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What does the font size documentclass option actually do?
When using e.g. the [12pt] option for a document class like
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
what does (Xe)LaTeX actually do/set?
I noticed that for example a multicols environment behaves different ...
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What unit of measure is pt in the documentclass?
I would like to know what is the meaning of 13pt in here:
\documentclass[a4paper,13pt]{article}
My first guess was that it was the size of the characters, but changing the number does not seem to ...
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Svmono hack. How to change font size in Springer Verlag Class?
I am writing my Ph.D. thesis with svmono class of Springer-Verlag, but the default size is 10pt and seems to me too difficult to read. I would like to change to 11pt or 12pt. This two option are ...
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What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?
In the preamble I have:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following?
\tiny, \scriptsize, ...
