MWE:
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} $\wedge{\small\wedge}{\tiny\wedge}$ \end{document} All the \wedges have the same size...
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\small and \tiny are text font macros (just like \large, \huge, ...). You most likely received the following font warnings in your .log file:
LaTeX Font Warning: Command \small invalid in math mode on input line 3. LaTeX Font Warning: Command \tiny invalid in math mode on input line 3. Inside math mode, in order to use a different (smaller) font, you could/should use \scriptstyle or \scriptscriptstyle:
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} $\wedge{\small\wedge}{\tiny\wedge}$\par $\wedge{\scriptstyle\wedge}{\scriptscriptstyle\wedge}$ \end{document} \scriptstyle denotes the font size of super-/subscripts, while \scriptscriptstyle denotes the font size for super-/subscripts of super-/subscripts. Thereafter (higher scripting), the font size remains at \scriptscriptsize. See
\documentclass{article} \begin{document} $x\ x^x\ x^{x^x}\ x^{x^{x^x}}\ x^{x^{x^{x^x}}}$ \end{document} That's why there's a suggestion to use \scalebox (and possibly some height adjustment using \raisebox) - it allows you to have a little more variation in the fonts in smaller/larger sized.
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\scaleboxa good solution for my problem, which may be different from the original question...Yan King Yin– Yan King Yin2016-04-24 05:46:41 +00:00Commented Apr 24, 2016 at 5:46 - Thank you. Unfortunately \scriptstyle changes not only the size, but also the overall style of the mathematical text.Yaroslav Nikitenko– Yaroslav Nikitenko2025-03-19 23:22:11 +00:00Commented Mar 19 at 23:22
use
$\wedge$\small$\wedge$\tiny$\wedge$\normalsize - 8or
$\wedge${\small$\wedge$\tiny$\wedge$}so that it's not necessary to return explicitly to\normalsize, since that may or may not actually be the current size (say, in a footnote).barbara beeton– barbara beeton2012-12-30 19:42:07 +00:00Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 19:42 - 1@barbarabeeton: yes, you're right. As usual :-)user2478– user24782012-12-30 19:51:42 +00:00Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 19:51
- Can this technique be transferred to environments like
equation?bluenote10– bluenote102014-01-17 16:42:07 +00:00Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 16:42 - @bluenote10: try it ... ;-)user2478– user24782014-01-17 17:36:20 +00:00Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 17:36
- 2@Herbert: I did and I failed :). That is why I'm asking whether there is a trick to "temporarily leave" the equation environment to achieve the same.bluenote10– bluenote102014-01-17 19:36:12 +00:00Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 19:36
Whenever you want to choose to have a small-sized equation in math mode, I would suggest the following
\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb} \begin{document} \[ 3+3=\text{\footnotesize{\(x^2-13 =\)} \tiny{\( y^3-26 \)} } \] \end{document} Just be careful with parenthesis and spacing!
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\smallworks in math mode at all.