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From: Steve Peter <speter@dandy.net>
Subject: Re: confused on font size
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:45:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <26dead3261c5f228de475fbb81481889@dandy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050414232402.GA8532@localhost.localdomain>

> 1. {\switchtobodyfont[18pt] text}
>
> 2. {\tfx font size ??}
>
> 3. {\xii some font}
>
> What are the advantages of each? I would think that option (1) would
> be the simplest and clearest to use.

Consider 1 vs. 2 if your editor or journal said, ``No, we don't want 
12pt text, we want 10pt text.'' If you've used option 1, you will have 
to go through and find every instance of where you've changed the size, 
whereas option 2 will scale with you.

Steve

      reply	other threads:[~2005-04-15  1:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-14 23:24 Paul Tremblay
2005-04-15  1:45 ` Steve Peter [this message]

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