Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX - Mirror

Part III
Using Graphics-Inclusion Commands
10 Horizontal Spacing and Centering
Obsolete
Syntax
10.1 Horizontal Centering
The placement of the graphic is controlled by the current text justification. To center
the graphic, put it inside a center environment
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=2in]{graphic}
\end{center}
If the \includegraphics command is inside an environment (such as minipage or
figure), the \centering declaration centers the remaining output of the environment.
For example
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=2in]{graphic}
\end{figure}
is similar to
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=2in]{graphic}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
The \centering syntax is preferred because the \begin{center} syntax produces
double vertical space above and below the figure due to the space produced by
the figure environment and by the center environment. If extra vertical space is
desired, the commands in Section 19.1 on Page 64 should be used.
Bugs in the \psfig and \epsfbox commands made it difficult to produce horizontallycentered
graphics. The TEX commands \centerline and \leavevmode were used
as work-arounds for bugs in \psfig and \epsfbox.
Since the \includegraphics command is written correctly, the \centerline
and \leavevmode commands are no longer needed, allowing graphics to be centered
with the \centering command or the center environment.
10.2 Horizontal Spacing
It is important to realize that L A TEX arranges graphics the same way it formats other
objects such as letters. For example, an interword space is introduced between L A TEX
input lines unless the line ends with a %. For example, just as
Hello
World
put an interword space between “Hello” and “World”
\includegraphics{file}
\includegraphics{file}
puts an interword space between the graphics. Ending the first line with a comment
character
\includegraphics{file}%
\includegraphics{file}
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