How to Change the Font Size

1. To change the basic font size used all the way through your paper, put either 11pt or 12pt in your \documentstyle line. For example, if you had:

   \documentstyle[doublespace]{report}

   but you wanted to use 12pt type (10pt is the default), you would change it to:

   \documentstyle[doublespace,12pt]{report}

   NOTE: Be sure not to put any spaces in the above line. For example, [doublespace, 12pt] will not work.

2. To change just a part of your paper into a different font size, you can use some of the sizing environments. In increasing size, they are:

   \tiny
   \scriptsize
   \footnotesize
   \small
   \normalsize
   \large
   \Large
   \LARGE
   \huge
   \Huge

   The case is important in these commands. Also, in some document styles, some of these commands may produce the same size font. For example, if you wanted to just make a small part of your text in a different font, you would use something like:

   This is in normal text, while these words are in {\large large text}.

   Or, if you wanted to put a larger region in a different size, you'd use something like:

   \begin{small}
   this will all be in small text
   this too.
   etc..
   \end{small}