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I'm trying to give my custom class file two options for font size, 11pt and 12pt. I want 12pt to be the default. I create the options like this:

\DeclareOption{11pt}{
    \PassOptionsToClass{11pt}{article}}

\DeclareOption{12pt}{
    \PassOptionsToClass{12pt}{article}}

\ExecuteOptions{12pt}
\ProcessOptions

\LoadClass[]{article}

This works fine, the default font size becomes 12pt. However the problem occurs when in the case that I want to go against this default and use 11pt font, using, of course, the 11pt option like so:

\documentclass[11pt]

This does nothing when it should change the font size to 11pt (actually 10.95pt, since that is what the article class uses as a substitute for 11pt, but this does not matter). How can I make the 11pt option override the default 12pt? I can't seem to figure it out, Is it simply a problem with my method?

Interestingly enough, if I make 11pt the default option, with \ExecuteOptions{11pt}, then I can use \documentclass[12pt] and get 12pt font, but just not the other way around.

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Also \documentclass[12pt,11pt]{article} uses 12pt and the 11pt option has no effect. Here's a workaround

\ProvidesClass{akuritsu}
\DeclareOption{10pt}{\def\aku@ptsize{0}}
\DeclareOption{11pt}{\def\aku@ptsize{1}}
\DeclareOption{12pt}{\def\aku@ptsize{2}}

\ExecuteOptions{12pt}
\ProcessOptions
\PassOptionsToClass{1\aku@ptsize pt}{article}

\LoadClass{article}

In this way only one font size option is passed.

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  • That looks good, so are you saying that my problem is that article is passed both 12pt and 11pt as options?
    – akuritsu
    Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 15:33
  • @akuritsu Yes, that's the problem
    – egreg
    Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 15:36
  • Thank you, although I didn't use your workaround, your answer (and comment) solved the problem.
    – akuritsu
    Commented Jul 15, 2013 at 9:58
  • Doesn't this always pass 12pt to article, since 12pt is always executed and the last declared option?
    – John
    Commented Mar 14, 2022 at 23:56
  • With \ProcessOptions* instead of \ProcessOptions the code would be correct, see here.
    – John
    Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 0:02

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