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Ensuring a paragraph uses at least a given height?
I'm making a custom document class based on memoir, and I don't know how to implement the chapter precis so that it does what I want (the chapter precis is a small optional paragraph that follows ...
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What's the difference between \strut, \mathstrut and \vphantom?
What's the difference between \strut, \mathstrut and \vphantom? When would I prefer one of them to the others, and why?
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Can I assume that the \ht+\dp of a strutbox == \baselineskip?
In Context, as long as the interline space is set through the
proper interface, it is safe to assume that (tex.box.strutbox.height
+ tex.box.strutbox.depth) == tex.baselineskip.width. This relation
is ...
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Confused with TeX terminology: height, depth, width
The LaTeX reference card states for example
\strut box w/ ht and depth of “(”, zero width
I came to see text as a two dimensional feature, but I must be missing out on something...
(following ...
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Invisible character equal to the height of capital letters [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I create an invisible character?
How can I insert an invisible character (similar to \strut) which has a width of zero (won't impact word or letter spacing) and ...
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Set \strut height
I'm using quite a few \colorbox and \colorfbox in a document but they weren't sitting at the same heights (because some words contained g and this seemed to push the box down.
The solution I found ...
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Definition of \strut explained
Can anyone explain me the fine details of the \strut macro. Why is the box \copyied in mathmode but \unhcopyied otherwise?
% latex.ltx, line 484, but identical in plainTeX
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strut and strutbox
The definition of a \strut in LaTeX is given in the source as:
211 \newbox\strutbox
212 \def\strut{\relax\ifmmode\copy\strutbox\else\unhcopy\strutbox\fi}
Shoudn't a \strutbox, give an empty box? AS ...
