[pdftex] size of glyphs in postscript fonts

[Christoph Dreyer]

Hi George!

White, George schrieb am Mittwoch, dem 07.02.2001:

> There is no enforceable requirement that different font families 
> have similar real sizes at a given TeX "size". 

I did not know this.

> In some cases it may be easier to accept the sizes chosen by your
> macro package and adjust the page layout so that you end up with the
> desired final size by scaling the page using a "dvips -y.." option.

> I'm not aware of any corresponding trick when you are using pdftex to
> generate pdf files directly.

Context allows to specify a wider range of sizes.

Thanks.

Christoph