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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label extsizes</title>
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<h3>Other "document font" sizes?</h3>
<p>The LaTeX standard classes have a concept of a (base) "document
font" size; this size is the basis on which other font sizes (those
from <code>\</code><code>tiny</code> to <code>\</code><code>Huge</code>) are determined. The classes are designed
on the assumption that they won't be used with sizes other than the
set that LaTeX offers by default (10-12pt), but people regularly
find they need other sizes. The proper response to such a requirement
is to produce a new design for the document, but many people don't
fancy doing that.
<p>A simple solution is to use the <i>extsizes</i> bundle. This
bundle offers "extended" versions of the article, report, book and
letter classes, at sizes of 8, 9, 14, 17 and 20pt as well as the
standard 10-12pt. Since little has been done to these classes other
than to adjust font sizes and things directly related to them, they
may not be optimal - but they're certainly practical.
<p>More satisfactory are the <em>KOMA-script</em> classes, which are
designed to work properly with the class option files that come with
<i>extsizes</i>, and the <i>memoir</i> class that has its own
options for document font sizes 9pt, 14pt and 17pt.
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<dt><tt><i>extsizes bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes.tar.gz">macros/latex/contrib/extsizes</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes.zip">zip</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>KOMA script bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.tar.gz">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">zip</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.tar.gz">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">zip</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse</a>)
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<p><p><p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=extsizes">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=extsizes</a>
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