On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 09:41:45AM +0000, Dimitris Papavasiliou wrote:
> Please see comments below.
> 
> On Thursday, July 16th, 2026 at 5:47 PM, Gavin Smith 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 12:20:18PM +0000, Dimitris Papavasiliou wrote:
> > > Thanks for looking into this so quickly!  Please let me know if you
> > > merge this to master, or some other branch, so that I can try to build
> > > it and try it out.
> > 
> > Committed today, in git commit 83e09236dd.
> 
> I've compiled and tried it out.  The result looks fine!
> 
> > > On Thursday, July 16th, 2026 at 1:26 PM, Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> 
> > No.  The point of the LaTeX output is to produce output in a plain,
> > unsurprising, idiomatic LaTeX style.  This is to make it easier for
> > users to undersand the output and customise it to their needs using
> > various LaTeX features and packages.
> > 
> > In other terms, the LaTeX output file is an end in itself, and not
> > merely an intermediate step for creating a PDF.
> 
> I see.  This makes sense.  Since we're on the subject, how would I
> best go about changing the font size in Latex to 12pt?  The
> `@fontsize` command only supports 10 or 11pt.  I've added
> 
> \usepackage{fontsize}
> \changefontsize{12}
> 
> to my LaTex preamble, which seems to get the job done, but perhaps
> there's a more appropriate way to do it?
> 

I am not an expert on LaTeX.  My go-to resource is "An unofficial
reference manual" (https://latexref.xyz/).

The following page suggests you can use a "12pt" option in a
"document size option":

https://latexref.xyz/Font-sizes.html

"LaTeX - A Document Preparation System" (Leslie Lamport, 1994) is the closest
document I know of to an "official" manual for LaTeX, although would be slightly
dated, I expect.

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