[texhax] A macro needed for small italics shape relative to the main bodu text size

[E. Krishnan]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009, swami at mun.ca wrote:

> I need to write a macro, say \sit (for small italic size)
> so that \sit{xxxx} should put the "xxxx" in a smaller italic
> shape "relative to" the body text font size (and not an absolute small italics
> size). If I write the macro as follows
>
> \newcommand{\sit}[1]{{\footnotesize\itshape #1}}
>
> it works fine if the body font is \normalsize, but if the body
> text size is reduced to \small, \tiny, or \footnotesize,
> the \sit{xxxx} command does not produce a proportionately smaller
> italic font, but keeps its original size as it was using before,
> when working with normalsize body text.
>
> How can I change the above macro so that \sin{xxxx}  puts
> a "smaller italic" shape "relative to the body font used, and not an
> "absolute small italics"?


Please have a look at the "relsize" package. The documentation is in the 
style file itself, at the beginning and the end.


-- 
Krishnan