The enumitem
package does not feature a parright
alignment option, but (somewhat to my surprise) it was rather easy to create (as a carbon copy of the existing parleft
option).
EDIT: Peter Grill pointed out \SetLabelAlign
in a comment, and this actually results in superior spacing.
EDIT 2: The alternative version is only recommended if you have an old version of enumitem
-- hat tip to Alan Munn.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}
% Variant A
% \makeatletter
% \def\enit@align@parright{%
% \def\enit@align##1{%
% \nobreak
% \strut\smash{\parbox[t]\labelwidth{\raggedleft##1}}}}
% \makeatother
% Variant B with superior spacing -- thanks to Peter Grill
\SetLabelAlign{parright}{\parbox[t]{\labelwidth}{\raggedleft#1}}
\setlist[description]{style=multiline,topsep=10pt,leftmargin=5cm,font=\normalfont,%
align=parright}
\begin{document}
\section{Experience}
\begin{description}
\item[Data] 2011 - heden (20 weken)
\item[Beroep of functie] Software Developer
\item[Voornaamste werkzaamheden en verantwoordelijkheden] Software ontwikkeling
\item[Naam en adres van de werkgever] Multicast Automatisering B.V.
\item[Soort onderneming of sector] Informatie Communicatie Technologie (ICT)
\end{description}
\end{document}
The parameter labelsep
gives the distance between the label and the following text.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\begin{description}[labelsep=1em]
\item[first matter] \lipsum[1]
\item[some other matter] \lipsum[1]
\end{description}
\end{document}
Note how I use square brackets around the label content for description
. I think it is pretty standard that \quad
has a length of 1em
, but that may depend on the document class your using.
If you want to change how the labels and for each label are positioned you can use the parameters labelwidth
and labelindent
.
\chapter*{Lista de Simbolos}
\begin{description}[labelsep=4em, align=left, labelwidth=1in,labelindent=1cm]
\item[$b$] Taxa agregada de bits alcançável para o sistema
\item[$H(f)$] Espectro do canal
\item[$H_k$] Ganho do $k$-ésimo subcanal
\item[$P_x$] Potência total de transmissão
\item[$s_k$] Densidade espectral de potência do sinal no $k$-ésimo subcanal
\item[$Sx(f)$] Densidade espectral de potência do sinal na frequência contínua
\item[$Sn(f)$] Densidade espectral de potência do AWGN na frequência contínua
\item[$\text{SNR}_k$] Razão sinal-ruído no subcanal $k$
\item[$\mathbf{X}$] Vetor correspondente ao símbolo DMT
\item[$\mathbf{X}_+$] Vetor de subsímbolos dos tons positivos do símbolo DMT.
\item[$X_k$] Subsímbolo no $k$-ésimo tom do símbolo DMT
\item[$\Gamma$] \textsl{Gap} de SNR a capacidade
\item[$\Delta f$] Largura de banda do subcanal (espaçamento tonal).
\item[$\sigma_k$] Densidade espectral de potência do AWGN no $k$-ésimo subcanal
\end{description}
Here, the values I chose are rather dramatic. I'm sure you'll want something more conservative.
Some other points
Instead of writing \textsl[Gap]
you want to write \textsl{Gap}
. This is different from how \item
handles things. Basically, \textsl
has a mandatory argument that you pass to it through curly brackets. \item
, on the other hand, has an optional argument for overriding the label contents (which is what you want to do in a description
environment).
Also, I'm not sure how you're handling your font encoding, but you might want to put something like \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
in the preamble. However, I'm not really much of an authority on fonts, and don't necessarily know the best approach to take here.
Best Answer
This is one possibility: