tables,alignment,vertical – How to Change Text and Number Size in LaTeX Tables

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I am compiling the following table for my thesis. Currently, all the font sizes in this table are size 12.

I am trying to achieve the following:

(1) Set the column containing Mean, Median, Standard deviation, IQR and Skewness to font size 10.

(2) Set the row containing the elements C, O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca and Fe to font size 10.

(3) Decrease all numerical values in the table to font size 9.

(4) Vertically align the caption "Summary statistics of combined S7, S8 and S9…" in the current cell, WITHOUT decreasing the cell height. I need this cell size to remain the same as shown in the figure.

All forums I have searched have tables with the same table cell and font size. Please help.

I made this table from the code below:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}


\usepackage{fullpage}





\usepackage[left=3cm, right=3cm, top=3cm, bottom = 3cm]{geometry} 


\usepackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb}

\linespread{1.25} 

\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{caption}

\usepackage{subcaption}

\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}

\usepackage[font=scriptsize,labelfont=bf]{caption} 

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{Summary statistics of combined dust composition wt\% for S7, S8 and S9 }
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{10}{|c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{F8FF00}\textbf{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}c@{}}Summary Statistics of combined S7, S8 and S9 (dust composition wt\%)\end{tabular}}}                                                                                                                                                                  \\ [3ex] \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{C} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{O} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Na} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Mg} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Al} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Si} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{K} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Ca} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{Fe} \\ \hline
Mean                   & 42.53                  & 36.08                  & 0.10                    & 0.86                    & 3.85                    & 8.48                    & 1.19                   & 3.77                    & 2.40                    \\ \hline
Median                 & 48.55                  & 32.25                  & 0.00                    & 0.70                    & 3.26                    & 7.15                    & 0.91                   & 2.45                    & 1.98                    \\ \hline
Standard Deviation     & 18.20                  & 9.49                   & 0.13                    & 0.66                    & 2.34                    & 4.70                    & 0.92                   & 3.40                    & 1.87                    \\ \hline
IQR                    & 18.29                  & 13.03                  & 0.18                    & 0.43                    & 1.74                    & 3.50                    & 0.66                   & 3.80                    & 1.36                    \\ \hline
Skewness               & -1.37                  & 0.83                   & 2.59                    & 3.51                    & 2.01                    & 1.81                    & 2.51                   & 1.47                    & 2.49                    \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Your demands aren't entirely clear, so see if the following suggestion gives what you after:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=scriptsize,
            labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage[xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{siunitx}



\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\fontsize{10}{12}\selectfont
\centering
\caption{Summary statistics of combined dust composition wt\% for S7, S8 and S9 }
\begin{tblr}{hlines, vlines,
             colspec = {l *{2}{S[table-format=-1.2]} *{7}{S[table-format=1.2]}},
             column{1} = {font=\bfseries},
             column{2-Z}={font=\fontsize{9}{11}\selectfont},
             row{1} = {bg=yellow!30, font=\bfseries, ht=6ex},
             row{2} = {font=\bfseries},
             hspan=minimal}
\SetCell[c=10]{c} Statistics of combined S7, S8 and S9 (dust composition wt\%)
                    &         &         &          &          &          &          &         &          &          \\                                                                                                                                                             
                    & {{{C}}} & {{{O}}} & {{{Na}}} & {{{Mg}}} & {{{Al}}} & {{{Si}}} & {{{K}}} & {{{Ca}}} & {{{Fe}}} \\
Mean                & 42.53   & 36.08   & 0.10     & 0.86     & 3.85     & 8.48     & 1.19    & 3.77     & 2.40     \\
Median              & 48.55   & 32.25   & 0.00     & 0.70     & 3.26     & 7.15     & 0.91    & 2.45     & 1.98     \\
Standard Deviation  & 18.20   & 9.49    & 0.13     & 0.66     & 2.34     & 4.70     & 0.92    & 3.40     & 1.87     \\
IQR                 & 18.29   & 13.03   & 0.18     & 0.43     & 1.74     & 3.50     & 0.66    & 3.80     & 1.36     \\     
Skewness            & -1.37   & 0.83    & 2.59     & 3.51     & 2.01     & 1.81     & 2.51    & 1.47     & 2.49     \\    
\end{tblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

In above MWE is used (relatively) new table package tabularray. Columns are S type defined in siunitx package (in MWE loaded by `tabularray library), font size is determined as you like to have.

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Minor adjustments to the column alignment, spacing and typesetting is possible.

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Don't engage in so much visual formatting. Instead, define some pertinent table parameters -- such as centering the column contents, the heights of the rows, etc -- beforehand, and then create a lean and reasonably easy to read table.

In the example below, I've created a dummy definition of your \VTGN macro to make the code compilable. You'll notice a complete absence of \vspace{3mm} and \cl directives in the code. Observe the use of \bigstrut to size the heights of the rows: it's an object with a depth of 4ex below the text baseline and a height of 6ex above the baseline. (The strut's total height is thus 10pt.) Adjust these parameters as needed to get the desired spacing. The strut's width is 0pt; hence it's not visible. One \bigstrut per row suffices.

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\hline
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\endgroup
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Addendum: I just noticed that you posted the following definition of the \VTGN macro:

\newcommand{\VTGN}[1]{\setmainfont{Vortigenu}{#1}\setmainfont{Times New Roman}}

Using \setmainfont in this manner is rather inefficient as well as quite complex; see Section 5 of the user guide of the fontspec package for a more in-depth explanation of this claim. I suggest you provide the following commands in the preamble:

\newfontfamily\vtgn{Vortigenu}
\newcommand\VTGN[1]{{\vtgn #1}} % Note the double curly braces

This definition of \VTGN makes it unnecessary to execute \setmainfont twice. Moreover, it works without having to know what the main document font happens to be.

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