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LaTeX has many ways to produce white (or filled) space. Some of these are best suited to mathematical text; see Spacing in math mode. Some spacing commands are suitable for both regular text and mathematical text; versions of some of these commands are in this chapter.
Horizontal space | ||
|---|---|---|
| • \enspace & \quad & \qquad | Traditional horizontal spaces. | |
| • \hspace | Any horizontal space. | |
| • \hfill | Stretchable horizontal space. | |
| • \hss | Infinitely stretchable/shrinkable horizontal space. | |
| • \spacefactor | Stretchability of following space | |
| • \(SPACE) | Backslash-space, and explicit space. | |
| • ~ | Tie, an unbreakable space. | |
| • \thinspace & \negthinspace | One-sixth of an em, and negative one-sixth. | |
| • \/ | Italic correction. | |
| • \hrulefill & \dotfill | Stretchable horizontal rule or dots. | |
Vertical space | ||
| • \bigskip & \medskip & \smallskip | Inter-paragraph vertical spaces. | |
| • \bigbreak & \medbreak & \smallbreak | Inter-paragraph space and page breaks. | |
| • \strut | Ensure height of a line. | |
| • \vspace | Vertical space. | |
| • \vfill | Stretchable vertical space. | |
| • \addvspace | Add arbitrary vertical space if needed. | |