Spacing\quad

\quadCommand

Used to insert a one-em horizontal space between parts of a math formula or displayed equation.

a \quad b
Topic
Spacing
Available in
base, textmacros
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math, text
Frequency
<0.01% of corpus formulasrank 170 of 263
Commonality
high
Tags
spacing
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
textmacrosMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\quad

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

Examples#

textmacros

\text{a\quad b}

Package variants#

PackageSignatureAllowed modeNotes
basemathUsed to insert a one-em horizontal space between parts of a math formula or displayed equation.
textmacrostextInsert a 1em horizontal space in text to separate words, phrases, or inline elements.

In TeXForm#

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

base/double-quad-to-qquadfrom Authoringrender

Merge two adjacent quads into one qquad for authoring normalization.

\quad\quad \qquad
base/quad-dropfrom Equivreading

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

\quad ∅

Equivalent forms#

  • \hspace{1em}exact
  • \hspace{1em}exact

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\quadPositive · baselinePassPassPass
textmacros
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\quadPositive · baselinePassPassPass
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