How can I make my image 0.5 cm wider than \textwidth?

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A related question to my question is this question, where it is discussed how to scale an object to a certain proportion of textwidth. However, what if I want to make an object 0.5 cm wider than textwidth?

I tried using length = \textwidth + 0.5 doesn't seem to work

length = \dimexpr \textwidth+0.5cm could work (but as you didn't provide an example it is only a guess ) — Ulrike Fischer, Apr 01 '22 at 14:37
Another simple way would be \newlength{\mywidth}\setlength{\mywidth}{\textwidth}\addtolength{\mywidth}{0.5cm}; but if you want the overflow to be balanced between left and right margins you may need to do more. — frabjous, Apr 01 '22 at 15:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '22 at 15:14

With use of the changepage package is simple. For example:

\documentclass{article}
%---------------- Show page layout. Don't use in a real document!
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
\usepackage{lipsum}% For dummy text. Don't use in a real document
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[strict]{changepage}
\begin{document}
    \begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{adjustwidth}{}{-5mm} % <--- new
    \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-duck}
\end{adjustwidth}
    \end{figure}
\lipsum[1][1-4]
\end{document}

$\lipsum[1][1-4]$

(redlines indicate (part of) page layout)

@Dr.ManuelKuehner, no. Only the part inside adjustwidth environment. The changepage package is to my opinion very useful package. Thank you very much! — Zarko, Apr 01 '22 at 15:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '22 at 18:19

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For example in OpTeX:

\line{\hss \picw=\dimexpr\hsize+0.5cm \inspic{image.jpg}\hss}

answered Apr 01 '22 at 18:19

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How can I make my image 0.5 cm wider than \textwidth?

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