{rules} is about drawing lines (also called rules). Popular packages are {booktabs} (which provides high quality table rules) and {dashrule}.
Some relevant packages:
Questions tagged [rules]
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Horizontal line spanning the entire document in LaTeX
I have used the \hrulefill command to create a horizontal rule, along with some other commands. In each case I have the rules extended up to the margin.
I want the rule width to be controllable, i.e. I want them to span the entire page. How can this…
assemblylearner
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Draw a horizontal line in latex
How can I draw this horizontal line like this picture in Latex? Thanks for your help.
Duy
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What is the thickness of \hrulefill
This seems like a simple question ...
I know from this question that \hrule and presumably \hrulefill have a thickness of 0.4pt. I think \hrule is a primitive, so does that mean that you cannot change the thickness of \hrulefill?
StrongBad
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Raise or lower \hrulefill
I am editing a questionnaire that uses \hrulefill as a text entry "field".
I would like to lower the \hrulefill a bit to give participants more room to write. For a fixed-length rule I would use something like \rule[-3pt]{#1}{0.6pt}. Can I raise or…
severin
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How to draw horizontal line with rubber length?
The \hrulefill command could draw rubber length underlines, like abc___def. I just want to draw line in the vertical centre of a text, like abc---def. Thanks.
Yun Huang
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insert text into hrulefill
Is there a simple way to have text that looks like this?
--- text ---
where the --- fills a certain width? I've tried
\centerline{\rule{2cm}{.4pt}text\rule{2cm}{.4pt}}
but here if "text" is "text_1" in one case and "text_123" in another, then the…
hatmatrix
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Horizontal line not working?
I am trying to add a horizontal line in my document.
\documentclass{report}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\Huge CV
\end{center}
\line(1,0){250}
\end{document}
For some reason, \line(1,0){250} will generate a line that is unequal on your…
Lemon
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vertical dotfill
How can I make vertical dotfill?
In other words, I need vertical (dashed) line which will fill all available vertical space.
(I tried to make it via rules, but not successfully.)
user28276
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Why does a \hrule need text around it to be drawn?
Why does a \hrule need text around it to work? Example that does not draw a line:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
%foo
\hrule
%bar
\end{document}
If one removes the % before %foo or %bar (or both) the line is drawn perfectly fine.…
Foo Bar
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Signature line with dots and name below
In my LaTeX report I want to include a dotted signature line and my name below that line.
As in the image. Can someone help me with the LaTeX code for that?
user54172
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Adjusting the height of \vline
Is there a way to adjust the height of \vline?
Aurelius
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create a horizonal line having the length of the text
I would insert two horizontal line here an example:
-------
Foo
-------
I had used hrulefill but the line has the length of the page.
Mazzy
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Center text between double horizontal rules
I'd like to do something like this:
==================== Text ====================
Where '===' represents two horizontal lines separated by 2pt. In other words, I'd like to center some text between double horizontal lines. I have found a…
Matheus Leão
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escape underscores
I have to write a format using undescores like this
But when I put antislash before every one to escape it, it doesn't look nice, the underscores looks seperated
Is there a solution to escape the hole word
Hind Dev
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\hrulefill with customized rule
I created a new command to generate doubled rules. How can I use or create a new command similar to \hrulefill in order to force my doubled rules to fill the rest of the line. So far I have tried this but to no avail.
\documentclass{article}
%…
Maxence
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