Fix font size by using kaobook.cls

Question

I'm not familiar with kaobook and its supporting files.

My code are follows:

\documentclass[
    fontsize=10pt, 
    twoside=true, 
    open=any, 
    chapterentrydots=true, 
    numbers=noenddot 
]{kaobook}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\fontsize{8.5}{8.5}\selectfont
\lipsum[1-9]
\end{document}

In PDF, the font size was displayed as 8.21,

how can I achieve the given font size?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '23 at 12:09

as always, tex points are pt (1/72.27 in), pdf/postscript points are bp (1/72 in)

the class has

\RequirePackage[scaled=.97,helvratio=.93,p,theoremfont]{newpxtext} % Serif palatino font

so you get the font at .97 the requested size.

a request for 8.5pt is therefore 8.5 * 72 / 72.27 * 0.97 = 8.214bp as shown by your pdf reader

Fix font size by using kaobook.cls

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