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+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label extsizes</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Other &ldquo;document font&rdquo; sizes?</h3>
+<p/>The LaTeX standard classes have a concept of a (base) &ldquo;document
+font&rdquo; size; this size is the basis on which other font sizes (those
+from <code>\</code><code>tiny</code> to <code>\</code><code>Huge</code>) are determined. The classes are designed
+on the assumption that they won&rsquo;t be used with sizes other than the
+set that LaTeX offers by default (10&ndash;12pt), but people regularly
+find they need other sizes. The proper response to such a requirement
+is to produce a new design for the document, but many people don&rsquo;t
+fancy doing that.
+<p/>A simple solution is to use the <i>extsizes</i> bundle. This
+bundle offers &ldquo;extended&rdquo; versions of the article, report, book and
+letter classes, at sizes of 8, 9, 14, 17 and 20pt as well as the
+standard 10&ndash;12pt. Since little has been done to these classes other
+than to adjust font sizes and things directly related to them, they
+may not be optimal &mdash; but they&rsquo;re certainly practical.
+<p/>More satisfactory are the <em>KOMA-script</em> classes, which are
+designed to work properly with the class option files that come with
+<i>extsizes</i>, and the <i>memoir</i> class that has its own
+options for document font sizes 9pt, 14pt and 17pt.
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>extsizes bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes.zip">macros/latex/contrib/extsizes</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>KOMA script bundle</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.zip">macros/latex/contrib/koma-script</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse</a>)
+</dl>
+<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=extsizes">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=extsizes</a>
+</body>