Line width in LaTeX
Did you ever wonder why there are several (La)TeX lengths for the width of the current line of our text? In different situations, such as writing within a table, a minipage, a list or common body text in one or more columns, these lengths can stand for different values.
There are several lengths worth considering:
- linewidth
- textwidth
- hsize
- columnwidth
On TeX.SX there’s advice on choosing the command: Difference between textwidth, linewidth and hsize.
