moderncv with less than 10pt font size

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I want to make a moderncv resume with font size less than 10pt. I am trying out different font sizes to see which one is best. I saw this question and one comment said that \documentclass[8pt]{extarticle} worked. How do I combine that line with moderncv? documentclass[8pt]{extarticle}{moderncv} or documentclass[8pt]{moderncv,extarticle} don't work. Is it possible to achieve this at all?

I even tried adding \usepackage[fontsize=9pt]{scrextend} but that throws up errors as well.

If you tried the basic extsizes package? You can use from 8 to 20pt. However I wonder whether someone will want to read a cv in 8 or 9 pt. — Bernard, Aug 02 '14 at 21:11
I agree with Bernard that some one may not be happy to read your tiny lettered CV. However, you can use \usepackage{scrextend} \changefontsizes[11pt]{9pt} or \usepackage{anyfontsize} and \fontsize{9}{11}\selectfontor\usepackage[9pt]{extsizes}`. But this all depends upon your font - you should use a scalable font like lmodern, kpfonts etc — , Aug 03 '14 at 01:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 20 '16 at 20:28

Constructing an answer from the comments:

Using the extsizes package:
```
\usepackage[9pt]{extsizes}
```

Using the scrextend package:

\usepackage{scrextend}
\changefontsizes[11pt]{9pt}

Using the anyfontsize package:

\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\fontsize{9}{11}
\selectfont

Also, use a scalable modern font which scales well to lower font sizes (eg: lmodern, kpfonts). However, in general, it is not recommended to not use such small font sizes in the interest of readability.

moderncv with less than 10pt font size

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