[Tex/LaTex] Vertical line in longtable

longtablerulesspacing

I would like my vertical line to be slightly detached from the horizontal lines. I am using

\usepackage{longtable}.

\footnotesize

\begin{longtable}{r | p{10cm}}

\caption{My caption 1\label{1}}\\

\hline

\endfirsthead

\caption[]{(continued)}\\

\endhead

\hline

\endlastfoot

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Daily Triplicate}\\

\textsc{Availability}&text\\

\textsc{founded}&date\\

\textsc{Circulation}&number\\

\textsc{Coverage}&text\\

\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\hline

\textsc{Newspaper Name}&\emph{Eureka Times-Standard}\\

\textsc{Availability}&text\\

\textsc{founded}&1997date\\

\textsc{Circulation}&number\\

\textsc{Coverage}&text\\

\textsc{Frequency}&text\\

\end{longtable}

Best Answer

You may use booktabs and its toprule, midrule and bottomrule.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,longtable,array}

\begin{document}

\newcolumntype{K}{>{\scshape}r}

\footnotesize
\begin{longtable}{@{}K | p{10cm}@{}}
\caption{My caption 1\label{1}}\\
\toprule
\endfirsthead
\caption[]{(continued)}\\
\endhead

\bottomrule

\endlastfoot

Newspaper Name  &   \emph{Daily Triplicate}\\
Availability    &   text    \\
founded         &   date    \\
Circulation     &   number  \\
Coverage        &   text    \\
Frequency       &   text    \\

\midrule

Newspaper Name  &   \emph{Eureka Times-Standard}\\
Availability    &   text        \\
founded         &   1997date    \\
Circulation     &   number      \\
Coverage        &   text        \\
Frequency       &   text        \\

\end{longtable}

\end{document}

As a free bonus, you get much nicer (and more correct) spacing of the rows.

EDIT: I have cleaned up the code by loading array and define a new K-column to get rid of all \textsc{} in the first column. Also @{} remove unnecessary space to the left in column 1 and to the right in column 2.

Also, I invite you to read section 2 of the booktab manual, and reconsider the use of vertical lines.

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[Tex/LaTex] Vertical space in longtable

array allows you to add additional height to the rows of tabulars globally (or locally if you restrict the scope of the command, of course). This helps ensure consistency and makes it easy to adjust the layout if necessary. For example, you can say

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{5mm}

However, I think that you will get better results if you use an environment designed for mathematics rather than trying to squeeze display sized maths into an environment designed for text (with inline maths).

This example is not at all optimal but just to give the idea:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}

\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}

\usepackage{unicode-math}

\setmainfont
[
Ligatures=TeX,
Extension=.otf,
UprightFont=*,
BoldFont=*Bold,
ItalicFont=*It,
BoldItalicFont=*BoldIt,
Mapping=tex-text
]{GFSArtemisia}

\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text]{GFSArtemisia.otf}

\setmathfont{latinmodern-math.otf}

\setmathfont[range=\varnothing]{Asana-Math.otf}

\setmathfont[range=\int]{latinmodern-math.otf}

\newcommand{\ds}{\displaystyle}

\begin{document}


  \begin{align*}
    &\text{Time Domain} & &\text{Frequency Domain}\\
    &f(t) & &F(s)\\
    &f(t-t_{0}) & &e^{-st_{0}}\cdot F(s)\\
    &e^{s_{0}t}\cdot f(t) & &F(s-s_{0})\\
    &\ds\frac{df}{dt} & &s\cdot F(s)-f(0)\\
    &\ds\int\limits_{-\infty}^{t}f(t)dt & &\ds\frac{1}{s}\cdot F(s)\\
    &f_{1}(t)\ast f_{2}(t) & &F_{1}(s)\cdot F_{2}(s)\\
  \end{align*}


\end{document}

maths in <code>align*</code> environment rather than tabular

[Tex/LaTex] Horizontal line without vertical gap

Try this

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\noindent
\makebox[0pt][l]{\Large\bfseries John Smith}%%
\rule[-0.5ex]{\columnwidth}{0.4pt}

Hell world, this is my cover letter.

\end{document}

There are commands like \rlap and \\lap. But, I think \makebox is kind of fun. You can set the width of the box and the alignment to be left, right, or center.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\noindent
\rule[-0.5ex]{\columnwidth}{0.4pt}%%
\hspace*{-\dimexpr\columnwidth/2}%%
\makebox[0pt]{\Large\bfseries John Smith}%%
\hspace*{\dimexpr\columnwidth/2}%%

Hell world, this is my cover letter.

\end{document}

Following this general idea, you can create nice commands like the following

\documentclass{article}

\newif\ifaeShowAnswers
\newcommand\aeShowAnswer[2]{%%
  \rule[-0.5ex]{#1}{0.4pt}%%
  \hspace*{-\dimexpr#1/2}%%
  \makebox[0pt]{\ifaeShowAnswers#2\fi}%%
  \hspace*{\dimexpr#1/2}}

%%\aeShowAnswerstrue

\begin{document}

Lord \aeShowAnswer{1.25in}{Voldemort} is the \aeShowAnswer{1.25in}{Harry Potter}'s archnemesis.

\end{document}

results in

By uncommending the line with \aeShowAnswerstrue results in

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