[Tex/LaTex] Vertical space between two paragraph (only)

paragraphsspacing

I would like to increase the vertical space between two specific paragraphs. These paragraphs are already in a deep section (\subsubsection{}) so I do not want to put each paragraph inside a \paragraph{} : it would complexity my paper and I do not want to create titles for theses paragraphs.

I have other paragraphs inside this section but I want to increase the vertical space only for the two paragraphs mentioned. Indeed the other paragraph breaks are less important.

I have two question :

Is it a good practice to separate the text like this? If no, why should I use?
How to create this big vertical space between these paragraphs?

Best Answer

As the comments on your question said, you want one of \smallskip, \medskip, bigskip, or \vspace{<amount>}.

As an example (note that \vspace accepts absolute length in pt, mm, cm, or in, and relative length with ex—the height of an 'x' in the current font—and with the more common em, the width of an uppercase 'M').

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
\smallskip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
\medskip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
\bigskip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
\vspace{3.5mm}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
\vspace{10mm}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

\end{document}

produces

Line spacing through different means

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[Tex/LaTex] Better vertical space between paragraphs and centered tabular or figure

Define your own environment:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newenvironment{rcenter}
 {\setlength{\topsep}{.5ex}\center}
 {\endcenter}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[2]
\begin{rcenter}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\toprule
a & b & c\\
\midrule
1 & 2 & 3\\
4 & 5 & 6\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{rcenter}
\lipsum[2]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\toprule
a & b & c\\
\midrule
1 & 2 & 3\\
4 & 5 & 6\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\lipsum[2]
\begin{rcenter}
\includegraphics[width=.75\linewidth]{example-image}
\end{rcenter}

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Space between paragraphs (local)

To insert local extra space between paragraphs, LaTeX offers the commands \smallskip, \medskip, and \bigskip which will add space of \smallskipamount, \medskipamount, and \bigskipamount (see the example for the default value of those when using the article class). Alternatively, you may add custom extra space with \vspace{<extent of space>}, using either (La)TeX units like pt, ex, etc. or a multiple of, e.g., \baselineskip. (Note: \smallskip & friends internally use \vspace.)

\documentclass{article}

\newcommand*{\sometext}{Hello, here is some text without a meaning. This
    text should show, how a printed text will look like at this place.
    If you read this text, you will get no information.}

\begin{document}

\verb|\smallskipamount|: \the\smallskipamount

\verb|\medskipamount|: \the\medskipamount

\verb|\bigskipamount|: \the\bigskipamount

\sometext

\sometext

\medskip

\sometext

\vspace{1.5\baselineskip}

\sometext

\end{document}

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