Guide to LaTeX (4th Edition) (Tools and Techniques

H.1. Brief description of the L AT E X commands 579
\settodepth{\length cmd}{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.2) – 184
The length command with the name \length cmd is assigned a value
equal to the depth of text below the baseline.
\settoheight{\length cmd}{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.2) – 184
The length command with the name \length cmd is assigned a value
equal to the height of text above the baseline.
\settowidth{\length cmd}{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . (8.2) – 184
The length command with the name \length cmd is assigned a value
equal to the length of text as it would be set in an LR box.
\sfdefault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (A.3.1) – 372
This command defines the family attribute that is selected with the
\sffamily command. It may be redefined with \renewcommand:
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
\sffamily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.1.3), (A.2) – 64, 371
This declaration switches to a font in the current series and shape,
but with the sans serif family attribute.
\shadowbox{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.7.9) – 94
With the fancybox package, is a variant of \fbox, drawing a shadowed
box around text; the thickness of the shadow is given by the
length \shadowsize.
\sharp [m] produces ♯ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.6) – 127
\shortstack[pos]{text} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13.1.4) – 297
Formats the text into a single column, where the individual
rows are terminated by \\. The optional positioning argument
pos takes on values of l or r to set the text left or right justified,
otherwise it is centered. Example:
\shortstack{aa\\bbb\\cc\\x\\yy\\zzz}
aa
bbb
cc
x
yy
zzz
\sideset{pre}{post}\symbol [m][a] . . . . . . . . . (12.2.2) – 262
With the amsmath package, places superscripts and subscripts snugly
before (pre) and after (post) the math symbol \symbol. Example:
$\sideset{_\dagˆ*}{_\dagˆ*}\prod$ yields ∗∗
\Sigma [m] produces Σ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.1) – 125
\sigma [m] produces σ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3.1) – 125
\signature{name} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16.1) – 351
In the letter document class, supplies the name of the writer that
should go below the signature if this is different from the entry in
\name.
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