Spacing\enspace

\enspaceCommand

Used to insert a half-em horizontal space in math expressions when manual spacing is desired.

a \enspace b
Topic
Spacing
Available in
base, textmacros
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math, text
Frequency
0.10% of corpus formulasrank 110 of 263
Commonality
low
Tags
spacing
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
textmacrosMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\enspace

Takes no arguments. Same argspec in base and textmacros. Reading argspecs

Examples#

textmacros

\text{a\enspace b}

Package variants#

PackageSignatureAllowed modeNotes
basemathUsed to insert a half-em horizontal space in math expressions when manual spacing is desired.
textmacrostextInsert a fixed half-em horizontal space in text, especially between short text fragments inside math via \text{...}.

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

base/enspace-dropfrom Equivreading

Drop enspace in math mode and collapse each text-mode enspace run to one ordinary space.

\enspace ∅

Equivalent forms#

  • \hspace{0.5em}exact
  • \hspace{0.5em}exact

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\enspacePositive · baselinePassPassPass
textmacros
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\enspacePositive · baselinePassPassPass
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