[XeTeX] choosing semibold?

[Fr. Michael Gilmary]

Poile, Christopher wrote:

> Now, if I could only find out how to specify an exact point size for a 
> font. 
>

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.,

\fontsize{XXpt}{XXpt}\selectfont

where the first argument is the point size of the font and the second 
argument is the baseline skip.


>  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.)
>
>  
>

I use the memoir class, where section heads can be formatted to suit 
your needs via something like:

\setsecheadstyle{\raggedright\scshape\MakeLowercase}
\setbeforesecskip{-\onelineskip}
\setaftersecskip{\onelineskip}

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?)

Hope that helps.


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fr. michael gilmary, mma

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