On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Jim Osborn wrote:
> When she wants eighteen-point type, dammit, she wants eighteen
> points. She says anyone who speced a type size of "huger"
> would have been laughed out of a job.
Well put :). I guess that the reason LaTeX (and LyX) doesn't use specific
numeric sizes is that, for example "huger", makes not only the usual font
larger, but the headers too. So if you use "huger" the standard font size
might be maybe 18 points, but section headers might be 24 points. So which
point size should LaTeX use? This is what I think LaTeX makers were
thinking--but correct me if I'm wrong.
The actual size if "huger" etc. might also depend on document class.
I do think that it would be better to specify the font size by defining
the points of the standard font. It would actually mean some actual
size. Maybe LyX could some day have this feature?
