Stacking Symbols – How to Stack Text Arguments

stacking-symbols

I was wondering was is the best method in (general) I guess to stack text on top of text in very small areas as in this example:

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I used the \stackrel (which I think is for math more so) command but with this LaTeX makes some pre-determined assumptions and makes the top argument smaller than the bottom as seen above. I wanted all the text to be the same size. I tried several ways, but only to come up with this way which works, but is not optimal.

Best Answer

\[
\left.\begin{aligned}
  f(\theta) & = \cos(2\theta)\\
  g(\theta) & = \sin(\theta)
\end{aligned}\right\rbrace
\begin{tabular}{l}
  Are continuous\\
  everywhere
\end{tabular}
\]

One might write \begin{tabular}{@{}l} to avoid the small space at the left of the tabular. A bit of visual formatting is always necessary: the final effect depends on many factors (for instance, the font size used).

Using \parbox or minipage here has a serious drawback: it uses up all the dedicated space, thus spoiling the global formula centering.

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