[metapost] Problem with defaultscale

[Laurence Finston]

> Any help with why:
> 
> label(btex \sffamily Hallo etex, origin);
> 
> works when:
> 
> label(btex \large Hallo etex, origin);
> 
> does not?
> (No file mpx314.aux.
>  !Undefined control sequence.)

Presumably because `\large' is undefined.  You can define it in a 
`verbatimtex ... etex' block.

Laurence Finston


On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, John Kitzmiller wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Taco Hoekwater" <taco at elvenkind.com>
> Subject: Re: [metapost] Problem with defaultscale
> 
> 
> > But the good news is that scaling a btex ... etex label
> > is really simple also:
> > 
> >    label(btex Hallo $\sum$ etex scaled 6, origin);
> 
> 
> Doh! I will crawl back into my hole now.
> 
> 
> But what about making changes within btex ... etex?
> 
> Any help with why:
> 
> label(btex \sffamily Hallo etex, origin);
> 
> works when:
> 
> label(btex \large Hallo etex, origin);
> 
> does not?
> (No file mpx314.aux.
>  !Undefined control sequence.)
> 
> (Apologies for usurping the thread.)
> 
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