I would like adjustable delimiters to ignore overlines. For example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\left\{ f \right\} \; \left\{ \overline{f} \right\}$
\end{document}
The braces in the right case are noticeably larger than in the left case. I would like adjustable delimiters to produce the same output in both cases.
Any idea how could I do this?
\vphantom{f}\smash{\overline{f}}
\left
and\right
.\left
and\right
, but to select the appropriate size intentionally. granted, doing this well comes only with experience, but too many authors always use\left
and\right
(and so do some "helpful" input software aids), and the resulting mess causes real problems in a publishing production environment. this is a "best practices" situation.