(latex2e.info)Spaces
19 Spaces
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LaTeX has many ways to produce white (or filled) space. Some of these
are best suited to mathematical text; see Note: Spacing in math mode.
Some spacing commands are suitable for both regular text and
mathematical text; versions of some of these commands are in this
chapter.
Horizontal space
\enspace & \quad & \qquad- Traditional horizontal spaces.
- \hspace
- Any horizontal space.
- \hfill
- Stretchable horizontal space.
- \hss
- Infinitely stretchable/shrinkable horizontal space.
- \spacefactor
- Stretchability of following space
- \(SPACE)
- Backslash-space; and explicit space.
- ~
- Tie, an unbreakable space.
- \thinspace & \negthinspace
- One-sixth of an em, and negative one-sixth.
- \/
- Italic correction.
- \hrulefill & \dotfill
- Stretchable horizontal rule or dots.
Vertical space
- \bigskip & \medskip & \smallskip
- Inter-paragraph vertical spaces.
- \bigbreak & \medbreak & \smallbreak
- Inter-paragraph space and page breaks.
- \strut
- Ensure height of a line.
- \vspace
- Vertical space.
- \vfill
- Stretchable vertical space.
- \addvspace
- Add arbitrary vertical space if needed.
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