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Poile, Christopher wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Now, if I
could only find out
how to specify an exact point size for a font. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I suppose the first way is at the \documentclass level. Of course, that
sets it globally. What Peter D referred to is also an option, i.e., <br>
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\fontsize{XXpt}{XXpt}\selectfont<br>
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where the first argument is the point size of the font and the second
argument is the baseline skip.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p>And
then figure out how to redefine
the section and subsection heading so that it doesn’t add a small
amount of
vertical space afterwards. (I’m able to adjust the section heading’s
font
style using the sectsty package, but I can’t seem to adjust the
vertical space
after the heading.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I use the memoir class, where section heads can be formatted to suit
your needs via something like:<br>
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\setsecheadstyle{\raggedright\scshape\MakeLowercase} <br>
\setbeforesecskip{-\onelineskip} <br>
\setaftersecskip{\onelineskip}<br>
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This example is from memman.pdf page 235. I'm sure that, just as the
physician once told me: "there are at least 6 ways to take out a gall
bladder," there are at least as many ways to modify section headings.
(I can't seem to find the secsty on TL2008 ... maybe it's old?)<br>
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Hope that helps.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
United in adoration of Jesus,
fr. michael gilmary, mma
Most Holy Trinity Monastery
67 Dugway Road
Petersham, MA 01366-9725</pre>
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