Horizontal space
For a single spaced in text mode use the space bar for other spaces we have the following commands:
In math mode we have the following commands:
\quad \qquad \hspace{...}
The command \hspace{...} (and \quad, \qquad also available in math mode) supports the following units of measurement (positive and negative):
| pt | point | (1 in = 72.27 pt) | pc | pica | (1 pc = 12 pt) |
| in | inch | (1 in = 25.4 mm) | bp | big point | (1 in = 72 bp) |
| cm | centimetre | (1 cm = 10 mm) | mm | millimetre | |
| dd | didot point | (1157 dd = 1238 pt) | sp | scaled point | (65536 sp = 1 pt) |
| \, | a small space | \: | a medium space | \; | a large space | \! | a negative space (moves things back to the left) |