I'd like to use the koma-script scrartcl
class with a font size of 10pt, but when I use the document option 10pt
, not only the font size decreases but also the space user for the text. Especially the footer margin (between the page number and the bottom of the page) is enlarged and this looks unpleasant to me.
Minimal document with 11pt font size:
\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
Minimal document with option 10pt
(and large footer margin):
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
Why does changing the document font size affect the margins so much? How can I set the font size to 10pt and not influence the margins of the page?
My system is configured to use a paper size of A4 by default and I'm compiling my documents with pdflatex.
Best Answer
The KOMA-Script classes uses
DIV=default
as default option for the page layout.default
fora4paper
and11pt
means10
. But with10pt
anda4paper
default
is only8
resulting in bigger margins.If you really want you can set
DIV=10
, but you will get a warning. MaybeDIV=9
is a compromise: