fontsizemath-modesymbols
I was just wondering if it's possible to make lower case \chi bigger.
Basically I want the equation \chi^2_0 = \frac{1}{2} to have more space between the 2 and 0 like all the textbooks have but the \chi I get is tiny and so the 2 and 0 basically read like 20 vertically, is there a way to fix this/make it nicer? (I'm guessing there is since every stats textbook ever seems to be able to do it)
To get equal sizes, you could use \DeclareMathSizes in your preamble. The syntax is
\DeclareMathSizes{display size}{text size}{script size}{scriptscript size}.
You could simply set all to your default font size. In this example:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\[
x = \frac{1}{x + \frac{1}{x + \frac{1}{x}}}
\]
\end{document}
where you firstly get different sizes:
inserting this line
\DeclareMathSizes{10}{10}{10}{10}
changes the output to:
For integral symbols try \usepackage{bigints}. With the amsmath package, you can change the size of equations with the standard LaTeX resizing commands. Example
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
Normal size:
\[
\sum_{i=0}^n\int_{a_i}^{b_i}f(x)
\]
Large size:
{\large
\[
\sum_{i=0}^n\int_{a_i}^{b_i}f(x)
\]}
$\sum\int_a^b f(x)$ is normal size and {\huge$\sum\int_a^b f(x)$} is huge size.
\end{document}
Best Answer
You could play around with the regular text adjustments or by using
\scalebox{<factor>}{<stuff>}from thegraphicxpackage in the following way:amsmathwas just used for thealign*and\tfracfunctionality. If cluttering your input is a problem, you can put this in a macro (here I've chosen the first enlargement style):and use it as
\bigchi=\frac{1}{2}. You can play around with different font sizes or scaling values.