Re: [help-texinfo] changing font size in hardcopy

[Matthias Czapla]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 04:48:54PM -0500, Karl Berry wrote:
> Matthias, I'm not sure why it had such a drastic effect on the layout,
> unless it's all related to the different \hsize, which doesn't entirely
> make sense to me.  Anyway, it seems the answer is, "no easy way to get
> bigger fonts".  Sorry.

No problem.  I knew very well that Texinfo wouldn't give me fine grained
control over the layout.  I've chosen it for other reasons.  Btw,
actually I want smaller fonts.  But it's not that important, would just
be nice.

> P.S. The non-easy way is to change this code in texinfo.tex.  E.g.,
> change and 11pt to 12pt (doesn't really matter), and \magstephalf to
> \magstep1.  There are better methods, but none I can give a recipe for
> off the top of my head.
> 
> % Text fonts (11.2pt, magstep1).
> \def\textnominalsize{11pt}
> \edef\mainmagstep{\magstephalf}
> [...]

Seems like I have an older version of texinfo.tex where this section looks
like this:

% Text fonts (11.2pt, magstep1).
\newcount\mainmagstep
\ifx\bigger\relax
  % not really supported.
  \mainmagstep=\magstep1
  \setfont\textrm\rmshape{12}{1000}
  \setfont\texttt\ttshape{12}{1000}
\else
  \mainmagstep=\magstephalf
  \setfont\textrm\rmshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
  \setfont\texttt\ttshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\fi
\setfont\textbf\bfshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\setfont\textit\itshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\setfont\textsl\slshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\setfont\textsf\sfshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\setfont\textsc\scshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\setfont\textttsl\ttslshape{10}{\mainmagstep}
\font\texti=cmmi10 scaled \mainmagstep
\font\textsy=cmsy10 scaled \mainmagstep

And using the latest texinfo.tex from the Texinfo homepage results in lots
of overfull hboxes and TeX waiting for me to type some commands.

Regards
Matthias