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Fill empty vertical space with a single diagonal line

I'm currently writing a document with the book class. At the end of every part, I have a box where I put my name and I can sign. This box fills the whole horizontal space but is only a couple of ...
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Changing properties of epigraphs using “epigraph” package

Please help me to figure out how to produce with that: I have the following code: \epigraph{«Теперь нам ясно, что вся структура теории чисел держится на одном основании, а именно, на алгоритме для ...
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Rule between environments (no spacing!)

I want to place a rule between two centered tabulars like the following example. But I am not able to control the correct spacing of 2mm in between the rule. Can somebody maybe explain :-) what should ...
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Two rules directly under each other

I'm trying to make two rules of different length directly under each other, something like: -------------------- ==================== Where = is a fatter line than -. The vertical space inbetween ...
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1answer
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Vertical line in longtable

I would like my vertical line to be slightly detached from the horizontal lines. I am using \usepackage{longtable}. \footnotesize \begin{longtable}{r | p{10cm}} \caption{My caption 1\label{1}}\\ ...
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2answers
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Extra vertical space after \hline causes a gap in the right border of an array

I wanted to put a bit of space after an \hline in an array; the main suggestion floating round the Internet seems to be to use \hline \\ [-1.5ex] Unfortunately, this causes a gap in the line on the ...
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1answer
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Amount of space between text and a line containing a \rule

If a \rule is placed below a line of text, some space is inserted between the line and the rule. Usually, the amount of space appears to precisely add the difference to the height of the current font ...
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3answers
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dynamic signature/date line

I'm trying to create a signature and date line in a document. I need the date line to always be in the same spot on the page no matter what name is under the signature line, such as: ...
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3answers
597 views

Center-justify with hrule above and below

On my title page, I have something like this: \rule{\linewidth}{0.25mm}\\[0.25cm] \huge \textbf{This is my title, it is somewhat long and split over two lines!}\\[0.25cm] \normalsize ...
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1answer
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How do I increase the spacing between header text and the 'headrule' line with fancyhdr?

This is going to be something so obvious that I'm almost embarrassed to ask! I've been using fancyhdr to put some fancy headers and footers in my thesis template – in fact, doing what it says on the ...
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2answers
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Vertical space between horizontal lines

I have defined a macro for 2 closely spaced horizontal lines, \newcommand{\myline}{\par\noindent% \rule{\linewidth}{1.5pt} \\[-0.80\baselineskip]% \rule{\linewidth}{0.8pt}} Now I noticed that when ...
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1answer
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Reduce vertical space at the bottom of a 'ruled' 'newfloat'

I have defined a custom float using the newfloat command from the float package. My custom float uses the ruled style, defined in the same package. This is a minimal example of what I'm doing: ...
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1answer
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Theorems and Definitions as quotes

Most standard styles highlight theorems and definitions using italics. Now this is something I really would like to avoid in my thesis (and generally). Unfortunately, if I just remove this "feature", ...
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votes
3answers
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tabular* with rubber spacing and \cline

I'm using a tabular* with rubber spacing to fill the complete width of the page. This works fine, except that when I use \cline, the line is not complete. It seems that \cline does not cover the ...