Beamer list item bullet size

[Peter Flynn]

A user has asked me to adjust Beamer's itemized second-level list items
so that the text is the same size as the first-level list items. This
can be done with the itemize subitem and subbody and subsubitem and
subsubbody fonts set to the parent.

But the bullet for the second-level list items is still smaller. How do
I make bullets change size? (and why do they not change size by default
when the list item is changed?)

Minimal example below.

///Peter

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{dejavu}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle]
\setbeamertemplate{itemize subitems}[circle]
\setbeamerfont*{itemize/enumerate subbody}{parent=itemize/enumerate body}
\setbeamerfont*{itemize/enumerate subsubbody}{parent=itemize/enumerate body}
\setbeamerfont*{itemize subitem}{parent=item}
\setbeamerfont*{itemize subsubitem}{parent=subitem}
\setbeamerfont*{subitem}{parent=item}
\setbeamerfont*{subsubitem}{parent=subitem}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Stuff}
Some text before the list
\begin{itemize}
\item consectetuer
\item Aenean fermentum
\begin{itemize}
\item Aenean fermen
\item metus in
\end{itemize}
\item Aenean fermentum
\item Praesent non elit
\end{itemize}
Some text after the list
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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[corporal]

On Wednesday, 6 November 2013 08:37:05 UTC+11, peter wrote:
> A user has asked me to adjust Beamer's itemized second-level list items so that the text is the same size as the first-level list items. This can be done with the itemize subitem and subbody and subsubitem and subsubbody fonts set to the parent. But the bullet for the second-level list items is still smaller. How do I make bullets change size? (and why do they not change size by default when the list item is changed?) Minimal example below. ///Peter

Peter, I didn't look into the beamer template code.
Beamer base file are usually beyond my comprehension.
But I tested your file, and found the following change might solve your problem.

Replace your first beamer command
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}[circle] with:

\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}{\normalsize$\bullet$}

This seems to be the only change needed.
It answers the first part of your question, but not the second part.

regards from corporal

[Peter Flynn]

Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to avoid binding it a hard-wired
size so that it would also work within, eg, {\Large...}

///Peter

[corporal]

> Thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping to avoid binding it a hard-wired
> size so that it would also work within, eg, {\Large...}
>
> ///Peter

Peter,
I looked into the beamer base file: beamerbaseauxtemplates.sty
In the defs I think I found where the circle option is controlled.

% Itemize items, circle

\defbeamertemplate{itemize item}{circle}{\small\raise0.5pt\hbox{\textbullet}}
\defbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{circle}{\footnotesize\raise0.5pt\hbox{\textbullet}}
\defbeamertemplate{itemize subsubitem}{circle}{\footnotesize\raise0.5pt\hbox{\textbullet}}

I also tried testing whether {\Large ...} around an itemize environ affects the bullet size for your original doc, and it seems to leave the bullet size unchanged.

A way to make the bullet resize may be to use \text{\texbullet}combined with a \scalebox command.
For example, try:
\setbeamertemplate{itemize items}{\scalebox{0.9}{\text{\textbullet}}}

regards from corporal