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I would like to write a \newcommand to define a stylish word, like \LaTeX.

Let's take this example:

\newcommand{\mystyle}{ \textit{\raisebox{+0.2ex}{M} \kern-0.66em\raise-0.3ex\hbox{\scriptsize y} \kern-0.3em\raise0.4ex\hbox{\scriptsize s} \kern-0.75em\raise-0.3ex\hbox{\scriptsize t} \kern-0.3em\hbox{yle} } }

The problem is, when \mystyle is put inside \title{} or \section{} the fontsizes which are defined by brute force (1st 4 letters) get too small since they do not proportionally scale with the remaining letters. If I write \LaTeX inside \title{} there is no problem.

How to get my command working smoothly like that?

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You can use the relsize package for this.

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\documentclass{article} \usepackage{relsize} \newcommand{\mystyle}{ \textit{\raisebox{+0.2ex}{M} \kern-0.66em\raise-0.3ex\hbox{\relsize{-1}y} \kern-0.3em\raise0.4ex\hbox{\relsize{-1}s} \kern-0.75em\raise-0.3ex\hbox{\relsize{-1}t} \kern-0.3em\hbox{yle} } } \begin{document} \section{\mystyle} Text talking about \mystyle \end{document}
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This problem cannot really be solved with relsize.

You can use the fact that \check@mathfonts sets up the font sizes for subscripts and superscripts based on the current font size, saving it in \sf@size.

\documentclass{article} \makeatletter \newcommand{\mystyle}{% \textit{% \check@mathfonts \itshape \raisebox{0.2ex}{M}% \kern-0.1em \raisebox{-0.3ex}{\fontsize\sf@size\z@\selectfont y}% \kern-0.1em \raisebox{0.4ex}{\fontsize\sf@size\z@\selectfont s}% \kern-0.2em \raisebox{-0.3ex}{\fontsize\sf@size\z@\selectfont t}% yle% }% } \makeatother \begin{document} \mystyle \bigskip \Large\mystyle \bigskip \footnotesize\mystyle \end{document}

Note that you had several spaces (due to unprotected end-of-lines) that I removed, so the kerning had to be changed. Fix it to your liking.

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  • What are the down sides to using relsize? I was going to suggest \scalebox, but I like your \check@mathfonts much better. Commented Feb 15, 2018 at 12:58
  • Neat :). Are there other font sizes saved by \check@mathfonts? Commented Feb 15, 2018 at 13:03
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    @PhelypeOleinik \ssf@size has the size for second level subscripts/superscripts. Commented Feb 15, 2018 at 13:11

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