Updated coda » redefining a command

006/codex-006.tex

@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 
-%\maketitle
+\maketitle
 
-%\input{include/impressum}
+\input{include/impressum}
 
-%\tableofcontents
+\tableofcontents
 
-%\input{include/chap01}
+\input{include/chap01}
 
-%\input{include/chap02}
+\input{include/chap02}
 
 \input{include/chap03}
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 
 %\input{include/chap06}
 
-%\input{include/coda}
+\input{include/coda}
 
 
 

006/include/coda.tex

@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ Last time around, I mentioned using \verb|\input{<filename>}| to keep your \LaTe
 
 For this issue, I decided to write up each chapter as a separate file, and then just \texttt{include} that file into my main document. This makes it much easier to manage, and I do feel more efficient. But because I'm using a GUI (Texmaker) I do have to remember to switch back to my main file when I compile the document. Overall, that's a trade-off I can live with. As a bonus, I can comment out chapters I am not concerned about when compiling. This saves both printer paper (since I tend to edit on paper—I'm very old-school in that way) and my adult-onset-attention-deficit-disordered brain.)
 
+\subsection{Redefining a Command} 
+
+I switched to the Cantarell font for sans-serif fonts in this issue. The only problem is that it seemed a bit bigger than the serif font around it. So I redefined it in the preamble to make it a bit smaller: 
+
+\begin{Verbatim}[]
+\let\oldtextsf\textsf
+\renewcommand{\textsf}[1]{\small\oldtextsf{#1}\normalsize}
+\end{Verbatim}
+
+The first line saves the \texttt{textsf} command under a new name (\texttt{oldtextsf}). The second line then allows me to renew the original command by using the new name as an input to the original. I added \verb|\small| in front to change the size of the sans-serif text, and added \verb|\normalsize| after it to return to the regular font size.
+
 %\newpage % Use only to keep the afterword together if we end up with orphans
 \section{Afterword}