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I have seen many questions related to this but I didn't understand what to do and what command I have to use exactly.

My department has asked me to use 14pt font size for the paragraphs and 16pt font size for the sections' titles with MS Word.

They said it's ok to use any font type and I would like to keep LaTeX's font, but it looks pretty thin compared to other fonts. I am afraid they might reject it, is there any way to make it look thicker?

Ingmar
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    14bp is Tex for Word 14pt but if using a different font you may as well use 14pt. the difference between 14bp and 14pt is less than the difference in size you might get from choosing two different fonts each at a nominal size of 14pt – David Carlisle Apr 04 '22 at 06:09
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    See this: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/34024/setting-a-document-in-ms-word-12pt-12bp – Ingmar Apr 04 '22 at 06:44
  • @DavidCarlisle the font looks much smaller when using 14bp, btw I am using extarticle document class – Naseebah Apr 04 '22 at 07:19
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    @Naseebah that is a length not a package option, use 14pt as a declared option. – David Carlisle Apr 04 '22 at 07:24
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    Latin Modern (the default font in lualatex) is derived from Computer Modern and is brutally thin, but that is its design, it doesn't really make sense to say you want to keep the font but change is core design feaure. Why not pick a different font? – David Carlisle Apr 04 '22 at 08:02
  • @DavidCarlisle I don't get the "that is a length not a package option, use 14pt as a declared option" part can you give me an example – Naseebah Apr 04 '22 at 09:40
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    \documentclass[14pt]{extarticle} is what you want the 14ptthere is a class option, you can not use arbitrary lengths there. 14bp would not work, neither would 14.5pt or 3cm or any other length – David Carlisle Apr 04 '22 at 09:47
  • @DavidCarlisle thank you, so you are suggesting me to keep 14pt but change the font type to get the desired size – Naseebah Apr 04 '22 at 11:33
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    No. I mean just use 14pt. that is the desired size within the accuracy needed. It is out by a factor of 72/72.27 but fonts that claim to be "14pt" differ by more than that, a font size isn't a measured number it is an arbitrary label added by the font designer. So if you want to use exactly the same font as Word you could use Times New Roman at 14bp, but if you are changing fonts the difference between 14pt and 14bp really doesn't matter. – David Carlisle Apr 04 '22 at 11:55
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    Just compare fonts in https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/seriffonts.html and pick one where the example phrase ("The quick brown fox ..") spread more that Computer Mordern, e.g., IBM Plex Serif Medium probably is much thicker that you see in Word, but maybe Deja Vu is fine ... On the other hand, using xelatex or lualatex most probably you can just use the font used in Word, as these engines support TTF and OTF fonts, so the result must be exactly the same. – Fran Apr 05 '22 at 07:20

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