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Article #6877Re: help requested on underlining with line breaks.
From: Adrian McCarthy
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 19:00
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 19:00
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In article <911@mti.mti.com> adrian@mti.UUCP (I) write:
> \underline{The} \underline{Title} \underline{of} \underline{My}
> \underline{Book}
>
>This points out a small problem with \underline, though. The line under
>"My" will be lower than the other words since the line is placed relative
>to the depth of the box. Since "y" has a descender, the "My" box will
>be deeper. Perhaps there is a way to use a strut to force all \underline
>boxes to the same depth.
I was promptly chastised by dh for this gaff. If I had my book here,
I would have seen the cross reference to \underbar in the index. Check it
out if you're interested. It explains that \underbar alters the depth of
the box rather than using a strut which won't work in some cases.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!mti!adrian From: adrian@mti.mti.com (Adrian McCarthy) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: help requested on underlining with line breaks. Message-ID: <916@mti.mti.com> Date: 22 Feb 90 19:00:35 GMT References: <5560.25d9e051@elroy.uh.edu> <22555@mimsy.umd.edu> <911@mti.mti.com> Reply-To: adrian@mti.UUCP (Adrian McCarthy) Followup-To: comp.text.tex Organization: Micro Technology, Anaheim, CA Lines: 18