Here is an overview of sizes in LaTeX:
TikZ ¶
![TikZ thicknes](../images/2012/09/tikz-sizes.png)
Usage example:
\draw[ultra thick, blue,dashed](a -| current plot begin) -- (a);
ultra thin
very thin
thin
semithick
thick
very thick
ultra thick
- more
Text ¶
Usage example:
\Huge $\varepsilon$
\tiny
\scriptsize
\footnotesize
\small
\normalsize
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\Huge
Math ¶
Formulas ¶
![Sizes of different math modes](../images/2012/09/latex-math-sizes.png)
Usage example:
$\scriptstyle \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} (1 + \frac{1}{n})^n$
\scriptscriptstyle
\scriptstyle
\textstyle
\displaystyle
Parentheses ¶
The size of brackets [ ]
, (curly) braces { }
and parentheses ( )
can be
adjusted with these commands:
$$-1+x ( x \big( 1+ x\Big(2 + x \bigg(3+ x\Bigg(4+x \Bigg) \bigg) \Big) \big) )$$
The result will look like this
![Sizes of parentheses](../images/2012/09/latex-parentheses-sizes.png)