[Tex/LaTex] LaTeX — specify font point size

Question

I want to use a font size other than the standard LaTeX list of tiny, huge, etc. How can I do that?

Answer 1

From info latex:

\fontsize{size}{skip}
Set font size. The first parameter is the font size to switch to; the second is the \baselineskip to use. The unit of both parameters defaults to pt. A rule of thumb is that the baselineskip should be 1.2 times the font size.

As @frabjous noted, you'll need to add \selectfont afterwards to make it kick in.