Lowering horizontal line relative to some text

Question

Here's what I currently have :

Code is :

\begin{center}
\makebox[0.7\linewidth]{\Large{Name :} \hrulefill \ }\makebox[0.25\linewidth]{\Large{Class :} \hrulefill}
\end{center}

What I'm trying to get it to look like :

Basically, I need a way of lowering the horizontal lines relative to the text. Thank you.

Are you going to have text right below this line or is that text also supposed to get lowered? — , Aug 21 '18 at 03:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '18 at 03:43

You can use \rule[<raise>]{<width>}{<height>} to put a rule of width <width> and height <height>. <raise> - the optional argument - can be used to move the rule up or down (negative <raise>):

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

Name: \rule{15em}{.4pt}\ Class: \rule{5em}{.4pt}

Name: \rule[-.2\baselineskip]{15em}{.4pt}\ Class: \rule[-.2\baselineskip]{5em}{.4pt}

\end{document}

Perhaps, if you wish to have the rule fill the entire line, you can use a number of \hrulefills and actually raise the Name: and Class::

\bigskip

\raisebox{.2\baselineskip}{Name:} \hrulefill\hrulefill\hrulefill\ 
\raisebox{.2\baselineskip}{Class:} \hrulefill

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '18 at 03:42

One out of many many possible ways to do that.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\makebox[0.7\linewidth]{\Large{Name :} \hrulefill \ }\makebox[0.25\linewidth]{\Large{Class :} \hrulefill}
\end{center}
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lXlp{0.1\linewidth}}
~{\Large Name :} & & {\Large Class :} & \\[0.1cm] %<- adjust this vertical distance to fit your needs
\cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

Lowering horizontal line relative to some text

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