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Whitespace in math mode

9. April 2014 by tom 1 Comment

There are a number of predefined commands to add whitespace in LaTeX math mode. These are summarized in the list below.   Example usage of medium space \: Here, we use whitespace to separate symbols from regular text. Whitespace commands are available by default. Additional packages are necessary to produce natural number symbol and \text … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, math, Tips & tricks Tagged: enspace, hfill, hspace, LaTeX, math mode, qquad, quad, spacing, thinspace, whitespace

Normal text in math mode

24. September 2012 by tom 17 Comments

The font type LaTeX uses in math mode is somewhat special since it is optimized for writing mathematical formulas. Letters are printed in italics, with more space left in-between, spaces are ignored. In certain cases it may be desirable to include “normal text” within an equation. There is a simple way to add “normal text” … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Introduction, LaTeX, math, Tips & tricks Tagged: amsmath, LaTeX, math, math mode, mathit, normal text, text, textrm




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