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I am using the \large font command in a document and it seems that the large font extends beyond my intended text to the end of the document. Example of code:

...
<previous text>
\newpage
\large{Examples of Continuous Symmetry}
<more text>
...

Now, from the point of \large{xxx} to the end of the document, all text is in the large font. I have tried various things to find the problem including removing the \newpage or even deleting and rewriting the \large command statement.

I use the \large command at earlier positions in the paper but it works as expected which is the only portion in large font is that contained in braces {}.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug. I downloaded latest Mac version of TeX software just yesterday. I use TeXShop as the editor environment.

Note: please excuse my choice of tags as I am unsure of the correct tag to use.

K7PEH
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    \large has no argument, it is a switch. Use {\large Text \par} – Ulrike Fischer Nov 01 '15 at 17:44
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    the syntax is {\large xxxxx <blank line>] not \large{xxx} – David Carlisle Nov 01 '15 at 17:44
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    Note you should almost never have a font change command in a document, if that is a section heading it should be \section*{Examples of Continuous Symmetry} – David Carlisle Nov 01 '15 at 17:45
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    maybe even better duplicate: Why are text format commands used inside braces? – barbara beeton Nov 01 '15 at 19:12
  • Thanks very much for the answers and new information. As far as using a \section and other things, I would if this document were worthy of doing things neatly but it is merely my own personal notes: no chapters, not really any sections, just text mixed with equations here and there. – K7PEH Nov 01 '15 at 19:18
  • So, I was wondering why things seemed to work with my previous invocations of \large{some text} and I noticed in looking back (something I missed before) that this \large command was nested in a \textbf{...} command and I presume that the \textbf closed the extent of \large. – K7PEH Nov 01 '15 at 19:22
  • @K7PEH the personal notes argument doesn't really apply as (as you see) it's harder and takes more markup, and produces a poorer result, to use low level font and size commands than it is to use the structured markup for sections. – David Carlisle Nov 01 '15 at 21:18

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