[OS X TeX] Spacing of first two rows in tabular environment

Alan Munn amunn at msu.edu
Thu Oct 1 17:31:56 CEST 2009


At 9:19 AM -0500 10/1/09, Chris Goedde wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This isn't Mac specific, but it's something that's bugged me for a 
>LONG time, and maybe someone can help me out. I've always felt that 
>the second row of a table is too close to the horizontal rule (if 
>any) that separates it from the top row. For example, when I typeset 
>the table below in 11pt Lucida, the exponents touch the horizontal 
>rule. Is there a simple, non-kludgy fix or adjustment for this? I 
>don't want to increase all the linespacing, just the spacing between 
>the first and second row. Thanks.

Use the booktabs package and its rule facilities ( \midrule  in this case).

Alan

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