Use the amsmath package \begin{equation} {\larger[-3] \begin{pmatrix} \text{alternate}\\ \text{definition} \end{pmatrix} } \qquad y = x \end{equation} Claus On Sep 6, 2009, at 23:02, david craig wrote: > % {\scriptscriptstyle > \begin{pmatrix} > \text{alternate}\\ > \text{definition} > \end{pmatrix} > } \qquad > y = x