Questions tagged [scaling]
{scaling} is about scaling document elements. Use this tag in addition to other tags specifying what should be scaled.
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Flip or rotate a math symbol about the math axis
Sometimes I want to flip or rotate a math symbol. Of course, I want to preserve good alignment with the rest of the expression, which usually means flipping about the math axis / rotating around a ...
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pst-node, graphicx: how to fix scalebox messing up position of node connection labels
Using scalebox to scale a pspicture environment messes up the position of node connection labels. This is shown in the MWE below using naput, but some testing indicates that this seems to occur with ...
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Using delimiter scalers (\big, \Big, etc.) within superscript-like environments
I have the following code: $q \xrightarrow{\Brack{(i,a)}} q'$ where \Brack is defined using mathtools as \DeclarePairedDelimiter\Brack{\lBrack}{\rBrack} which yields: However, I would like to scale ...
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How to retrieve the scaling factor (length multiplier) in TikZ?
Preamble I'm using parametric graphics with TikZ and would like to automatically rescale coordinates as follows: specify the dimensions of parts of the object in millimeters; convert all sizes in the ...
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Why doesn't \typoscale scale the baseline of a text? (OpTeX)
I am trying to scale both the font and the baseline of a text but only the font gets scaled. This is the code I wrote: {\typoscale[500/500] my text my text my text my text my text my text my text my ...
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scaling a technical drawing but leaving text unscaled
I'm using \usepackage{graphicx} to embed eps-figures (technical drawings which also contain text and math formulas) in my LaTeX document. Is there any way to have just scaled the drawings, but leaving ...
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How to re-size all numbers in math mode?
I am looking for a way resize all numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) in math mode that does not require neither XeTex nor LuaTex. All other math symbols should keep their current size. My goal, ...
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Thickness of line segments and font size with scaling
I need to globally change the thickness of all line segments in the picture to be between .5pt and 1pt; also, globally change all font sizes to be 9pt. I have tried \tikzset{every picture/.style=...
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pgfplots: Setting the height depending on (non)default width
I'd like to achieve that, using pgfplots, an axis is half as high as it is wide (or, in a slightly different scenario, half as high as it "should" be). Consider this MWE \documentclass[11pt,...
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transform canvas command stops working when text is too small
This is a follow up from a previous question, where I received a useful answer. The solution worked for me initially, but now it seems to stop working when the text size is too small? \documentclass[...
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Resizebox not scaling text in tikz image
I am trying to scale the tikz image using resizebox, but for some reason the text in the image is not being scaled: Here is my code: \begin{frame}{Circle Packing} \pause \begin{figure}[H] \centering ...
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Draw stroke only outside of the path in TikZ
For the following figure, I would like to draw only outside of the path, such that the stroke does not overlap with the fill. \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{calc,...
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Change (horizontal) line length for single legend entry in pgfplots
How do I change the line length of an individual entry in a pgfplots legend? I cannot use the solution provided here, as I also have other custom markers in the legend, and this screws up the vertical ...
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How to make 3D points scale properly in appearance?
I have this 3D plot in pgf but I have an issue with scaling. The points s_3 and s_4 should have the same length but they appear not: s_3 appears bigger than s_4 why? \documentclass{standalone} % You ...
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Troubles with this plot (tikz, pgfplots)
I wanted to draw a plot for arcsin function, and this is what I managed to compute so far \documentclass[a4paper, 10pt]{scrreport} \usepackage{geometry} \geometry{total={173mm, 257mm}, margin=17mm} \...
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