# \lower

Adjusting the vertical baseline of an inline formula or text segment.

https://texform.dev/latex/commands/lower

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Layout and breaks](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/layout) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Tags | spacing |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | prefix |

## Syntax

### base

Argument specification: `m:L m`

Adjusting the vertical baseline of an inline formula or text segment.

## Examples

```latex
\lower 1pt a
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Clower+1pt+a)

```latex
\lower 1pt {ab} c
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Clower+1pt+%7Bab%7D+c)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| base | full | none | none |

## Usage frequency

0% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 258 of 263 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

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

## See also

- [\\raise](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/raise)

## Test cases

### base

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \lower{1pt}{b} | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| \lower 1pt{b} | Positive: bare[0] | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| \lower{1pt}b | Positive: bare[1] | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| \lower{a}{a} | Negative: neg:L[0] | Fail | Fail | Fail |