Is it possible to stretch text vertically?
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\scalebox{1}[3]{hello}
\parbox
inside \scalebox
Feb 10, 2019 at 22:21
As David already stated in his answer the standard package graphicx
provides the macro \scalebox{<h-factor>}[<v-factor>]{<content>}
for this. The grfguide
manual explains this and similar macros in detail. One thing to remember is that the content is boxes as horizontal box, so it can't include line breaks etc. except if you include a minipage
, \parbox
or similar construct.
There is also the \resizebox{<width>}{<height>}{<content>}
which allows to scale text to a specific width and/or height. Use !
for the dimension you don't want to specify but to scale according to the other dimension. The starred version \resizebox*
will scale the totalheight
instead (height+depth).
There is also the adjustbox
package which extends graphicx
by providing a general key=value interface. Using this package you can scale even complicated content easily.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\begin{document}
\adjustbox{scale={2}{3}}{Text}
\adjustbox{width=\linewidth}{Text}
\adjustbox{minipage=10cm,scale={2}{3}}{Text\\with\\multiple\\lines}
\begin{adjustbox}{minipage=10cm,scale={2}{3}}
Text\\
with\\
multiple\\
lines
\end{adjustbox}
\end{document}
\scalebox
for each manually. You still can place the linebreaks outside the scaleboxes.
Feb 11, 2019 at 6:35