Welcome to TeX.SX! “Quad” is a traditional term of typography; it comes from Italian “quadratone” (big square), because it denoted a square piece of metal that could be placed between types for spacing …

The first thing is to know that there are spacing parameters and spacing commands; \parskip and \parindent belong to the former category, \enskip, \quad and \smallskip to the latter. A complete list of …

Feb 26, 2018 · A \quad corresponds to a length of 1em. In math mode, 1em=18mu. Use \mkern<n>mu, where <n> can be either a positive or a negative number, to exert very fine control over spacing. …

\quad is an hskip of 1em and its definition is the same in math and text mode, however there are many differences between the two uses you give. Notably em is a font dependent unit so the actual size …

In general, in most places, it is said that using TeX defaults is the best. However, TeX does provide things like \\, and \\quad etc. When one should use them? Both in general and in math mode in

You can insert a null object at the start of the line to prevent this. \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \section{A section} aaa \quad\quad\quad bbb \newline ccc \quad\quad\quad ddd …

There are a number of horizontal spacing macros for LaTeX: \, inserts a .16667em space in text mode, or \thinmuskip (equivalent to 3mu) in math mode; there's an equivalent \thinspace macro; \! is the …

Sep 21, 2016 · We know that \qquad equals \quad\quad, then is there a way to define a command like \myquad{5} to produce five \quad? I think there are two way: get the length of \quad, then …

I'm using Lyx software to typeset an algorithm. I'm trying to use the \\quad command to indent in a loop I'm writing, yet the \\quad command is not being recognized when I compile the page. I'm assum...

Apr 24, 2017 · The important things to remember are that alignat doesn't add space between the columns; the columns are as many rl pairs as specified by the argument. So, if you want left …