Ulem package : horizontal line is too thin

Question

The slanted lines are correct regarding the size of characters, but horizontal isn't. How to correct that ?

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Erewhon}[
    Extension=.otf,
    UprightFont=*-Regular,
    ItalicFont=*-Italic,
    BoldFont=*-Bold,
    BoldItalicFont=*-BoldItalic,
    SlantedFont=*-RegularSlanted,
    BoldSlantedFont=*-BoldSlanted,
    SmallCapsFont=*-SmallCaps,
    SmallCapsFont=*-Regular,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]
\setsansfont{texgyreheros}[
    Scale=MatchLowercase,% or MatchUppercase
    Extension=.otf,
    UprightFont=*-regular,
    ItalicFont=*-italic,
    BoldFont=*-bold,
    BoldItalicFont=*-bolditalic,
    ]   

\usefonttheme{serif}            % Nécessaire pour Fourier
\usepackage{ulem}               % barrer des caractères


\begin{document}

\begin{frame}

{\Huge \xout{123} -- \sout{123}}

\end{frame}

\end{document}

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '15 at 20:32

Just do \renewcommand for \ULthickness (the default value is 0.4pt). If, additionally, you want that the strike out line is level with the hyphen, you have to modify the definition of \sout too.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fourier}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Erewhon}[
    Extension=.otf,
    UprightFont=*-Regular,
    ItalicFont=*-Italic,
    BoldFont=*-Bold,
    BoldItalicFont=*-BoldItalic,
    SlantedFont=*-RegularSlanted,
    BoldSlantedFont=*-BoldSlanted,
    SmallCapsFont=*-SmallCaps,
    SmallCapsFont=*-Regular,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]
\setsansfont{texgyreheros}[
    Scale=MatchLowercase,% or MatchUppercase
    Extension=.otf,
    UprightFont=*-regular,
    ItalicFont=*-italic,
    BoldFont=*-bold,
    BoldItalicFont=*-bolditalic,
    ]   

\usepackage{ulem}               % barrer des caractères
\renewcommand{\sout}{\bgroup \ULdepth=-.45ex \ULset} % was -0.55ex
\renewcommand{\ULthickness}{1.35pt}                  % was 0.4pt

\begin{document}
\Huge \xout{123} -- \sout{123}
\end{document}

I used article for making the example “more minimal”. The values have been found by trial and error.

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Ulem package : horizontal line is too thin

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