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I would like to decrease the distance between two letters in a formula, namely $UA$. In the formula, it is written in italics causing some space between A and U, which I would like to have gone. Does ...
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I know that \: in LaTeX produces a space when rendered. Are there any alternatives, because my LaTeX renderer doesn't support \: (it renders it as text), and there is no help / FAQ that I can find.
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There are many lengths in LaTeX. For instance, \enskip, \enspace, \quad, \parskip, \smallskip, ... Some of them are mostly used for vertical spacing, some others are mostly used for horizontal ...
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I have a grid/table/matrix with separate labels for the rows and the columns. However, I also want to label these labels themselves (by indicating the "type" of the labels, such as SI units, etc.) ...
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Latex displays the command values by default - I am finding it more difficult to display the command names along with the values. I have a list of commands that I would like to loop over and print ...
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I'm trying to write this chart I have to make it as close as possible as it is a transcription of a manuscript, so the text must be aligned as in the picture. I can omit the underscores. I tried ...
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My problem seems rather simple but I can't manage it. I want to describe bytes in this way 0000 xxxx 0010 1xxx I tried by writing 0000 \times\times\times\times 0010 1\times\times\times but this gave ...
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The following code produces a negative phantom (from the comment in this answer): \newcommand{\negphantom}[1]{\settowidth{\dimen0}{#1}\hspace*{-\dimen0}} However, when used inside an equation like ...
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It seems that some mathematical formulae do not have as good kerning as standard text? Taking a specific example, I would like to change The version on the left is LaTeX produced from \left(\frac{2\pi}...
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I would like to hide an easter egg in my document by replacing the last full stop of my conclusion with a (vector) image scaled down to pass as a punctuation, almost like a microdot. Is this possible ...
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This question has been bugging me for a long time: How do I properly typeset volume integrals? I would like to use the convention often used in Physics: d^3x=dV and \int dx f(x) instead of \int f(x) ...
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I am trying to insert symbols into $\Box$ and $\Diamond$. I do it in the following way. First I define commands for blank operators for future and past: \newcommand{\pastDiamond} { \text{\raisebox{-....
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