Text Formatting ⇒ A long underscore

[thedoctor818]

Hi,

I am still relatively new to LaTex. I would like to use the underscore.sty package to create a long underscore, i.e. an underscore stretching more than 1 textbox - so that the underscore is not ``broken'' - i.e. it is a continuous line (I do not know if that is the term I am looking for). Below is what I have attempted to do thus far.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{underscore}
\begin{document}

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the _________.

\end{document}

-Michael Dykes

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could try using the \rule or the \hrulefill commands; take a look at the following example:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the \rule{1cm}{0.4pt}.

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the \hrulefill.

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the \hrulefill

\hrulefill.

\end{document}

[frabjous]

I personally feel that \rule and \hrulefill here put the line a little too far up; they appear to be above the baseline, although only slightly.

Personally I'd use \underline together with \hspace or \hspace*

Compare the following:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the \rule{1cm}{0.4pt}.

A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the \underline{\hspace*{1cm}}.

\end{document}

[thedoctor818]

Thanks for the help; it worked fine.

-Michael

[gmedina]

I personally feel that \rule and \hrulefill here put the line a little too far up; they appear to be above the baseline, although only slightly...

The optional argument of the \rule command can be used to control the vertical position of the rule with respect to the baseline:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

xxxxx\rule{2cm}{.4pt}xxxxxxx

xxxxx\rule[-2pt]{2cm}{.4pt}xxxxxxx

xxxxx\rule[0.5ex]{2cm}{.4pt}xxxxxxx

\end{document}