[Tex/LaTex] To have underline in two lines

line-breaking

Command

\underline{bla bla ... bla}

The content overflows like so at the moment

enter image description here

How can you have underline without overflow to the margin?

Best Answer

You can use \uline from ulem package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
\begin{document}
 \uline{As any dedicated reader can clearly see, the Ideal of practical reason is a
representation of, as far as I know, the things in themselves; as I have shown
elsewhere, the phenomena should only be used as a canon for our understanding.
The paralogisms of practical reason are what first give rise to the architectonic
of practical reason. As will easily be shown in the next section, reason would}
\end{document}

enter image description here

The option normalem is passed to prevent ulem from under lining the emphasised text.

Another option is to use \ul from soul package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{soul}
\begin{document}
 \ul{As any dedicated reader can clearly see, the Ideal of practical reason is a
representation of, as far as I know, the things in themselves; as I have shown
elsewhere, the phenomena should only be used as a canon for our understanding.
The paralogisms of practical reason are what first give rise to the architectonic
of practical reason. As will easily be shown in the next section, reason would}
\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Repetition of a word on two lines

One of Don Knuth's recommendations for fixing various typographical issues is to rewrite the passage in question – assuming that doing so is possible and/or permissible, of course. (The passage you cite is one case where you mustn't change a single word, obviously.) If you can't/mustn't rewrite the passage, you can still try to change some parameters such as the line width, font size, interword spacing, and occasionally impose a tie (unbreakable space), all in order to try to mitigate the problem.

Addendum: I've succeeded in reproducing the OP's text fragment in the following MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{1.7in}
Je suis venu non pour juger le monde, mais pour sauver le monde. Celui qui me rejette
et qui ne re\c coit pas mes
\end{minipage}

\bigskip
\begin{minipage}{1.7in}
Je suis venu non pour juger~le monde, mais pour sauver le monde. Celui qui me rejette
et qui ne re\c coit pas mes
\end{minipage}

\bigskip
\begin{minipage}{1.6in}
Je suis venu non pour juger le monde, mais pour sauver le monde. Celui qui me rejette
et qui ne re\c coit pas mes
\end{minipage}

\bigskip
\begin{minipage}{1.8in}
Je suis venu non pour juger le monde, mais pour sauver le monde. Celui qui me rejette
et qui ne re\c coit pas mes
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

The first minipage reproduces the initial problem. In example two, I've inserted a tie between "juger" and "le": this forces a hyphenation of the word "juger" and succeeds in breaking up the repetition, at the cost of loose word spacing (given the narrow measure!). The second example does not impose a tie but shortens the measure, also breaking up the vertical word repetition a bit but also suffering from loose word spacing (esp in line 3). The fourth example widens the measure a bit; now lines 2 and 3 both start with "monde" (as opposed to "le monde" in the first example), and the interword spacing looks OK overall. A slight improvement, maybe, but really only very slight. I guess the problem to solve is particularly vexing because the repeated-word group contains two, rather than just one, word!

[Tex/LaTex] Is it possible to have italic and bold text, and linebreaks under the \underline{text} command

Do the following self explanatory combinations work for you? (Leaving aside aesthetic issues.)

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{ulem}

\begin{document}

I think computer \uline{viruses should count as life. I think it says
something about human nature} that the only form of life we have
created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own
image. 

I think computer \uline{viruses should \textit{count as life. I think
    it} says something about human nature} that the only form of life
we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in
our own image.

I think computer \uline{\textit{viruses should count as life. I think
    it} says something about human nature} that the only form of life
we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in
our own image.

I think computer \uline{\textit{viruses should count \textbf{as
      life. I think} it} says something \textbf{about human} nature}
that the only form of life we have created so far is purely
destructive. We've created life in our own image.


\textit{\textbf{\uline{I think computer viruses should count as
      life. I think it says something about human nature that the only
      form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've
      created life in our own image.}}}


\end{document}
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{ulem}

enter image description here

Tips

Always make \uline the last one to be applied when you need multiple effects on a complete paragraph. It behaves badly (no line wraps) when other font commands are applied after it.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Repetition of a word on two lines

[Tex/LaTex] Is it possible to have italic and bold text, and linebreaks under the \underline{text} command

Related Question