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\documentclass[20pt]{extarticle}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
    \lipsum*
\end{document}

I would like to set the font size to something like 30, but it looks like 20 is the highest for extrarticle package, is there anything I can do to set the global font size even higher?

Sai
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  • The proposed duplicate seems to answer the question for up to 20pt, but not for even larger sizes. – Marijn Apr 05 '21 at 14:33

2 Answers2

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You can try with the fontsize package, which is simply a "KOMA-free" version of scrextend, with few new features. With the fontsize option the \baselineskip is automatically set to 1.2<fontsize>. (In the following example: 1.2*30.2=36,24):

\usepackage[fontsize=30.2pt]{fontsize}

If you prefer you can set any value of \baselineskip, for example, through:

\changefontsize[35]{30.2}

The \baselineskip is set by the first optional argument and must be grater than or equal to the font size given in the second argument.

MWE:

You can use the font you prefer but if the font has optical sizes (for example Latin Modern), unusual things can happen: some larger sizes may appear smaller (see the documentation for details). The example below uses the Cochineal typeface:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
% a smoothly scalabel font is recommended
\usepackage{cochineal}
\usepackage[fontsize=30.2pt]{fontsize}
% FOR BETTER TUNING:
%\changefontsize[35]{30.2}
% #1: baseline skip
% #2: font size

\begin{document}


\kant[3]


\end{document}

enter image description here

Ivan
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The memoir class provides a wide range of font sizes: 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt, 25pt, 30pt, 36pt, 48pt, 60pt. For sizes above 14pt it is best to also use the class option extrafontsizes which indicates scaleable fonts. So for a 20pt font:

\documentclass[20pt,extrafontsizes]{memoir}
Peter Wilson
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