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When I compile the following (almost identical) two pieces of code, there is much more vertical space between both words in the first example than in the second example:

% Much space between the hellos
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
\Huge Hello

{\Huge Hello}
\end{document}

and

% Almost no space between the hellos
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
{\Huge Hello}

{\Huge Hello}
\end{document}

What is the reason for that? What difference do the curly brackets make at this point?

user1494080
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  • {\Huge Hello\par} – Manuel Feb 01 '15 at 20:05
  • The is a very common mistake; you need to issue an explicit \par so that the paragraph algorithm can take into account the new \baselineskip, or leave an empty line (an implicit \par). – Werner Feb 01 '15 at 20:07
  • in the second baselineskip=12pt (normal) in the first 30pt (Huge) – touhami Feb 01 '15 at 20:10
  • Okay, and what exactly are the situtations which require an explicit \par? Every time the last character of a paragraph is a curly bracket? – user1494080 Feb 01 '15 at 20:10
  • In the first case the baselineskip is Huge in the second it is normalsize (whatever the exact values are). See here for a similar question: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/148508/ – cgnieder Feb 01 '15 at 20:11

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