Am Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2006 01:49 schrieb Larry: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 10:10:56AM +0200, Ingo Kl?cker wrote: > > You can increase the font size in several steps. Look at > > Format->Character. > > ?? > I looked all over Lyx and can't find this.
Well, I've translated it from my German LyX back to English, but it's
actually Layout->Character. Under size you have several options.
If you want to have direct control over the font and don't want to write
your own class/style file then you could use something like the
following (to be inserted as ERT, i.e. TeX code) which I've used to
print some text in really huge letters on a poster:
\fontsize{42mm}{50mm}
\usefont{T1}{pag}{b}{n}
This sets the font size to 42 mm with 50 mm line spacing. The second
line changes the font. The general format is \usefont{<fontencoding>}
{<fontfamily>}{<fontseries>}{<fontshape>}.
If you only want to change the size then the following might work:
\fontsize{42mm}{50mm}
\selectfont
Of course, you should make sure that a scalable font is use, e.g. a
PostScript font. Otherwise you might not get the expected result.
FWIW, this information comes from The LaTeX Companion. IMO this book in
combination with some introduction to LaTeX is necessary to be able to
make best use of LyX. At least, I consult it quite often. I guess most
information can also be found on the net. So YMMV.
Regards
Ingo
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Ingo Klöcker
Lehrstuhl A für Mathematik
RWTH Aachen
52056 Aachen
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