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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>From: "Oliver Buerschaper" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:oliver.buerschaper@mpq.mpg.de"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>oliver.buerschaper@mpq.mpg.de</FONT></A><FONT face="Courier New"
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>To: <</FONT><A
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size=2>metapost@tug.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Courier New"
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> <BR>> I'm trying to change the default
font size MetaPost uses for labels <BR>> but the following code keeps
giving me trouble:<BR>> <BR>> ---<BR>>
beginfig(1);<BR>> defaultscale :=
6;<BR>> label(btex Hallo $\sum$ etex,
origin);<BR>> endfig;<BR>> <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>defaultscale sets the size of the metapost
font. It does not affect typeset labels.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Try this to see:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>beginfig(1);<BR>
defaultscale := 6;<BR> label(btex Hallo $\sum$ etex,
origin);</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>
label.bot("Hallo",origin);<BR>endfig;<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>But I cannot be much help on how to change
the size of typeset labels as I have trouble there too. Seems like putting
latex commands inside btex ... etex should work, I have seen files where it
does, but it does not (yet) for my installation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Also, if you make a preamble
like...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>prologues:=3;<BR>filenametemplate
"%j%c.mps";<BR>verbatimtex<BR>%&latex<BR>\documentclass{minimal}<BR>\usepackage{charter}<BR>\begin{document}<BR>etex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>...you can change the font of typeset
labels by using a package.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I think some of this is involved in the
changes the team are making.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>--John</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>