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Since text is made up of boxes, and that is how LaTeX figures out the typesetting, I was wondering if there was a way to create spacing that would be the same size as a piece of text.

I.e.:

\foo{text} would create space the same size as "text" in the current typeface.
\foo{\texttt text} would ...

How can I get inline numerals to be formatted lowercase globally?
I know I can use \oldstylenums{} on a case by case basis, but I would like to be able to get this done for all inline numerals (i.e. it is preferable the titles and figures use uppercase).

If their is a bare-boned package that does ...

Upon a quick overview of what I want to do, I saw that I did indeed make a stupid mistake dimension-wise. My new parameters are:

4x10 cards, 1.0x1.75in

I kept the borders the same because I don't really know what \topoffset, \oddoffset, and \evenoffset do. The cards are a bit close to each other ...

Hello guys, I am really new to the world of LaTeX (and TeX), but so far I am loving it!

One of the more serious things I have been trying to do is to make flashcards. I discovered the flashcards package which is indeed very convenient. Yet I cannot figure out how to make the flashcards smaller. I ...