Scale a letter but it keeps the original space

Question

La\scale{T}eX is a high-quality typesetting system; 
it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents. LaTeX is available as free software.

I want to have a \scale command so that the letter occupies its original space, then rendered as a larger one, like twice bigger.

I'm happy to use pgf/tikz and it's like the overlap and transform canvas options but these options don't keep the original space.

I guess I could have two T. One T is white so it's invisible, and the other T is overlap. But I feel it's cumbersome. Are there any better ways?

@C.F.G Yes, I do. It's better if I can do something like \La\scale{T}eX. — Gqqnbig, Dec 26 '22 at 05:31

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '22 at 16:56

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I have some doubts that this count as good typography:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
La\makebox[\fontcharwd\font `T]{\scalebox{2}{T}}eX is a high-quality 
typesetting 
\end{document}

answered Dec 24 '22 at 16:56

Ulrike Fischer

327,261

Can you vertically center it? Notice my stroke is beyond the baseline. – Gqqnbig Dec 25 '22 at 01:33
@Gqqnbig "\raisebox{-0.5\fontcharht\font `T}{\makebox[\fontcharwd\font `T]{\scalebox{2}{T}}}" ? (grrr, no way to quote backticks here) – Rmano Dec 25 '22 at 12:00

hpekristiansen · Answer 2 · 2022-12-25T16:18:35.393

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
This is strange La\phantom{T}\clap{\hspace{-0.6em}\raisebox{-0.6ex}{\huge T}}eX and this in normal \LaTeX
\end{document}

edited Dec 25 '22 at 16:18

answered Dec 24 '22 at 16:57

hpekristiansen

37,006

It looks like we still need two T. One T is to take space, and the other T is scaled. – Gqqnbig Dec 25 '22 at 01:37

Scale a letter but it keeps the original space

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