Re: \bigger and \larger: that's one too many

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Dan Eble 
<address@hidden> writes
> On 6 Oct 2008, at 06:07, Graham Percival wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:42:07 +0200
> > "Valentin Villenave" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Graham: "\bigger sounds better when opposed to \smaller"
> > >
> > > Me: "We already have \teeny \tiny \small \large \huge, so let's keep
> > > \larger iso \bigger".
> >
> > You said that after I said \bigger, and it's a good reason.  So
> > now I'm also for \larger.
>
> And for completeness, \teenier \tinier and \huger. [Ducks]
>
> But seriously, assuming one can remember the set of choices without 
> consulting the manual, how can one remember which of \teeny or \tiny 
> is smaller?  (The Wiktionary editors consider them synonyms.)

And how definitive is Wiktionary? As an *English* (as opposed to 
*American*) speaker, I would have automatically assumed that teeny was 
teenier than tiny :-)

Cheers,
Wol
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