On Thursday, July 4, 2019 8:30:45 AM PDT Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > John, > > use one of the Koma Script formats, perhaps article, and then in the > Document Settings Document Class Custum put 14pt. > > In Document Settings Fonts use Base Size Default and select the fonts. > > That should do it. > > el > > Sent from Dr Lisse’s SE > > On 4. Jul 2019, 08:11 +0200, John White <j...@whitelawchartered.com>, wrote: > > I am doing a brief for court. The rules provide: "A proportionally spaced > > typeface (e.g., Century Schoolbook, CG Times, Times New Roman, and New > > Century) must be 14-point or larger." I use new century Schoolbook. As > > the base text is 12 point, the only way I see to do this is to highlight > > the text and mark it in lyx text-style as "large," which throws off > > symmetry of the document (e.g. subsections are also "large.") This is a > > real pain. Any suggestions as to how I can otherwise get text in the > > document to 14 point? One thing: I am relying on > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/40104/difference-between-latex-and > > -word-in-setting-font-size#40108 and common sense for my conclusion that > > when I check base size 12 in document settings 12 point text is produced. > > However, on the printed page base size text actually looks to be closer > > to 14 point. Perhaps if I actually measure the type when printed base > > size 12 will really be closer to 14 point? I am using lyx version 2.3.2 > > on Debian stretch. > > Thanks for any suggestions? > > John White
Brilliant! Thanks Doc! John
