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$latex space $$
$latex \hspace{number unit} $$
unit
is negative
does not display properly in the Firefox browser.
(This was fixed in version 3 of Firefox.)
space
:
| Space | Description | Example | Output |
| nothing |
$latex | | $$
| @(@ | | @)@ | |
\,
| thin space |
$latex | \, | $$
| @(@ | \, | @)@ |
\:
| medium space |
$latex | \: | $$
| @(@ | \: | @)@ |
\;
| thick space |
$latex | \; | $$
| @(@ | \; | @)@ |
hspace command,
number
can be any valid
Latex number
and
unit
must be one of the units listed below
| Unit | Description | Example | Output |
em
| approximate width of M (current font) |
$latex | \hspace{1em} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{1em} | @)@ |
ex
| approximate height of x (current font) |
$latex | \hspace{2ex} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{2ex} | @)@ |
cm
| centimeters |
$latex | \hspace{0.4cm} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{0.4cm} | @)@ |
mm
| millimeters |
$latex | \hspace{4mm} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{4mm} | @)@ |
in
| inches |
$latex | \hspace{0.15in} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{0.15in} | @)@ |
pt
| points (72 points = 1 inch) |
$latex | \hspace{12pt} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{12pt} | @)@ |
pc
| picas (1 pica = 12 points) |
$latex | \hspace{1pc} | $$
| @(@ | \hspace{1pc} | @)@ |