Font size names

[Kornel Benko]

Am Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:24:56 +0200
schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:

> Attached is a chart of LyX font sizes. Does anyone else find it slightly 
> confusing that LyX uses two different naming schemes (in addition to 
> LaTeX)? Maybe some historic reason? If possible, I suggest to go for 
> only one naming scheme.
> 
> I guess the LaTeX naming scheme for large font sizes is a bit 
> non-descriptive (using capitals to indicate comparatives/superlatives). 
> So, I guess that is why there is a deviation from LaTeX. I am still not 
> fully sure that it is a good idea to use different names because people 
> will have to remember two different schemes instead of one.

LyX is _not_ latex. It describes the font sizes for a variety of output
formats. Besides, the GUI is translatable. Only the English version would
suit your needs.

We do not expect our users are latex experts.

> But insofar as the more descriptive names should stay, I suggest to 
> match Gui and LyX names in the following way (which actually helps to 
> create less of a rift between LaTeX and LyX):
> 
> - "Huger" (Gui name) instead of "Giant" (LyX name) because it matches 
> better the LaTeX naming (\Huge).
> 
> - Gui/LaTeX names for smaller font sizes because they are more 
> descriptive, i.e. "Footnotesize" and "Scriptsize" (LyX name) instead of 
> "Smaller" and "Smallest" (Gui name).
> 
> I guess the latter needs some argument: while there is no match of 
> sectioning sizes to large sizes because they depend on the class, 
> "footnotesize" and "scriptsize" match the respective sizes in classes 
> (as far as I know). So, it's helpful to know that if one wants to match 
> other elements in the text.

	Kornel
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