[Tex/LaTex] moderncv with less than 10pt font size

fontsizemoderncv

I want to make a moderncv resume with font size less than 10pt. I am trying out different font sizes to see which one is best. I saw this question and one comment said that \documentclass[8pt]{extarticle} worked. How do I combine that line with moderncv? documentclass[8pt]{extarticle}{moderncv} or documentclass[8pt]{moderncv,extarticle} don't work. Is it possible to achieve this at all?

I even tried adding \usepackage[fontsize=9pt]{scrextend} but that throws up errors as well.

Best Answer

Constructing an answer from the comments:

  • Using the extsizes package:

    \usepackage[9pt]{extsizes}

  • Using the scrextend package:

    \usepackage{scrextend}
\changefontsizes[11pt]{9pt}

  • Using the anyfontsize package:

    \usepackage{anyfontsize}
\fontsize{9}{11}
\selectfont

Also, use a scalable modern font which scales well to lower font sizes (eg: lmodern, kpfonts). However, in general, it is not recommended to not use such small font sizes in the interest of readability.

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