letter class font size

Question

How can I increase the base font size to 14pt in standard letter class using xelatex for ease of reading for presbyopic people? which font has better visibility?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 09 '17 at 20:36

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You can use the Scale option, but you need to reset the main font; instead of Latin Modern you can use whatever font you want.

\documentclass[12pt]{letter}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=1.2}
\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}
\linespread{1.2}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\begin{letter}{R. E. Cipient\\
  Some Place\\
  Some Street}

\opening{Hi,}

this is a letter about getting big type.

\lipsum[1-2]

\closing{Best regards}

\end{letter}
\end{document}

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edited Jun 09 '17 at 20:36

David Carlisle

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answered Aug 28 '13 at 09:52

egreg

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Why we can't use fontsize=14pt or say 16pts? – Vaibhav Aug 28 '13 at 10:53
@user34083 Because it is typographically incorrect (and ugly). For some details, see How to specify font size less than 10pt (or more than 12pt)? – yo' Aug 28 '13 at 13:22
@user34083 The class only supports 10, 11 or 12 points. One could try the extsizes package, but with the Scale option is surely easier. The only addition is setting \linespread to increase the leading. – egreg Aug 28 '13 at 17:41
Why is it necessary to reset the main font? – user1521655 May 24 '19 at 18:50
@user1521655 Well, try not doing it and fontspec will warn it's not able to do the scaling. – egreg May 24 '19 at 20:17

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