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\@ vs. \␣ after abbreviation. (Read backslash-at vs. backslash-space)

I was used to write abbreviations like foo i.e.\ bar but today learned that I could also write them as foo i.e.\@ bar. Both of these apparently have the effect of keeping the space to its normal ...
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Should a negative kern be added after a degree symbol if followed by punctuation?

Not sure why I have not noticed this before, but spacing between a degree unit and punctuation seems strange as shown in red. Should a manual \kern be added (as shown in blue)? Code: ...
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Using commas in mathematical formulas

I need write some formula, but I don't know how to arrange the comma's place. $p,\ q\in N$, blabla $0<a,\ b<1$ blabla $i,\ j=1,\ 2,\ \dots,\ n$ or $p,\;q\in N$, blabla $0<a,\;b<1$ ...
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Uneven spacing around ellipsis in $[A_1;\dotsc;A_n]$

I've noticed that when a \dotsc has a semicolon on each side, there's uneven space around the ellipsis created. With \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align*} ...
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How to prevent \xspace from adding a full space after a period?

I have a little macro that I use for doing adding an e.g. in my writing: \newcommand{\eg}{\emph{e.g.}\xspace} The problem I have is that LaTeX is treating the g. as the end of a sentence and is ...
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Ellipsis without brackets — fine tuning

Very much related to this question and its answer, I would like to ask the following: If I want to indicate omissions in a quotation not by using Text [...] more text. but instead by using Text ... ...
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Dedicated symbol for […] in quotations?

I would like to use [...] in quotations to indicate a part which was not included. Just entering [...] does not render it perfectly in my opinion. Is there a special way of inputing said symbol? ...
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Math Spacing in the presence of a trailing/non-trailing comma

I thought I knew how to use a \hphantom{} but don't know of an easy way to handle this case due to the comma. I want to get the text aligned for the X row. I added the appropriate \hphantom{{}+1} ...
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Abbreviations: taking into account spacing AND punctuation [duplicate]

So I'm trying to come up with some good, general definitions for latin abbreviations in my TeX template... What I did up to now is this: \usepackage{xspace} \newcommand{\etc}{etc.\xspace} ..which ...
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What is the ConTeXt equivalent of LaTeX “\@.”

In English text, TeX follows the convention of putting extra space after a period by default, which I like. However, in the case of abbreviations it causes a problem. To suppress the extra space, ...
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Declare acronyms and abbreviations to automatically correct spaces after periods?

If I understand correctly, (La)TeX assumes that a period after a lower-case letter ends a sentence while a period after an upper-case letter does not. Unfortunately, my documents usually contain ...
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Space after \textquotedblright

I am trying to put a text in "" using \textquotedblleft and \textquotedblright. It works perfectly fine except it does not put ANY space after \textquotedblright. In other words, BEFORE ...
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CJK spacing suddenly no longer works

I have been using CJK script in my documents successfully for some time, but today it suddenly stopped working properly. I did update some packages through TeX Live today, and recently I reinstalled a ...
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No space after closing double quote

As the title says, there's no spacing after my closing quotes, I have boiled my huge preamble down to the following, % Manual: http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf ...
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en-dash with half-sized space on either the left or the right

I am looking to produce directional variants of the en-dash. A "left en-dash" should have half of ordinary inter-word spacing on its right and allow line-breaks only on its left; a "right en-dash" ...
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How to reduce the spacing between punctuation and the superscript citation

I'm using biblatex with the autocite=superscript option, so I can use \autocite to switch the interpunction and a superscript citation when the \autocite command is placed before an period or comma. ...
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adaptive \ldots with no (“…”) spacing

Due to the typographic traditions I'm used to, I prefer my \ldots to have no spacing in between, ideally exactly the same amount as in text. In math mode I would like to write things like \(1, 2, ...
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Entire document typed in monospace font

I want to put an entire document into monospace font for various reasons. This is nominally fairly easy; you can say \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\ttdefault}. However, there at least two problems ...
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Automatically adding space before punctuation in old-style English texts

I'm typesetting an English text in an 18th century style (based on a 1725 edition of Alexander Pope's "Dunciad"). Is there a LaTeX package I can use to automatically add the correct space before (and ...
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What is a good way to typeset dot-separated acronyms?

I am trying to find a good appearance for typesetting "C.A.T.A.P.U.L.T.". When I type it as is, it appears to me that P.U.L. are bunched up together while the other letters are well apart. Perhaps ...
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Ellipses & Correct Space Factor

I’m trying to use the Unicode ellipsis character (U+2026 ‘…’) in my source files. To this end, I’m looking for an ellipsis macro which I can use with newunicodechar. The trouble is, I’ve noticed, ...
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en dash and em dash spacing

I've noticed that en dashes and em dashes run into certain numbers and letters, and I don't believe it's standard to use spaces with these. For example, if a 'b' comes before the dash or a '6' comes ...
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zero-width Quine corners

I would like to create symbol pairs that can be used like quotation marks (spacing-wise) look like Quine corners (roughly: \ulcorner ... \urcorner) or Japanese quotation marks (roughly: \ulcorner ...
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Defining \xthinspace: Thin space only if not followed by certain characters

Following this 2005 thread from the XeTeX list, I’ve defined a \spaceddash command and assigned it to the Unicode em-dash character U+2014 “—”: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} ...
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Spacefactor & Unicode Curly Quotes

Unicode curly quotes seem not to have the correct space factor. Consider the following minimal example (not using french spacing): \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Or ...
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Which spacing after a semicolon following acronym?

Similar to my previous question, I have a few sentences ending ACRONYM; word. chktex recommends I insert intersentence spacing (ACRONYM\@; word). I can't find a decent reference to explain why an ...
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When should I use intersentence spacing (`\@')?

I've got a sentence that ends on an acronym: blah blah WORD. Next sentence blah Running this through chktex, I'm informed that: Warning 13 in ./file.tex line 9: Intersentence spacing (`\@') ...
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How can I avoid extra whitespace after using a macro before punctuation?

I have a document in which certain frequently-occurring entity names are replaced with macros, e.g.: \newcommand{\entity}{\emph{Name of Entity}} ... Lorem ipsum dolor sit \entity, consequat ...
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Write command so that commas appear properly [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: \newcommand and spacing I want to write a command as a shortcut to insert text. \newcommand{\bl}{$blah blah$} When I write the command like this, "blah blah" runs ...
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comma like \cdot

What is the \cdot alternative for comma, or any other punctuation symbol? I want to raise comma symbol in a list of fractions to the fraction line. Comma is placed below when used next to fraction.
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biblatex: different output for one, two, or three authors

I'm using/customizing the verbose style in biblatex. This is the desired output, depending on the number of authors (just focussing on the authors): Apple, Anthony. Title. [⇦ 1 author] Banana, ...
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How can I get my ellipses formatted correctly in XeTeX?

I've been using \dots and \ldots to try to get ellipses happening. Ellipses should look like this: Some text . . . and then some more text. But instead they look like this: Some text ...and some ...
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What does 'missing \@ before…' error mean in vim?

I get this strange behavior when I have capitals before a period, like so 1 \documentclass{article} 2 \begin{document} >> 3 Another possible protein blah blah blah from GRIP/ABP. Blah ...
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polyglossia adds extra kerning to csquotes

When I use csquotes with polyglossia, an extra kerning is added after the first quotation mark. \enquote{Werk} becomes „ Werk“, not „Werk“. This doesn't look nice, especially when you have a word ...
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Ellipsis with a period/fullstop

While quoting how ellipsis should be used if few sentences are omitted in between. (ommissions are not clauses or words or phrases, but sentences). For example if there is a passage like: This is a ...
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Implementing a sort of “tightened frenchspacing”

By default, (La)TeX adds extra space between sentences. The exact rules are in the TeXbook, a summary by TH. can be found here. What follows is is my "executive summary": After any period (or ...
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How do I prevent LaTeX from showing a whitespace following a quote when in an lstlistings environment?

When I am inside the lstlistings environment, it seems that using a quote such as (') or (") will toggle on the showing of whitespace indicators (small little half rectangles). Am I doing something ...
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Microtype and quote environment leads to different indent of first line

When the microtype package is loaded a quote environment which starts with punctuation marks is inconsistent "indented". The first line in the following minimal example is unaffected, i.e. at the same ...
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Space after closing double quotes in XeLaTeX

I'm writing some non-technical text that I'm trying to typeset using XeLaTeX. For simplicity, I'm keeping the actual text in plain text files which after certain modifications (e.g. escaping %, \ and ...
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Punctuation in equations

My document will contain a lot of equations, and as usual in that case I would like to use "punctuation" in the equations, like commas, colons, periods/full stops, semicolons, etc. Is there a special ...
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Spacing before punctuation in displayed equations

What is the correct spacing before punctuation in a displayed equation? I have the habit of writing Let \begin{equation} y = f(x) \,, \end{equation} where \begin{equation} x = 3 \,. ...
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Avoiding placing `,\,` everywhere in mathmode

Whenever I write ", " (with a space after the comma) in mathmode, I really want a space there. usually, this is either something like the points, $a, b$, and $c$.... or in an explicit vector: ...
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biblatex, hyperref and punctuation issue

And a little bit more biblatex stuff: I've noticed that, when using hyperref, there is an issue in form of an ugly space between the citation and the punctuation (be it comma or period). Please, take ...
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Is a period after an abbreviation the same as an end of sentence period?

Does latex do anything special with periods? If so, is there a way to differentiate end-of-sentence periods from periods indicating abbreviation?