How do I set the font size to 11.5? 12 is too large and 11 is too small.
I used
\documentclass[titlepage,11.5pt]{article}
but it still gives me size 11
[Tex/LaTex] How to set the font size to 11.5pt?
fontsize
Related Solutions
Have a look at the relsize package. Package description:
The basic command of the package is
\relsize, whose argument is a number of\magsteps to change size; from this are defined commands\larger,\smaller,\textlarger, etc.
According to section 18.2.1 of the beamer manual, a default font size of 8pt is already "way too small". beamer uses the extsizes packages for non-standard font sizes, and extsizes doesn't offer anything smaller than 8pt. If you really must fit more text on each frame, I suggest to enlarge beamer's paper size from 128mm*96mm to, say, 140mm*105mm.
\documentclass[8pt]{beamer}
\geometry{paperwidth=140mm,paperheight=105mm}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\lipsum[1]
\end{frame}
\end{document}
EDIT: Another option is to load the scrextend package (part of KOMA-Script) which allows to choose arbitrary font sizes like 7.5pt -- be sure to use a vector font like Latin Modern.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{scrextend}
\changefontsizes{7.5pt}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\lipsum[1]
\end{frame}
\end{document}
Best Answer
the options
10pt,11ptand12ptare not lengths at all they are simply strings used as option names that suggest the size of\normalsize(although 11pt doesn't set\normalsizeto 11pt, but 10.95pt)They are the only three size related options but you can request a font of any size
requests an 11.4pt font on a 2cm baseline.
For most fonts you will get the size requested. For reasons of historical compatibility, if you do this with the default computer modern fonts then the size will be set to one of a discrete list of sizes, however if you put
at the top of the document, this restriction will be lifted and fonts will be used at the requested size.
Note that the size options do far more than just set the font size they also specify suitable page sizes, and suitable lengths around lists and displays, and section headings etc.