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alternative underlining, LaTeX

#1072
From: m e bracher
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 22:00
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for a while I've been annoyed at LaTeX's \underline command, 
mainly because \underline{mine} and \underline{yours} will
come out with the underline substantially lower on the latter
example.  when it came time for my resume, it got truly 
annoying -- the lines alternated between high and low.

so I took half an hour out this afternoon and wrote the
following, \under.  it'll take any text that you give it and
underline it, as per usual, but with the assumption that the
text does have a tail.  everything will be underline lower 
down.

I hope someone out there finds it useful, all that I can say
is that the resume looks a lot better now that it's uniform.

(one other comment:  the amount that it's shifted down by was
tested with 10pt \normalsize and \Huge; the calculation is
done using ex, so it should be universal.  however, if anyone
does find problems with it, I'd appreciate your letting me
know)


\newcommand{\under}[1]{\underline{\rule[-.45ex]{0cm}{0cm}#1}}


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  matthew eric bracher           | `smell the blood on the wind,
  n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu     | hear your blood in your ears,
  (or bracher@nessie.cc.wwu.edu) | die at last with your enemies' blood
                                 | in your mouth' (Doctor Who - Survival)
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From: n8744926@henson.cc.wwu.edu (m e bracher)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: alternative underlining, LaTeX
Summary: a less annoying underline
Keywords: underline, LaTeX
Message-ID: <1992Apr12.220048.3141@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 92 22:00:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Apr12.220048.3141
Organization: Western Washington University
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