What font size modifiers are available in LaTeX?
eg: \footnotesize
, \tiny
, \big
, \large
, \huge
It would be useful to have an exhaustive list.
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Sign up to join this communityBy default, in the format there are no such commands, just a generic
\fontsize{xx}{yy}
where xx is an arbitrary length for the font size, and yy is an arbitrary length for the matching baselineskip.
A class or package may, but need not, define commands for specific sizes.
The standard article/report/book class for example define at 10pt:
\renewcommand\normalsize{%
\@setfontsize\normalsize\@xpt\@xiipt
\abovedisplayskip 10\p@ \@plus2\p@ \@minus5\p@
\abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus3\p@
\belowdisplayshortskip 6\p@ \@plus3\p@ \@minus3\p@
\belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip
\let\@listi\@listI}
\newcommand\small{%
\@setfontsize\small\@ixpt{11}%
\abovedisplayskip 8.5\p@ \@plus3\p@ \@minus4\p@
\abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus2\p@
\belowdisplayshortskip 4\p@ \@plus2\p@ \@minus2\p@
\def\@listi{\leftmargin\leftmargini
\topsep 4\p@ \@plus2\p@ \@minus2\p@
\parsep 2\p@ \@plus\p@ \@minus\p@
\itemsep \parsep}%
\belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip
}
\newcommand\footnotesize{%
\@setfontsize\footnotesize\@viiipt{9.5}%
\abovedisplayskip 6\p@ \@plus2\p@ \@minus4\p@
\abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus\p@
\belowdisplayshortskip 3\p@ \@plus\p@ \@minus2\p@
\def\@listi{\leftmargin\leftmargini
\topsep 3\p@ \@plus\p@ \@minus\p@
\parsep 2\p@ \@plus\p@ \@minus\p@
\itemsep \parsep}%
\belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip
}
\newcommand\scriptsize{\@setfontsize\scriptsize\@viipt\@viiipt}
\newcommand\tiny{\@setfontsize\tiny\@vpt\@vipt}
\newcommand\large{\@setfontsize\large\@xiipt{14}}
\newcommand\Large{\@setfontsize\Large\@xivpt{18}}
\newcommand\LARGE{\@setfontsize\LARGE\@xviipt{22}}
\newcommand\huge{\@setfontsize\huge\@xxpt{25}}
\newcommand\Huge{\@setfontsize\Huge\@xxvpt{30}}
An exhaustive list is: (for the Article document type)
\tiny
\scriptsize
\footnotesize
\small
\normalsize
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\Huge
Or at least these are all I could find. Hopefully someone will edit this answer if this list ever changes.
See also: this question.
\fontsize
- see How to specify an arbitrary (possibly non-integer) font size in LaTeX.
memoir
class contains two more, \miniscule
and \HUGE
.
Aug 31, 2015 at 23:07
\Large
etc.?LaTeX Help Book
.