Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Font size does not change

[abhijit_becs]

Hi all,

While writing my PhD thesis, I found the following problems.

AS required by graduate office, I need to use 1.5 inch top and bottom margin on regular pages. I tried many many things including changing \textheight etc but didnt work that much. When I am able to make my bottom margin 1.5inch, the top margin remains way above 1.5inch. Is there any way I can fit the requirement?

Another problem is when I try to change the size of the font like
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
to
\documentclass[14pt]{report}

Surprisingly the font size in my thesis is reducing like 10pt scale.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

[torbjorn t.]

Take a look at the geometry package, that allows you to set the margins very easily.

As for you second issue, the standard classes only allow 10pt, 11pt or 12pt as a class option, 10pt being default. The memoir class on the other hand allows for other sizes.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

Another problem is when I try to change the size of the font like
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
to
\documentclass[14pt]{report}
Surprisingly the font size in my thesis is reducing like 10pt scale.

you could use extreport, it allows base font sizes between 8 and 20pt, also 14pt.

I would prefer scrreprt, it allows arbitrary base font sizes given in arbitrary units. But more important, it provides a lot more features than report.

Stefan

[localghost]

If you want to stay with a standard class, try the classes from the extsizes bundle.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[abhijit_becs]

Take a look at the geometry package, that allows you to set the margins very easily.

As for you second issue, the standard classes only allow 10pt, 11pt or 12pt as a class option, 10pt being default. The memoir class on the other hand allows for other sizes.

Thanks!. I am working with the geometry package now.

[abhijit_becs]

Hi,

Another problem is when I try to change the size of the font like
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
to
\documentclass[14pt]{report}
Surprisingly the font size in my thesis is reducing like 10pt scale.

you could use extreport, it allows base font sizes between 8 and 20pt, also 14pt.

I would prefer scrreprt, it allows arbitrary base font sizes given in arbitrary units. But more important, it provides a lot more features than report.

Stefan

Thanks! It worked!