Re: \bigger and \larger: that's one too many

[Trevor Daniels]

Valentin Villenave wrote Monday, October 06, 2008 10:42 AM
> \bigger and \larger are two markup commands that act exactly the same;
> which one do we want do keep?
>
> Graham: "\bigger sounds better when opposed to \smaller"

I don't agree with this - I think large is the correct
opposite to small, ergo larger is better as the opposite
to smaller.  

> Me: "We already have \teeny \tiny \small \large \huge, so let's keep
> \larger iso \bigger".

Right.

> You guys: "\[bigger|larger] is better because..." (to be completed)

Also "bigger" is rather colloquial; "larger" is more formal.
I would never use "bigger" in a formal document or a
scientific paper, so I wouldn't use it in the Lily docs
either. "Big" can be used when you want to impart a slightly 
derogatory tone - "big-head" for example or compare 
"big woman" with the more polite "large lady".

So I definitely prefer \larger.

Trevor