LaTex Font Size report
LaTeX is a typesetting system based on ΤΕΧ, developed by American computer scientist Leslie Lamport in the early 1980s. Using this format, even users without knowledge of typesetting and programming can fully use LaTeX to produce high-quality prints in days or even hours.
LaTeX is great for producing high print quality technical and mathematical documents. The system is equally suitable for producing all other documents, from simple letters to complete books. LaTeX has been developing continuously since the early 1980s, and many new functions and mechanisms have been introduced into LaTeX.
When using LaTex, you first determine the format of the entire article and then attach options that control global formattings, such as font, font size, page format, paper size, and more. This article will explain available LaTex font size options.
LaTex Font Size Guide
LaTeX, developed by Leslie Lamport, is the most popular and widely used set of TeX macros today. It is built based on Plain TeX and adds a lot of functions to make it easier for users to use TeX to generate high-quality documents in a short time. For generating complex mathematical formulas, LaTeX performs better.
Changing the font size in LaTeX can be done on two levels, either affecting the whole document or parts/elements of it. Using a different font size on a global level will affect all normal-sized text and the size of headings, footnotes, etc. By changing the font size locally, however, a single word, a few lines of text, a large table, or a heading throughout the document may be modified. The standard classes, article, report and book support 3 different font sizes, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt (by default 10pt). The font size is set through the optional argument. In most cases, the available font sizes for the standard classes are sufficient.
LaTex Font Size Chart
Because LaTeX was originally designed for English writing, the setting of English latex fonts is very simple. LaTeX uses a font size of 10pt default, depending on the \documentclass (such as article, report, book, and letter). It could be changed to 11pt or 12pt as an option of \documentclass. But that does not mean that only these three sizes can be used.
- For example, documentclass memoir has 12 font sizes: 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt, 25pt, 30pt, 36pt, 48pt, and 60pt
- Or the beamer class for presentation has 8 font sizes: 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, and 20pt.
- Memoir class has 12 font sizes: 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt, 25pt, 30pt, 36pt, 48pt, and 60pt.
Expression | Font Size | 10pt (default) | 11pt (option) | 12pt (option) |
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\tiny | Smallest size between 5 and 6 points | 5pt | 6pt | 6pt |
\scriptsize | Ranges between 7 and 8 points | 7pt | 8pt | 8pt |
\footnotesize | Ranges between 8 and 10 points | 8pt | 9pt | 10pt |
\small | The size of 9 to 10.95 points | 9pt | 10pt | 10.95pt |
\normalsize | Between 10 and 12 points | 10pt | 10.95pt | 12pt |
\large | Between 12 to 14.44 points | 12pt | 12pt | 14.4pt |
\Large | Ranges from 14.4 to 17.28 points | 14.4pt | 14.4pt | 17.28pt |
\LARGE | Ranges between 17.28 to 20.74 points | 17.28pt | 17.28pt | 20.74ptpt |
\huge | Between 20.74 to 24.88 points | 20.74pt | 20.74pt | 24.88pt |
\Huge | Massive font above 24.88 points | 24.88pt | 24.88pt | 24.88pt |
Conclusion
LaTeX has become a popular document preparation software because it automatically takes care of many duties and produces professional-looking documents. The software chooses an appropriate font style and size for each document based on its structure. If the font size you are looking for is not in standard class, some packages can extend the sizing options. Extsizes package adds more size options to standard document class packages.