Sizes in LaTeX

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Here is an overview of sizes in LaTeX:

TikZ

TikZ thicknes
TikZ thicknes

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

Text sizes in LaTeX

Usage example: \Huge $\varepsilon$

  • \tiny
  • \scriptsize
  • \footnotesize
  • \small
  • \normalsize
  • \large
  • \Large
  • \LARGE
  • \huge
  • \Huge

Math

Formulas

Sizes of different math modes
Sizes of different math modes

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
Sizes of parentheses