I'm using Scrivener to convert multimarkdown to LaTeX and then using TeXshop to typeset my document.This work flow works great for me except for the fact that I'd like to be able to make certain math symbols bigger i.g. the integral sign. I've tried doing this like this:
\bigint, \Biggint, etc but that doesn't work. I'm sure there is a syntax that does this but I can't find it.
[Tex/LaTex] How to make math symbols bigger
fontsizemath-modesymbols
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Another possibility are the \mathlarger and \mathsmaller commands provided by the relsize package.
These can be iterated to make bigger and bigger
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{relsize}
\begin{document}
\[
x+y=z \leftrightarrow \mathlarger{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{(x+y=z)}}}
\]
\end{document}
It doesn't always work well with large operators, though.
You can use mathastext to partially obtain what you are aiming at.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[vscale=0.7]{geometry}
\usepackage[subdued,defaultmathsizes]{mathastext}
\MTnonlettersobeymathxx % math alphabets will act on (, ), [, ], etc...
\MTexplicitbracesobeymathxx % math alphabets will act on \{ and \}
\MTfamily {\ttdefault} % we will declare a math version using tt font
\Mathastext [typewriter] % the math version is called typewriter
\begin{document}\thispagestyle{empty}
So far everything is normal $ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>$.
Indeed, we are here in the \emph{subdued} mode of mathastext.
Let's see the effect of \string\mathtt\ or \string\mathrm\ or \string\mathbf:
\[ \mathtt{ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>}\]
\[ \mathrm{ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>}\]
\[ \mathbf{ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>}\]
You should compare with a document not loading mathastext, and you will see
there that the math alphabet commands do not act on parentheses, etc...
I must dwelve on a subtelty: in the \emph{subdued} mode, the \string\mathrm,
etc.. commands are not modified by \texttt{mathastext}: it defines altered
variants \string\Mathrm, etc... but does not identify the original with the new.
For some matters of font encoding, it is the variants which should be used (the
problem didn't show in the examples above, but it was just lucky):
\[ \Mathtt{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}} \]
\[ \Mathbf{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}} \]
\texttt{mathastext} has limited influence: we see that the \string\times{}
symbol is not affected. We now will switch to the typewriter math version using
the command \string\MTversion \{typewriter\}. In this math version, we are not
in \emph{subdued} mode anymore, and the lowercase form of the math alphabets can
be used directly. \MTversion {typewriter}
\[ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>\]
\[ \{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\} \]
\[ \mathit{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}} \]
By default the text font is also modified. Perhaps we
don't want that, so we issue \string\MTversion [normal]\{typewriter\}.\MTversion
[normal]{typewriter} This way the text font is not affected. But the math is
automatically in typewriter font (not the delimiters though):
\[ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>\]
The idea of the math version is to typeset only portions of the code with the
desired fonts for the letters and simple symbols in math. We return to the
normal situation with \string\MTversion \{normal\}. Here it is:
\MTversion {normal}
\[ (a^n +b^n)[c^m +d^m] = \left<x_i + y_j\right>\]
Because we switched back to the subdued version, we have to explicitely
reactivate the action of the math alphabets on the non letters (from the ascii
range), with
\string\MTnonlettersobeymathxx{}
and \string\MTexplicitbracesobeymathxx{}
\MTnonlettersobeymathxx{}
\MTexplicitbracesobeymathxx{}
$\Mathtt{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}}$
$\Mathit{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}}$
$\Mathbf{\{a[1],t\}\times\{t,a[2]\}}$
And I was careful to use \string\Mathtt{} and \string\Mathit, not
\string\mathtt{} or \string\mathit.
\end{document}
And here is the effect of math alphabet without mathastext:
Best Answer
For integral symbols try
\usepackage{bigints}. With theamsmathpackage, you can change the size of equations with the standard LaTeX resizing commands. Example