Tuukka Toivonen wrote:
>
> 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.
as Lars said, there are only three standard font sizes: 10, 11, 12 pt.
all other, like small, huge a.s.o. depend in their sizes to the
standrard
font size. all other "standard font sizes", like the one from the
ext-package are special styles.
> The actual size if "huger" etc. might also depend on document class.
a document class has not a specific font size by default. choosing
10, 11 or 12pt defines all other sizes and the baselineskip, too:
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/fonts.html#table
Herbert
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