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12 questions linked to/from Large negative spaces
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Decrease distance between two letters [duplicate]
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 ...
952 votes
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What commands are there for horizontal spacing?
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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Lengths and when to use them
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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What to put into the intersection of the row/column labels of a table?
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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How to display command name and its value
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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4 answers
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How to write nested curly brackets with alligned cases?
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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4 answers
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Remove the spaces between \times in mathmode
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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1 answer
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Negative phantom inside equations
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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Is there a way to improve kerning on mathematics?
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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How can I replace a full stop with an image?
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 ...
6 votes
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Typesetting of volume integral
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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How can I lighten the following spaghetti definitions (symbols in $\Box$ and $\Diamond$)?
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{-....