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\big

Summary

The command \big is used formath, to increase the size of delimiters characters. It doesn't deal with horizontal space optimization, prefer \bigl and \bigr when necessary.

Settings

\big ...
... 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

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