How to make fractions and exponents larger?
In an align environment in the amsmath
package, sometimes an exponent like e^{...}
is too small and a fraction like frac{1}{2}
is too small. I can use tfrac
to make fractions smaller, but for some reason there is no way to make them bigger. Whenever I've tried to use hfrac
it doesn't work. Is there also a way to make exponents larger in a similar way?
math-mode amsmath fractions
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In an align environment in the amsmath
package, sometimes an exponent like e^{...}
is too small and a fraction like frac{1}{2}
is too small. I can use tfrac
to make fractions smaller, but for some reason there is no way to make them bigger. Whenever I've tried to use hfrac
it doesn't work. Is there also a way to make exponents larger in a similar way?
math-mode amsmath fractions
Welcome to TeX.SE! Please show a short compilable code resulting in your issue!
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:24
the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fractionfrac
selects the default,tfrac
forces textstyle,dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display mathtfrac
is smaller thanfrac
anddfrac
is the same.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? Theddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.
– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27
add a comment |
In an align environment in the amsmath
package, sometimes an exponent like e^{...}
is too small and a fraction like frac{1}{2}
is too small. I can use tfrac
to make fractions smaller, but for some reason there is no way to make them bigger. Whenever I've tried to use hfrac
it doesn't work. Is there also a way to make exponents larger in a similar way?
math-mode amsmath fractions
In an align environment in the amsmath
package, sometimes an exponent like e^{...}
is too small and a fraction like frac{1}{2}
is too small. I can use tfrac
to make fractions smaller, but for some reason there is no way to make them bigger. Whenever I've tried to use hfrac
it doesn't work. Is there also a way to make exponents larger in a similar way?
math-mode amsmath fractions
math-mode amsmath fractions
edited Jan 2 at 23:28
David Carlisle
484k4011171859
484k4011171859
asked Jan 2 at 22:00
user14554user14554
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Welcome to TeX.SE! Please show a short compilable code resulting in your issue!
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:24
the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fractionfrac
selects the default,tfrac
forces textstyle,dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display mathtfrac
is smaller thanfrac
anddfrac
is the same.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? Theddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.
– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27
add a comment |
Welcome to TeX.SE! Please show a short compilable code resulting in your issue!
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:24
the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fractionfrac
selects the default,tfrac
forces textstyle,dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display mathtfrac
is smaller thanfrac
anddfrac
is the same.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? Theddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.
– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27
Welcome to TeX.SE! Please show a short compilable code resulting in your issue!
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:24
Welcome to TeX.SE! Please show a short compilable code resulting in your issue!
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:24
the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fraction
frac
selects the default, tfrac
forces textstyle, dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display math tfrac
is smaller than frac
and dfrac
is the same.– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fraction
frac
selects the default, tfrac
forces textstyle, dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display math tfrac
is smaller than frac
and dfrac
is the same.– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? The
ddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? The
ddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27
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superscripts are in scriptstyle so in theory you could do
e^{textstyle a+b}
to use a textstyle rather than scriptstyle superscript, but really, I wouldn't.
If you have a large expression here it is better to use a different syntax
exp (a+b)
which naturally sets the expression in textstyle
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use thee^{}
-notation instead of theexp()
-notation.
– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
|
show 1 more comment
Caution: This should be wisely used!
The macro DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}
has four arguments; text size, math sizes in display/text style, script style and scriptscript style, respectively.
documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
usepackage{amsmath}
DeclareMathSizes{12}{12}{10}{7}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
frac{2x}{3y+z} 12e^{a+b}
end{align*}
end{document}
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you havefrac
,dfrac
,mfrac
, andtfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily usingscalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You needgraphicx
package for that command.
– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
add a comment |
You can use displaystyle
and the like to change the size inside a math environment.
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
add a comment |
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superscripts are in scriptstyle so in theory you could do
e^{textstyle a+b}
to use a textstyle rather than scriptstyle superscript, but really, I wouldn't.
If you have a large expression here it is better to use a different syntax
exp (a+b)
which naturally sets the expression in textstyle
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use thee^{}
-notation instead of theexp()
-notation.
– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
|
show 1 more comment
superscripts are in scriptstyle so in theory you could do
e^{textstyle a+b}
to use a textstyle rather than scriptstyle superscript, but really, I wouldn't.
If you have a large expression here it is better to use a different syntax
exp (a+b)
which naturally sets the expression in textstyle
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use thee^{}
-notation instead of theexp()
-notation.
– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
|
show 1 more comment
superscripts are in scriptstyle so in theory you could do
e^{textstyle a+b}
to use a textstyle rather than scriptstyle superscript, but really, I wouldn't.
If you have a large expression here it is better to use a different syntax
exp (a+b)
which naturally sets the expression in textstyle
superscripts are in scriptstyle so in theory you could do
e^{textstyle a+b}
to use a textstyle rather than scriptstyle superscript, but really, I wouldn't.
If you have a large expression here it is better to use a different syntax
exp (a+b)
which naturally sets the expression in textstyle
answered Jan 2 at 22:08
David CarlisleDavid Carlisle
484k4011171859
484k4011171859
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use thee^{}
-notation instead of theexp()
-notation.
– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
|
show 1 more comment
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use thee^{}
-notation instead of theexp()
-notation.
– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
1
1
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use the
e^{}
-notation instead of the exp()
-notation.– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
In some contexts, e.g. schools, it might be preferable to use the
e^{}
-notation instead of the exp()
-notation.– Toscho
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
exp might work, I'll give it a try. "h" also came from a past question I saw on this very site. But, there might have been some extra environment.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:10
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
For the most part exp solves the problem. Though, it would still be nice to have more control over textstyle since it is less convenient to read.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:31
1
1
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
@user14554 math fonts are set at four styles (usually three sizes) displaystyle textstyle subscriptstyle and subsubscriptsyle so they are always available, but to get other sizes would require more extensive setup
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:42
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
You say it's available in only three sizes, yet if you nest exponents or fractions, it will perpetually adjust them to be smaller or larger.
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:47
|
show 1 more comment
Caution: This should be wisely used!
The macro DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}
has four arguments; text size, math sizes in display/text style, script style and scriptscript style, respectively.
documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
usepackage{amsmath}
DeclareMathSizes{12}{12}{10}{7}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
frac{2x}{3y+z} 12e^{a+b}
end{align*}
end{document}
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you havefrac
,dfrac
,mfrac
, andtfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily usingscalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You needgraphicx
package for that command.
– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
add a comment |
Caution: This should be wisely used!
The macro DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}
has four arguments; text size, math sizes in display/text style, script style and scriptscript style, respectively.
documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
usepackage{amsmath}
DeclareMathSizes{12}{12}{10}{7}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
frac{2x}{3y+z} 12e^{a+b}
end{align*}
end{document}
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you havefrac
,dfrac
,mfrac
, andtfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily usingscalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You needgraphicx
package for that command.
– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
add a comment |
Caution: This should be wisely used!
The macro DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}
has four arguments; text size, math sizes in display/text style, script style and scriptscript style, respectively.
documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
usepackage{amsmath}
DeclareMathSizes{12}{12}{10}{7}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
frac{2x}{3y+z} 12e^{a+b}
end{align*}
end{document}
Caution: This should be wisely used!
The macro DeclareMathSizes{}{}{}{}
has four arguments; text size, math sizes in display/text style, script style and scriptscript style, respectively.
documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
usepackage{amsmath}
DeclareMathSizes{12}{12}{10}{7}
begin{document}
begin{align*}
frac{2x}{3y+z} 12e^{a+b}
end{align*}
end{document}
answered Jan 2 at 22:20
AboAmmarAboAmmar
33.4k22882
33.4k22882
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you havefrac
,dfrac
,mfrac
, andtfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily usingscalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You needgraphicx
package for that command.
– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
add a comment |
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you havefrac
,dfrac
,mfrac
, andtfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily usingscalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You needgraphicx
package for that command.
– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
Can I use these arbitrarily within any point in any part of an align environment? Could I make one fraction smaller while retaining the size of all others within one align environment?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 22:29
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
@user14554 this is only intended as a global document setting, it sets up the three sizes as i mentioned.
– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 22:49
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
So in other words you're saying no, I can't arbitrarily change the sizes of only individual fractions with this?
– user14554
Jan 2 at 23:03
1
1
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you have
frac
, dfrac
, mfrac
, and tfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily using scalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You need graphicx
package for that command.– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
The command in my answer changes all math components in the document, for fractions, you have
frac
, dfrac
, mfrac
, and tfrac
, if all these sizes are not sufficient, you can change the size arbitrarily using scalebox{<factor>}{$frac{}{}$}
. You need graphicx
package for that command.– AboAmmar
Jan 2 at 23:18
add a comment |
You can use displaystyle
and the like to change the size inside a math environment.
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
add a comment |
You can use displaystyle
and the like to change the size inside a math environment.
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
add a comment |
You can use displaystyle
and the like to change the size inside a math environment.
You can use displaystyle
and the like to change the size inside a math environment.
answered Jan 2 at 22:09
ToschoToscho
3,8051118
3,8051118
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
add a comment |
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
5
5
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
Please explain better what you mean ...
– Kurt
Jan 2 at 23:22
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
@Kurt No, it would only be a subset of David Carlisle's answer, which wasn't there, when I wrote my answer.
– Toscho
Jan 5 at 12:58
add a comment |
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the "for some reason" is simply there are four styles fraction
frac
selects the default,tfrac
forces textstyle,dfrac
forces display style, so if you are in display mathtfrac
is smaller thanfrac
anddfrac
is the same.– David Carlisle
Jan 2 at 23:55
Did you see the posting Fractions with large elements? The
ddfrac
macro proposed in the accepted answer -- shameless self-citation alert! -- would appear to be what you're looking for in terms of fractions with "large" numerators and denominators.– Mico
Jan 3 at 1:27