horizontal alignment
I am trying to simply center the text in latex in simple article.
The following code does not center the text – the full width can be seen on print screen and is higlighted
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\Huge
Surname1
\newline
Name1
\newline
\normalsize
Institution
\end{center}
\centering
\Huge
Surname1
\newline
Name1
\newline
\normalsize
Institution
\end{document}
This is so simple that there can't be a place for a mistake.
What am I missing?
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, twoside]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in,bindingoffset=15.5mm,heightrounded]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{36 pt}
\begin{center}\Huge\bfseries\itshape
Since I Saw You Last,\\There's a Change Upon You
\end{center}
\end{document}
Note that \centering and size change commands such as \Huge should always be used in a way that the end of paragraph is in scope of the command, otherwise you will get Huge text on a normal sized baseline, and inconsistent spacing. \Huge does not take an argument it is just \Huge not \Huge{.....}.
You don't really want \centerline, that doesn't allow line breaks and whose behavior may surprise.
I don't really see why you want something centered inside a chunk of justified text without giving it some room. But if you really insist, \centering is the correct solution. It doesn't add more vertical space than what a normal start of paragraph would. If you're using a nonzero parskip, then you're the cause of your own trouble.
Here's a way to get a center environment that doesn't add vertical space around it even with nonzero parskip set.
Don't use a nonzero parskip, your readers will be grateful.
\documentclass{article}
% \usepackage{parskip}
\newenvironment{nscenter}
{\parskip=0pt\par\nopagebreak\centering}
{\par\noindent\ignorespacesafterend}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut
purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut
purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis.
\begin{nscenter}
\bfseries Here's some short material\\ I wanted centered
\end{nscenter}
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consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna. Donec vehicula augue eu
neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut
purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae, felis.
\end{document}
Here's the result (thanks to A. Ellett for the precious text), first with zero parskip
and then with nonzero parskip (obtained by uncommenting the line in the source)
Best Answer
You need to use
\\in the scope ofcenter\newlineis designed to leave lines short in justified text so it adds glue to one side of the line, that throws the text off centre. Normally you do not need either, just leave a blank line in the source., note also that\normalsizedoes not start a new paragraph which was why the text was touching as you were setting Huge text on a normal baseline