\scalebox (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 22.3.3 `\scalebox`

Synopses:

    \scalebox{horizontal factor}{material}
    \scalebox{horizontal factor}[vertical factor]{material}
    \reflectbox{material}

Scale the material.

This example halves the size, both horizontally and vertically, of the first text and doubles the size of the second.

    \scalebox{0.5}{DRINK ME} and \scalebox{2.0}{Eat Me}

If you do not specify the optional vertical factor then it defaults to the same value as the horizontal factor.

You can use this command to resize a graphic, as here.

    \scalebox{0.5}{\includegraphics{lion}}

If you use the `graphicx` package then you can accomplish the same thing with optional arguments to `\includegraphics` (see \includegraphics).

The `\reflectbox` command abbreviates `\scalebox{-1}[1]{material}`. Thus, `Able was I\reflectbox{Able was I}` will show the phrase ‘`Able was I`’ immediately followed by its mirror reflection.

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