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tomerbr
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Increase Font Size in Math Environment

Post by tomerbr »

Hi to all.

Here is a simple question (I sure...):
I want to write the greek letter "tau" with undercase "esc" at the beginning of my paragraph, and I want it to be a bit larger then the font size.

I used the mat env' as $\tau_{esc}$, however couldn't find a way to make it bigger then the paragraph fonts.
What is the better way to do this ?


Thanks
Tomer.

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skanda
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Increase Font Size in Math Environment

Post by skanda »

Hey,

Use this package called relsize.

And use the commands \mathlarger and \mathsmaller for adjusting sizes...

You can repeat it to progressively increase the size
Example:

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\[
\mathlarger{\frac{1}{x}} 
\]
if you want it bigger add another one in the beginning, e.g.,

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\[
\mathlarger{\mathlarger{\frac{1}{x}}}
\]
Still more bigger, add another one in the front. Simple as that :)

If it solves the plroblem, please edit your message and change the icon to a check box to signify that the message is resolved. :)

Hope it helps,
Skanda.
tomerbr
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Re: Increase Font Size in Math Environment

Post by tomerbr »

Skanda.
Thank you very much.
Allthoght a bit cumbersom (I had to use 4 sequantial commends in order to get the result), it worked.
Tomer.
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