[latexrefman] \kern & \footnotesep

Karl Berry karl at freefriends.org
Sat Sep 10 22:42:31 CEST 2022


    My understanding of the TeX \kern command is that it controls the
    inter-letter *horizontal* space (see for instance

Regardless of what's on a random web page, \kern inserts vertical
space in vertical mode, and horizontal space in horizontal mode(s). 
texbook.tex (ch.13):
  ... For example, ^|\kern| specifies vertical spacing in vertical mode,

karl


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