Beamer: Changing the font size of the references using the shrink argument causes an error

Question

I'm trying to change the font size of the references using the shrink of the frame argument. However, if I run this code:

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber,doi,url]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}

\begin{filecontents}{literature.bib}
@article{foobar,
  Author = {An Author},
  Journal = {A Journal},
  Pages = {1--2},
  Title = {Some title},
  Volume = {1},
  Year = {1900}
}

\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{literature.bib}

\begin{document}

\frame{
  \textcite{foobar}
}

\frame[shrink=50]{
  \frametitle{References}
  \printbibliography
}

\end{document}

I get the following error:

! Arithmetic overflow.
\beamer@shrinkframebox ...\@tempdimc by\@tempcnta 
                                                  \relax \ifdim \@tempdimc >...
l.32 }

? 
! Emergency stop.
\beamer@shrinkframebox ...\@tempdimc by\@tempcnta 
                                                  \relax \ifdim \@tempdimc >...
l.32 }

If I remove the shrink argument it works.

I'm using TexLive 2011 on Debian Squeeze and I updated all my packages ;).

Test with \frame[shrink=50,fragile], this often helps if you are doing complex stuff on your frame ;-) — schlamar, May 24 '12 at 11:51
Thanks for your help! With \frame[shrink=50,fragile] I get Runaway argument? ! File ended while scanning use of \next. — deboerk, May 24 '12 at 12:53
What happens if you change directly the font size, for example with \tiny? — schlamar, May 24 '12 at 13:04
It helped! If you add this solution as an answer, I can mark the question as solved. — deboerk, May 25 '12 at 09:11
Related: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/57345/beamer-scaling-document-icons-in-the-bibliography — lockstep, May 25 '12 at 19:26

score 56 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '12 at 17:28

56

I think \renewcommand*{\bibfont}{\scriptsize} will help! ;)

answered May 25 '12 at 17:28

André

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Worked for me with biblatex! – Elliot Gorokhovsky May 06 '15 at 15:53
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Works for me with biblatex and option [backend=biber] also! – Yan King Yin Aug 30 '19 at 14:23

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 22:25

I'm not using biblatex and André's answer did not work for me. I managed to achieve the result with the following:

\setbeamerfont{bibliography item}{size=\footnotesize}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry author}{size=\footnotesize}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry title}{size=\footnotesize}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry location}{size=\footnotesize}
\setbeamerfont{bibliography entry note}{size=\footnotesize}

In case it matters, I'm using the metropolis theme.

This worked for me with metropolis as well. I wonder if this can be achieved more concisely? — Chester, Nov 05 '16 at 15:07

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 09 '13 at 17:02

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I tried André's answer with no success. I found a work-around, if you need a quick solution:

Compile your beamer document including the bibliography (correct settings of citing/formatting style etc.).
open the *.bbl file and copy all its contents (\begin{thebibliography} ...\end{thebibliography}).
Paste it over the \bibliograpy{yourbibfile} command.
put a \small tag after \begin{thebibliography} for a smaller fontsize for your references!

As I said, its a quick way, if you don't want to fuss around. The downside being its complete absence of reactiveness to changes (\...cite commands) in your document.

edited Jul 09 '13 at 17:02

egreg

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answered Jul 09 '13 at 17:00

Sml Ps

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Welcome to TeX.SX! I've taken the liberty of editing your answer, to keep it in line with the site's style. – egreg Jul 09 '13 at 17:03
Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look on our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. – Claudio Fiandrino Jul 09 '13 at 17:24
Note that copy pasting bibliography is recommended for using bibtex with beamer – Cyriac Antony Sep 17 '20 at 06:32

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