

As always - Thanks in advance,
Charlie
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Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 15:05:03 Rob Oakes wrote:
> > This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's
> > features for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT
> > (embedded LaTeX) to place all elements of the front matter -- the title,
> > the author, the cover image, the copyright page, the dedication and
> > acknowledgements, the "here's how you use this book", the "about the
> > author", etc. The way I see it, every element of the frontmatter is a
> > one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal for fingerpainting.
> 
> I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a
> matching stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.
> 
> To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use
> \author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.
> 
> \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Pretty slick! I'm gonna do that from now on (diable maketitle, not necessarily 
build frontmatter in Scribus). The thing is, every eBook I sell is 
personalized with the customer's name, so it has to be built on the spot, and 
I'm not sure I want to have that dependent on Scribus as well as LyX/LaTeX.

Thanks for the great idea!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Rob Oakes]

> 
> This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
> for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
> to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
> image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's 
> how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see it, every 
> element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
> for fingerpainting.

I actually go one step further. I crate all of the frontmatter using a matching 
stylesheet in Scribs. I then add the material using PDFpages.

To that end, I also disable the \maketitle macro so that I can still use 
\author, \title, etc. and have all of my headers and footers look correct.

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

Re: Title placement and font size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 10 March 2011 14:36:00 Marcelo Acuña wrote:
> > How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
> > article and
> > its font size?
> > 
> > I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
> > title to start at
> > 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font.
> 
>  For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
>  I don't know if handle title of article.
> 
> Marcelo

This is just one man's opinion, but I never use the document class's features 
for the front matter. I just use custom environments and ERT (embedded LaTeX) 
to place all elements of the front matter -- the title, the author, the cover 
image, the copyright page, the dedication and acknowledgements, the "here's 
how you use this book", the "about the author", etc. The way I see it, every 
element of the frontmatter is a one-off thing, and one-off things are ideal 
for fingerpainting.

Once I get into the mainmatter, I'm just the opposite -- no ERT, all 
environments and character styles, because consistence is the name of the game 
in the mainmatter.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Title placement and font size

[Marcelo Acuña]

> How can I set the title placement on the first page of my
> article and
> its font size? 
> 
> I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the
> title to start at
> 3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

 For handle chapter titles you can use titlesec package.
 I don't know if handle title of article.
 
Marcelo

Title placement and font size

[Myriam Abramson]

How can I set the title placement on the first page of my article and
its font size? 

I have some requirements from a workshop that wants the title to start at
3.49 cm from the top of the page and in 14pt font. 

TIA
-- 
   myriam

AW: reducing font size for side notes?

[Jannick Asmus]

Jose Quesada wrote:

Hi,

Using the standard article class, is there any way of reducing font
size for side notes?
Thanks!


This has helped me: 
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/67569.


/J. 

reducing font size for side notes?

[Jose Quesada]

Hi,

Using the standard article class, is there any way of reducing font size for
side notes?
Thanks!

-- 
Best,
-Jose

Jose Quesada, PhD.
Research scientist,
Max Planck Institute,
Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition,
Berlin
http://www.josequesada.name/
http://twitter.com/Quesada

AW: marginal note: line break & font size?

[Jannick Asmus]

stephen's mailinglist account wrote:

is it possible to change the font size of marginal notes


I use the following code in my preamble so I can use a smaller font,
sans serif to distinguish it further from the main body of text and
ragged right because I think a very narrow column can look odd
justified. In this case it was blue too.


\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
\renewcommand\marginpar[1]
{\-\oldmarginpar[\color{blue}\sffamily\raggedleft\scriptsize #1]%
{\color{blue}\sffamily\raggedright\scriptsize #1}}


Thanks a lot. It works pretty well.

Does anyone has any idea how to tackle the line break problem, since the 
margins are not too wide (using article (KOMA))?


/J. 

Re: marginal note: line break & font size?

[stephen's mailinglist account]

> is it possible to change the font size of marginal notes

I use the following code in my preamble so I can use a smaller font,
sans serif to distinguish it further from the main body of text and
ragged right because I think a very narrow column can look odd
justified. In this case it was blue too.


\let\oldmarginpar\marginpar
\renewcommand\marginpar[1]
{\-\oldmarginpar[\color{blue}\sffamily\raggedleft\scriptsize #1]%
{\color{blue}\sffamily\raggedright\scriptsize #1}}

built in font sizes

\tiny
\scriptsize
\footnotesize
\small
\normalsize
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\Huge
-- 
Stephen

marginal note: line break & font size?

[Jannick Asmus]

Hi,

is it possible to change the font size of marginal notes and enforcing 
line breaks (as I have longer comments which are printed into the 
nirvana in my pdf)? Using LyX 2.0b1 on WinVista.


Thanks for your input.

Best wishes for 2011,
J. 

Re: OT: Checking the font size of text in pdf docs (in Linux)?

[stefano franchi]

Thanks Paul.

For future reference: I ended up installing a demo version of a Windows-only
Pdf editor (Infix Pdf Editor) in my VirtualBox environment. The demo is
actually perfectly functional---you cannot save without getting the pdf
files watermarked, but saving  was useless to me. You can select any text
snippet and obtain font information including typeface and size (size is
rounded up, which made for some interesting headscratching before I realized
it. I was converting a book from TeX point sizes to Adobe points (bp).) I
think that's similar to what you can do in Acrobat Pro, but I 've never
tried it.
And no---I did not intend to wite any Java code. I am too old for learning
how to write Java
Cheers,

Stefano





On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Paul Rubin  wrote:

> Not sure how much help this will be, but pdfedit can convert a PDF file to
> XML
> format.  Here's a sample font tag from the XML output of a PDF file:
>
>  origname="VYKOIK+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu"
> embeddedfontname="VYKOIK+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu" tag="F67" serif="false"
> symbolic="true" italic="false" bold="false" ascent="0.678" descent="-0.216"
> writemode="horizontal" fonttype="Type1 (8bit)">
>
> You can identify the font from the basename attribute, and weight/slant
> from
> obvious attributes.  Size is tricky.  The difference ascent-descent maps to
> the
> font size, but the conversion is not entirely obvious to me.
>
> I also think there are some Java code libraries out there that can parse
> XML
> files, including font size, but I don't know off-hand which they are (and
> wasn't
> sure in any case that you wanted to write Java code).
>
> /Paul
>
>

Re: OT: Checking the font size of text in pdf docs (in Linux)?

[Paul Rubin]

Not sure how much help this will be, but pdfedit can convert a PDF file to XML
format.  Here's a sample font tag from the XML output of a PDF file:



You can identify the font from the basename attribute, and weight/slant from
obvious attributes.  Size is tricky.  The difference ascent-descent maps to the
font size, but the conversion is not entirely obvious to me.

I also think there are some Java code libraries out there that can parse XML
files, including font size, but I don't know off-hand which they are (and wasn't
sure in any case that you wanted to write Java code).

/Paul

OT: Checking the font size of text in pdf docs (in Linux)?

[stefano franchi]

Dear LyXers,

forgive the off-topic question, perhpas someone will know the answer. I
would like to check the exact font size of the pdf text produced by
LyX/Latex. I do believe you can do that with Adobe Acrobat Pro, which,
however, I do not own  (and it would not run on Linux, anyways). Does anyone
know of a Linux tool that could extract that info from a pdf file?

Thans,

Stefano

Re: help with font size - I need 12 pt font

[Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux]

On 3 August 2010 03:09, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

> Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux wrote:
> > However, if you measure the height of the capital M
> > or most other letters, you will notice that they are mostly the same. A
> 12
> > pt font should be a 12 pt font.
>
> Not quite. Traditionally, the font size includes some vertical whitespace
> (it
> derives from the height of the metal body in metal typesetting, not from
> the
> height of the characters; in digital typesetting, such extra whitespace is
> also often included in the metrics). So two 12pt fonts might well differ in
> character height.
>
>
Well I stand corrected :) Thanks for that clarification.


Best regards,

Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux, ing. jr (OIQ)
Electrical engineering masters student, ETS (http://www.etsmtl.ca)
Project AREXIMAS (http://areximas.etsmtl.ca)

Re: help with font size - I need 12 pt font

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux wrote:
> However, if you measure the height of the capital M
> or most other letters, you will notice that they are mostly the same. A 12
> pt font should be a 12 pt font.

Not quite. Traditionally, the font size includes some vertical whitespace (it 
derives from the height of the metal body in metal typesetting, not from the 
height of the characters; in digital typesetting, such extra whitespace is 
also often included in the metrics). So two 12pt fonts might well differ in 
character height. 

Jürgen

Re: help with font size - I need 12 pt font

[Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux]

On 2 August 2010 14:31, Bok Young Hoon  wrote:

> Hi
> I need help with the font sizes used by LyX. I need to submit my thesis in
> 12 pt font but this appears to be smaller than the 12 pt font used by other
> word processors (most notably Microsoft Office). When I change the font size
> in LyX to "Large" it seems to be too large (but maybe it's the correct
> setting if I want to get somethng comparable to 12 pt in Office). Does
> anyone know more about this? Is the "normal" size font in LyX really smaller
> than 12 pts even though I think there's documentation saying that it should
> be comparable to 12 pt font.
>

The PDF files generated by LyX are actually generated through the LaTeX
typesetting system. LaTeX uses the "Computer Modern" font by default. This
font has a different overall appearance on paper compared to Times New Roman
of the same point size. However, if you measure the height of the capital M
or most other letters, you will notice that they are mostly the same. A 12
pt font should be a 12 pt font. You can change the font to something else in
the "Document:Settings:Font:Roman" box. For instance, you can choose Time
Roman, which will look very close to using Times New Roman under Office.
However, maybe it is the LaTeX class you are using that redefines the font
internally to something smaller ? Perhaps it does not support the size
options.

What are your document settings (class, default font, font base size,
margins and text layout) ? You should compare these to the Word template
provided by your institution.

I am currently writing my thesis with a school-provided class using the
Times font at 12pt. The output looks nearly identical to the school's Word
template, except for the spacing between sections which is typeset
differently between Word and LaTeX.

Best regards,

Tennessee Carmel-Veilleux, ing. jr (OIQ)
Electrical engineering masters student, ETS (http://www.etsmtl.ca)
Project AREXIMAS (http://areximas.etsmtl.ca)

Re: help with font size - I need 12 pt font

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello

On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:31:59 -0400
Bok Young Hoon  wrote:
> I need help with the font sizes used by LyX. I need to submit my
> thesis in 12 pt font but this appears to be smaller than the 12 pt
> font used by other word processors (most notably Microsoft Office).
> When I change the font size in LyX to "Large" 
> 
To change the default font size you should use Document > Settings >
Fonts > Base size > 12. If you need larger default document font size, look at 
article (more font sizes) or similar. 

> it seems to be too
> large (but maybe it's the correct setting if I want to get somethng
> comparable to 12 pt in Office). Does anyone know more about this? Is
> the "normal" size font in LyX really smaller than 12 pts even though
> I think there's documentation saying that it should be comparable to
> 12 pt font.
> 
I think that this depends on the particular font you choose. You may
want to experiment with various fonts in Document > Settings >
Fonts > Roman & Sans Serif until you find something satisfactory. 

Regards
Liviu

help with font size - I need 12 pt font

[Bok Young Hoon]

Hi
I need help with the font sizes used by LyX. I need to submit my thesis in
12 pt font but this appears to be smaller than the 12 pt font used by other
word processors (most notably Microsoft Office). When I change the font size
in LyX to "Large" it seems to be too large (but maybe it's the correct
setting if I want to get somethng comparable to 12 pt in Office). Does
anyone know more about this? Is the "normal" size font in LyX really smaller
than 12 pts even though I think there's documentation saying that it should
be comparable to 12 pt font.

I'll really be grateful for any help with this issue.

Bok

Re: changing font size in documents

[Uwe Stöhr]

Am 07.02.2010 21:06, schrieb robert hagge:


Hi there--Could you please tell me how to increase the font size in my math 
equations--the sub&  super scripts are way too small.


The LyX math manual explains some ways how to achieve this. A few days ago I noticed that I missed 
there to describe the method using \displaystyle. I added this info to the next version of the 
manual. For now I attached a LyX example file showing how this is done.


regards Uwe


newfile1.lyx
Description: application/lyx

changing font size in documents

[robert hagge]

Hi there--Could you please tell me how to increase the font size in my math 
equations--the sub & super scripts are way too small.  
O.S. Ubuntu 9.04
lyx - 1.6.2
thank you so much - bob h



  

Re: Footnotes Formatting: Font Size and Double-Spacing

[M. C. Sunny Wong]

Dear Charles,

I was trying to reply your message, but it didn't work, so I generate this
new thread.

Thank you for your message. Your suggestion is very helpful.  Since I am a
beginner of LyX (I have been using LyX for about 6 months only), I am still
learning all of the great features about the program.

Here is how I solved my problem, and hope that other users will find it
useful.

1. I went to "Document > Settings...", then on "Document Class", I chose
"article (KOMA-Script)"
2. In the same box, I went to "LaTeX Preamble", then I add the following
scripts in the end:

\linespread{1.5}

\setkomafont{footnote}{\normalsize}

\let\myFoot\footnote \renewcommand{\footnote}[1]{\myFoot{#1\vspace{5mm}}}

The first line is to make the whole document double-spaced (regardless the
text or footnotes);
The second line is to make the font size of the footnotes to be normal text
size;
The third line is to make the vertical space between footnotes a little bit
wider.

I am not sure my scripts are efficient. But at least they give the format I
need.  Hope they are helpful for other new users.

Sincerely,

Sunny

Re: Footnotes Formatting: Font Size and Double-Spacing

[Charles de Miramon]

M. C. Sunny Wong wrote:

> Dear LyX Users:
> 
> Would you please let me know if there is anyway to make the footnotes to
> be 12-font-size and double-spaced?
> 

If you use KomaScript, look the documentation. Basically, you must add 
something like \setkomafont{footnotes}{@)for changing the font of the 
footnotes text

For double-space, look the package setspace

Charles

-- 
http://www.kde-france.org

Footnotes Formatting: Font Size and Double-Spacing

[M. C. Sunny Wong]

Dear LyX Users:

Would you please let me know if there is anyway to make the footnotes to be
12-font-size and double-spaced?

Thanks a lot.

Sunny

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Andre Poenitz]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 05:01:20PM -0500, Les Denham wrote:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer.
> >
> > And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory
> > layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide.
> >
> > In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an interesting starting point to read
> > about this:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP64
> >
> > > SteveT
> 
> So the real question is whether the variable used for the font size is short 
> (16 bits in all common models), int (16 bits in LP32, 32 bits in ILP32 and 
> LP64, and 64 bits in ILP64) or long (32 bits in LP32, 64 bits in LP64 and 
> ILP64).  I have no idea where to look in the source code for this.  It's 
> probably buried in TeX somewhere, but TeX is written in WEB, which in turn is 
> written in either Pascal or C -- I'm not sure.

TeX's integer arithmetic is on all platforms exactly the same (something
hand-made fixed point) That's by design to ensure the same output no
matter where the program runs.

Andre'

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 20 August 2009 02:38:08 pm José Matos wrote:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote:
> > Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer.
>
> And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory
> layout is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide.
>
> In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an interesting starting point to read
> about this:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP64
>
> > SteveT

So the real question is whether the variable used for the font size is short 
(16 bits in all common models), int (16 bits in LP32, 32 bits in ILP32 and 
LP64, and 64 bits in ILP64) or long (32 bits in LP32, 64 bits in LP64 and 
ILP64).  I have no idea where to look in the source code for this.  It's 
probably buried in TeX somewhere, but TeX is written in WEB, which in turn is 
written in either Pascal or C -- I'm not sure.

But fonts are defined in point sizes, and a metre is 2834 points. So if the 
limit is 6m,  that's 17004, which is roughly 2**14, or 14 bits.  That's not a 
common integer size.  Maybe TeX allows half points by storing the size as 
twice the size in points? But it appears likely that the limit is a 16 bit 
representation.  If the number is a 32 bit signed integer, the limit is over 
10**9, and there is no logic in specifying a font size with that precision 
(that would be a font size of, for example, 10. points).

So the question is whether it is defined as short (which is 16 bits in all 
common systems) or int, which is 32 bits in Linux 64 bit systems. And all of 
this asumes we're using a C compiler.

Les

Re: Maximum Font Size

[José Matos]

On Thursday 20 August 2009 16:09:21 Steve Litt wrote:
> Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer.

And the data type used is long. For most of the 64-bit linux the memory layout 
is LP-64 that means that only long and pointer are 64 bits wide.

In case anyone wonders wikipedia has an interesting starting point to read 
about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP64

> SteveT

-- 
José Abílio

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Les Denham]

On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:09:21 am Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote:
> > I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine.
> >
> > I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances
> > longer than about 6 meters
>
> Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer.
>
And compiled the LaTeX executable on that computer.  I assume the limitation 
is the width of a short integer in the compiler.  Most 32-bit programs will 
run on a 64-bit computer (at least they will on the laptop I'm typing this 
on, which is running 64-bit Linux) but that doesn't mean they have 64-bit 
integers.  I compiled LaTeX from source, so larger sizes might work for me, 
but I don't plan to have pages larger than 6m, so it really doesn't matter.

Les

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 20 August 2009 10:00:01 Helge Hafting wrote:

> I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine.
>
> I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances
> longer than about 6 meters

Unless of course you have a 64 bit computer.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Helge Hafting wrote:


I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine.

I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances longer 
than about 6 meters. 120pt is below that. :-)


Helge,

  Thank you. I passed on your helpful insight.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:


  Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying
slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type 
size

of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the
default type size is and the results are readable in all room sizes in 
which

I've been.

  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and 
have
it look as smooth as smaller sizes. 


I tested 30pt once just for fun - it looked fine.

I believe LaTeX is limited by 32-bit numbers, and fail on distances 
longer than about 6 meters. 120pt is below that. :-)


Helge Hafting

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Stefano Franchi wrote:


All typographers and font designers routinely complain that "bigger font"
<> scaled up font (and viceversa), because the typeface features must be
manually adjusted to convey the same look in different sizes. However, I
doubt that considerations of typographic beauty play a a large role when
making a poster.


Stefano,

  What started this is the use of a Web browser for display of presentation
visuals by one of the local computer professionals. He apparently likes to
have only a few words (<6, apparently) per slide and in a very large size.
He cannot write the text using OO.o and have the resulting huge text look
smooth at those sizes. I suggested he consider using the beamer class in
LyX/LaTeX, but he is interested only in generating anti-aliased huge
characters for his browser-based presentation. I think that as long at the
edges look smooth he'll be happy.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Stefano Franchi]

On Monday 17 August 2009 10:38:36 am Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Les Denham wrote:
> > The attached is not a large font size, but it is a randomly chosen PDF
> > generated from LyX, enlarged in Acrobat Reader to 2400%.
> >
> > Looks clean to me.
> >
> > I don't see any essential difference between an enlarge version of a
> > small font, and a large font.  In fact, I've generated posters very
> > successfully by creating them page size, then plotting with a scale
> > factor.
>

All typographers and font designers routinely complain that "bigger font" <>  
scaled up font (and viceversa), because the typeface features must be manually 
adjusted to convey the same look in different sizes. However, I doubt that 
considerations of typographic beauty play a a large role when making a poster.

S.

>Thank you, Les. I've forwarded your message to the fellow who asked the
> question. It seems to me that a PostScript font can be scaled to any
> desired size since it's an outline rather than bit-mapped.
>
> Much appreciated,
>
> Rich

__
Stefano Franchi
Department of Philosophy  Ph:  (979) 862-2211
Texas A&M University  Fax: (979) 845-0458
305B Bolton Hall  fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu
College Station, TX 77843-4237

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Les Denham wrote:


The attached is not a large font size, but it is a randomly chosen PDF
generated from LyX, enlarged in Acrobat Reader to 2400%.

Looks clean to me.

I don't see any essential difference between an enlarge version of a small
font, and a large font.  In fact, I've generated posters very successfully by
creating them page size, then plotting with a scale factor.


  Thank you, Les. I've forwarded your message to the fellow who asked the
question. It seems to me that a PostScript font can be scaled to any desired
size since it's an outline rather than bit-mapped.

Much appreciated,

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Maximum Font Size

[Les Denham]

On Monday 17 August 2009, Rich Shepard wrote:
>  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and have
> it look as smooth as smaller sizes. I've never done this, nor am I sure
> just how to go about testing whether it can be done, so I'm asking here. I
> have a vague recollection of reading about using LaTeX to prepare posters
> or banners, but that was a while ago and I may well be mistaken.
>
>    Could such large type sizes be cleaning rendered by TeX?

The attached is not a large font size, but it is a randomly chosen PDF 
generated from LyX, enlarged in Acrobat Reader to 2400%.

Looks clean to me.

I don't see any essential difference between an enlarge version of a small 
font, and a large font.  In fact, I've generated posters very successfully by 
creating them page size, then plotting with a scale factor.

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
<>

Maximum Font Size

[Rich Shepard]

  Someone local has developed his own solution for preparing and displaying
slides during presentations. He uses a browser for the display and type size
of 60pt-120pt. I mentioned that I use the Beamer class with whatever the
default type size is and the results are readable in all room sizes in which
I've been.

  But, he asked if LaTeX (or TeX itself) can scale type to 60-120pt and have
it look as smooth as smaller sizes. I've never done this, nor am I sure just
how to go about testing whether it can be done, so I'm asking here. I have a
vague recollection of reading about using LaTeX to prepare posters or
banners, but that was a while ago and I may well be mistaken.

  Could such large type sizes be cleaning rendered by TeX?

Rich

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