Open main menu


\bigl

Summary

The command \bigl is used for math, to increase the size of left delimiters characters, it copes with horizontal space optimization.

Settings

\bigl ...
... character

Description

Several commands are available for different sizes:

  • Size level 1 : \big*
  • Size level 2 : \Big*
  • Size level 3 : \bigg*
  • Size level 4 : \Bigg*

Examples

Example 1

\setuppapersize[A7]
\setupbodyfont[16pt]
\starttext
$\Biggl{\{} \biggl{\{} \Bigl{\{} \bigl{\{} {\{} {\}} \bigr{\}} \Bigr{\}} \biggr{\}} \Biggr{\}}$

\blank[small]

$\Bigg {\{} \bigg {\{} \Big {\{} \big {\{} {\{} {\}} \big {\}} \Big {\}} \bigg{\}}  \Bigg {\}}$

\blank[small]

$\Biggm{\{} \biggm{\{} \Bigm{\{} \bigm{\{} {\{} {\}} \bigm{\}} \Bigm{\}} \biggm{\}} \Biggm{\}}$
\stoptext

Notes

See also

Help from ConTeXt-Mailinglist/Forum