width of (alph*) labels
I made a list using enumitem and
begin{enumerate}[label=(alph*)]
...
end{enumerate}
The resulting labels are, to me, annoyingly uneven. Notice that (b) is much wider than (c) in the image below. Would it be possible to get the label to insert padding to get the text generated for each label to be equally wide? This sounds like a microtype kind of job. As a work around I could use a monospaced font for the labels but that's less elegant.
spacing labels enumitem microtype
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Joe CorneliJoe Corneli
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I made a list using enumitem and
begin{enumerate}[label=(alph*)]
...
end{enumerate}
The resulting labels are, to me, annoyingly uneven. Notice that (b) is much wider than (c) in the image below. Would it be possible to get the label to insert padding to get the text generated for each label to be equally wide? This sounds like a microtype kind of job. As a work around I could use a monospaced font for the labels but that's less elegant.
spacing labels enumitem microtype
asked Jan 22 at 13:12
Joe CorneliJoe Corneli
2,1731834
add a comment |
I made a list using enumitem and
begin{enumerate}[label=(alph*)]
...
end{enumerate}
The resulting labels are, to me, annoyingly uneven. Notice that (b) is much wider than (c) in the image below. Would it be possible to get the label to insert padding to get the text generated for each label to be equally wide? This sounds like a microtype kind of job. As a work around I could use a monospaced font for the labels but that's less elegant.
spacing labels enumitem microtype
asked Jan 22 at 13:12
Joe CorneliJoe Corneli
2,1731834
I made a list using enumitem and
begin{enumerate}[label=(alph*)]
...
end{enumerate}
The resulting labels are, to me, annoyingly uneven. Notice that (b) is much wider than (c) in the image below. Would it be possible to get the label to insert padding to get the text generated for each label to be equally wide? This sounds like a microtype kind of job. As a work around I could use a monospaced font for the labels but that's less elegant.
spacing labels enumitem microtype
spacing labels enumitem microtype
asked Jan 22 at 13:12
Joe CorneliJoe Corneli
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asked Jan 22 at 13:12
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Joe CorneliJoe Corneli
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You can pre-define a length, say, mylength, and then use that to make a box of constant width with hbox tomylength{<stuff>}. You can:
- center-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*hss})
- right-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*})
- and left-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{alph*hss})
or, with a more LaTeX-y syntax: label={(makebox[mywidth][<align>]{alph*})} where <align> is either c, r, or l.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
newdimenmywidth
sbox0{m}%
setlengthmywidth{wd0}%
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth][c]{alph*})}]
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
end{enumerate}
end{document}
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
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Much better than it was, thanks! I usedsbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)
– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
or evenmakebox[mywidth]{alph*}so it looks like latex:-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
Don't forget the bracesbegin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}]otherwise the[and]confuse the argument parser.
– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
|
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You can pre-define a length, say, mylength, and then use that to make a box of constant width with hbox tomylength{<stuff>}. You can:
- center-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*hss})
- right-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*})
- and left-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{alph*hss})
or, with a more LaTeX-y syntax: label={(makebox[mywidth][<align>]{alph*})} where <align> is either c, r, or l.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
newdimenmywidth
sbox0{m}%
setlengthmywidth{wd0}%
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth][c]{alph*})}]
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
end{enumerate}
end{document}
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
2
Much better than it was, thanks! I usedsbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)
– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
or evenmakebox[mywidth]{alph*}so it looks like latex:-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
Don't forget the bracesbegin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}]otherwise the[and]confuse the argument parser.
– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
|
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You can pre-define a length, say, mylength, and then use that to make a box of constant width with hbox tomylength{<stuff>}. You can:
- center-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*hss})
- right-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*})
- and left-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{alph*hss})
or, with a more LaTeX-y syntax: label={(makebox[mywidth][<align>]{alph*})} where <align> is either c, r, or l.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
newdimenmywidth
sbox0{m}%
setlengthmywidth{wd0}%
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth][c]{alph*})}]
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
end{enumerate}
end{document}
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
2
Much better than it was, thanks! I usedsbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)
– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
or evenmakebox[mywidth]{alph*}so it looks like latex:-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
Don't forget the bracesbegin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}]otherwise the[and]confuse the argument parser.
– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
|
show 4 more comments
You can pre-define a length, say, mylength, and then use that to make a box of constant width with hbox tomylength{<stuff>}. You can:
- center-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*hss})
- right-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*})
- and left-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{alph*hss})
or, with a more LaTeX-y syntax: label={(makebox[mywidth][<align>]{alph*})} where <align> is either c, r, or l.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
newdimenmywidth
sbox0{m}%
setlengthmywidth{wd0}%
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth][c]{alph*})}]
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
end{enumerate}
end{document}
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
You can pre-define a length, say, mylength, and then use that to make a box of constant width with hbox tomylength{<stuff>}. You can:
- center-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*hss})
- right-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{hssalph*})
- and left-align with
label=(hbox tomywidth{alph*hss})
or, with a more LaTeX-y syntax: label={(makebox[mywidth][<align>]{alph*})} where <align> is either c, r, or l.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{enumitem}
begin{document}
newdimenmywidth
sbox0{m}%
setlengthmywidth{wd0}%
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth][c]{alph*})}]
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
item
end{enumerate}
end{document}
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
edited Jan 22 at 13:31
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
answered Jan 22 at 13:19
Phelype OleinikPhelype Oleinik
23.5k54586
23.5k54586
2
Much better than it was, thanks! I usedsbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)
– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
or evenmakebox[mywidth]{alph*}so it looks like latex:-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
Don't forget the bracesbegin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}]otherwise the[and]confuse the argument parser.
– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
|
show 4 more comments
2
Much better than it was, thanks! I usedsbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)
– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
or evenmakebox[mywidth]{alph*}so it looks like latex:-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
Don't forget the bracesbegin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}]otherwise the[and]confuse the argument parser.
– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
2
2
Much better than it was, thanks! I used
sbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
Much better than it was, thanks! I used
sbox{0}{b}. Only a real neat-freak would complain now ;-)– Joe Corneli
Jan 22 at 13:22
3
3
or even
makebox[mywidth]{alph*} so it looks like latex:-)– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
or even
makebox[mywidth]{alph*} so it looks like latex:-)– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:23
1
1
Don't forget the braces
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}] otherwise the [ and ] confuse the argument parser.– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
Don't forget the braces
begin{enumerate}[label={(makebox[mywidth]{alph*})}] otherwise the [ and ] confuse the argument parser.– moewe
Jan 22 at 13:25
1
1
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
@moewe testing code? what sort of advice is that? :-)
– David Carlisle
Jan 22 at 13:28
1
1
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
@DavidCarlisle github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/… ;-)
– Phelype Oleinik
Jan 22 at 13:32
|
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