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From: mgu@chorus.fr (Marc Guillemont)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Changing the letters sizes in LaTeX
Message-ID: <7865@chorus.fr>
Date: 13 Feb 91 13:28:29 GMT
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I want to produce the pretty "CHORUS/MiX" logo according to the following
typographic rules:

  - C      in the current size
  - HORUS  in letters 2 points smaller than the current size
  - /      in the current size
  - MiX    in letters 1 point smaller than the current size

With troff, it is straightforward:

    C\s-2HORUS\s0/\s-1MiX\s0

With LaTeX, I asked my local gurus, but I could not get any reasonable
solution:

  - \sc reduces the size of capitals relatively to the current size, but
    + I can get only one small size (I need 2)
    + I cannot use lower case letters (as in "MiX")

  - \footnotesize and \small give me 2 sizes and the ability to use
    lower case letters, but
    + the sizes are not relative to the current point size: if the text
      is in 11pts, in a \title using 14pts, \footnotesize gives me 9pts
      (11 -2) instead of 12pts (14 -2)
    + in \title and \section, LaTeX get confused and throws away one of
      its typical dissuasive messages

  - I have seen another solution, but it requires about 10 lines of
    comands and macros!

Is there a solution in LaTeX as simple as the solution in troff?
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