Command/hspace
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\hspace
Summary
The command \hspace inserts horizontal space
Settings
| \hspace[...][...] | |
| [...] | name |
| [...] | small medium big normal default none .5 1 2 3 speech quote interquotation quotation sentence intersentence final name |
| Option | Explanation |
|---|---|
| small | .25em |
| medium | .5em |
| big | 1em |
| normal | spaceamount |
| default | spaceamount |
| .5 | .1250em (aka \hairspace) |
| 1 | .1667em (aka \thinspace) |
| 2 | .2222em (aka \medspace) |
| 3 | .2777em (aka \thickspace) |
| speech | a language-specific amount, taken from the "quotation" language parameter |
| quote | a language-specific amount, taken from the "quotation" language parameter |
| interquotation | .125em |
| quotation | 0pt |
| sentence | 0pt |
| intersentence | .25em |
Description
Insert a named amount of horizontal space. A number of dimensions are already predefined; more can be defined with \definehspace.
Examples
Example 1
\definehspace[oneem][1 em] \definehspace[twoem][2 em] asdf\hspace[oneem]asdf\crlf asdf\hspace[twoem]asdf
Example 2
asdf\hspace[speech]: more text \language[fr] asdf\hspace[speech]: more text
Notes
- By FMichel on 2024-09-21T13:49:39+0200:
\hspace is ignored at the start of a paragraph of after an explicit newline. The proper way to add horizontal space at the start of a paragraph is Indentation (see also Indent). A quick workaround to have space aftter a newline is to add a hidden symbol using the \hphantom, \vphantom, or \phantom command. (The following example works with ConTeXt LMTX 024.08.16, although apparently not on ConTeXt Garden:)
Spaces after newlines: \\ \hspace[big] No space here \\ \vphantom{m}\hspace[big] A ‘big’ space \\ \phantom{m}\hspace[big] Larger space (length of a m + ‘big’ space) \\ \hphantom{m}\hspace[big] Larger space (length of a m + ‘big’ space)
- By Garulfoo on 2025-01-05T17:44:52+0100:
- Link to update to Text blocks/Typography/Indentation
