Re: math font size

Suresh Govindachar <[email protected]> Mon, 8 Jun 2026 18:24:06 -0700
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On 6/8/2026 5:45 PM, Walter Burkhard wrote:
> I am using tex (not LaTex);  Could you please describe a way
> to change the size of equations (with only subscripts)i created in
> the math mode;  say increase the size by 2pt.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Walt Burkhard

I would use Joe St Sauver (7 Jan 1991)'s fontsize.tex, provided as part 
of his book on plain TeX, tex_primer -- to be found here 
https://ctan.org/tex-archive/info/tex-primer_vms-specific

--Suresh


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/8/2026 5:45 PM, Walter Burkhard
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          using tex (not LaTex);  Could you please describe a way</div>
        <div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">to
          change the size of equations (with only subscripts)i
          created in</div>
        <div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">the
          math mode;  say increase the size by 2pt.</div>
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style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Many
          thanks.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default"
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          Burkhard</div>
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    <p>I would use Joe St Sauver (7 Jan 1991)'s fontsize.tex, provided
      as part of his book on plain TeX, tex_primer -- to be found here
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ctan.org/tex-archive/info/tex-primer_vms-specific">https://ctan.org/tex-archive/info/tex-primer_vms-specific</a></p>
    <p>--Suresh</p>
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