Example: {\eightpoint \rm {\bf This type will be in an eight point bold font} {\it while this type will be in an eight point italic font} and even the math fonts, $a^2+b^2=c^2$, will be in an eight point italic font}.
If one is using normal magnification and finds a particular display a little too long, one can "shrink" only that particular display by inserting the \eightpoint command within the math delimiters
Example: $\eightpoint a^2+b^2=c^2$
%=========================================================================
% {\eightpoint\rm ...} { all fonts will be 8 point including math fonts }
% {\eightpoint $...$ } { math only to be in 8 point font }
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------
\def\eightpoint{
\def\rm{\fam0\eightrm}
\textfont0=\eightrm \scriptfont0=\sixrm \scriptscriptfont0=\fiverm
\textfont1=\eightmi \scriptfont1=\sixmi \scriptscriptfont1=\fivemi
\textfont2=\eightsy \scriptfont2=\sixsy \scriptscriptfont2=\fivesy
\textfont3=\tenex \scriptfont3=\tenex \scriptscriptfont3=\tenex
\textfont\itfam=\eightit \def\it{\fam\itfam\eightit}
\textfont\slfam=\eightsl \def\sl{\fam\slfam\eightsl}
\textfont\ttfam=\eighttt \def\tt{\fam\ttfam\eighttt}
\textfont\bffam=\eightbf \scriptfont\bffam=\sixbf
\scriptscriptfont\bffam=\fivebf
\def\bf{\fam\bffam\eightbf}
\normalbaselineskip=10pt}
Fifteen Point Fonts /
Nine Point Macro
MESmith Spinneret /
TeXSpot /
smith@math.fsu.edu
FSU Math Home Page
Last modified: 14 August 1995