Talk:Strut (typesetting)

Question[edit]

TeX offers \strut. Why the complicated \rule command in this case? --Mojca Miklavec

As I recall, the \strut command inserts a strut of a specific size tailored to the current font size. The \rule command is considerably more versatile, since you can set it to whatever size you need. (Of course, \strut is still useful because it 'does' adapt automatically to the current font size.) Steuard (talk) 06:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why not have both \strut and \rule and point out that the first is the font size specific one and the other can be used for general struts? --Martin Scharrer (talk) 16:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Minimum depth[edit]

The current text says "used to ensure that a section has a minimum height". Beside the questionable term "section", the strut should also ensure a minimal depth (the vertical distance below the baseline, height is the distance above the baseline), right? --Martin Scharrer (talk) 16:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking for[edit]

\strut

the actual latex command. this page did not help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.154.59.122 (talk) 15:36, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Real world strut.[edit]

An image of pre-electronic strut would be good too.

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"Typography" or just TeX?[edit]

I thought this term was specific to TeX, and the article has no non-TeX citations. Does this term or even this concept exist in "typography" in general, or is it really just a TeX thing? If it is just a TeX thing, is it sufficiently notable to warrant an article here? 188.182.238.181 (talk) 01:15, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]