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From: eijkhout@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: LaTeX Math Format question
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Date: 27 Oct 90 18:37:59 GMT
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shimeall@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (timothy shimeall) writes:


>I have a somewhat complex formula to format.  It has four terms, that
> [... explanation deleted ...]
>   Variable1[exp1,exp2]+Variable2[exp3,exp4]-
>   Variable3[exp5,exp6]+Variable4[exp7,exp8]
>   ----------------------------------------- Variable5 Variable6
>           Variable7   Variable 8

Both fractions and extendable delimiters are centered around
a line at height of approximately half the x-height.
(I think it is \fondimen9\textfont2 or something like that).

Acting on your two suggestions:

1/ You may try
     \left( \vcenter{$  big expression   $} \right)
which centers your expression without regard for the
internal centering.

2/ If you want to switch font sizes you could try
        {\scriptstyle   numerator
         \over
         \textstyle     denominator
        }

Victor.