Problem getting different-sized fences in Y&Y TeX

[Ganz, Frank, SV USA]

Hi James,

If you get a distiction between \big \{ and \big | in 11 points, would you find it suitable to choose 11 point size and enlarge your document by 9%, which would give you 12 point actual size? All other dimensions could be adjusted accordingly. This sounds to me like the easiest way to go about it.

While I don't profess to know why you lose distinction, I assume that this is due to rounding issues and font size availability.

Check The TeXbook for all variants of \big. Another resource is The LaTeX Companion by Goosens, Samarin, and Mittelbach.

Thanks,
Frank

>-----Original Message-----
>From: James R. Wilson [mailto:jwilson at eos.ncsu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:11 AM
>To: Ganz, Frank, SV USA; YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
>Subject: Re: Problem getting different-sized fences in Y&Y TeX
>
>
>> You have to type the following:
>>
>>   \left (  ... \left \{ ... [ ... ] \right \} ... \right )
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>
>Frank,
>
>I want to be able to control the size myself.  If I do what
>you suggest,
>in general I get fences that are much too big, and they are
>all the same
>size.
>
>Let me put the question another way: in 12-point type, I want to get
>
>  \big \{
>
>and
>
>   \big |
>
>that are VISUALLY distinguishable from their normalsize counterparts.
>I can achieve this effect in 11-point type, and I should be able to do
>the same thing is 12-point type.
>
>Jim Wilson
>
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