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How to align baseline of ordinary text with the baseline in `tabular`?


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This code:



documentclass[12pt]{article}
begin{document}

noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
TEXT & TEXT \
TEXT & TEXT \
end{tabular}
end{minipage}

end{document}


produces two side-by-side minipages that start with a horizontal line. The left minipage contains ordinary text. The right minipage contains a table. The horizontal lines are at the same height. The baselines of the text are not:



enter image description here



I want that the baseline of the ordinary text (on the left) is the same as the baseline of the text in the first cell of the table (on the right). This would require either moving the text down, or moving the text in the table up.



What I tried:





  • renewcommandarraystretch{0} eliminates the top padding, but it also eliminates the bottom padding and changes the height of the cells


  • Setting arraystretch to 0 and then replacing table rows by



    TEXT & TEXT \[0.5ex]


    seems to eliminate the top padding and to do roughly what I want, but I would prefer to not contaminate every line of the table with non-DRY magic numbers.




What would be the proper way to align the baselines in the text (left) and the table (right)?










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    Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • @Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

    – Andrey Tyukin
    yesterday











  • The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

    – Zarko
    yesterday








  • 1





    BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

    – John Kormylo
    12 hours ago


















1















This code:



documentclass[12pt]{article}
begin{document}

noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
TEXT & TEXT \
TEXT & TEXT \
end{tabular}
end{minipage}

end{document}


produces two side-by-side minipages that start with a horizontal line. The left minipage contains ordinary text. The right minipage contains a table. The horizontal lines are at the same height. The baselines of the text are not:



enter image description here



I want that the baseline of the ordinary text (on the left) is the same as the baseline of the text in the first cell of the table (on the right). This would require either moving the text down, or moving the text in the table up.



What I tried:





  • renewcommandarraystretch{0} eliminates the top padding, but it also eliminates the bottom padding and changes the height of the cells


  • Setting arraystretch to 0 and then replacing table rows by



    TEXT & TEXT \[0.5ex]


    seems to eliminate the top padding and to do roughly what I want, but I would prefer to not contaminate every line of the table with non-DRY magic numbers.




What would be the proper way to align the baselines in the text (left) and the table (right)?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • @Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

    – Andrey Tyukin
    yesterday











  • The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

    – Zarko
    yesterday








  • 1





    BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

    – John Kormylo
    12 hours ago
















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This code:



documentclass[12pt]{article}
begin{document}

noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
TEXT & TEXT \
TEXT & TEXT \
end{tabular}
end{minipage}

end{document}


produces two side-by-side minipages that start with a horizontal line. The left minipage contains ordinary text. The right minipage contains a table. The horizontal lines are at the same height. The baselines of the text are not:



enter image description here



I want that the baseline of the ordinary text (on the left) is the same as the baseline of the text in the first cell of the table (on the right). This would require either moving the text down, or moving the text in the table up.



What I tried:





  • renewcommandarraystretch{0} eliminates the top padding, but it also eliminates the bottom padding and changes the height of the cells


  • Setting arraystretch to 0 and then replacing table rows by



    TEXT & TEXT \[0.5ex]


    seems to eliminate the top padding and to do roughly what I want, but I would prefer to not contaminate every line of the table with non-DRY magic numbers.




What would be the proper way to align the baselines in the text (left) and the table (right)?










share|improve this question
















This code:



documentclass[12pt]{article}
begin{document}

noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
TEXT & TEXT \
TEXT & TEXT \
end{tabular}
end{minipage}

end{document}


produces two side-by-side minipages that start with a horizontal line. The left minipage contains ordinary text. The right minipage contains a table. The horizontal lines are at the same height. The baselines of the text are not:



enter image description here



I want that the baseline of the ordinary text (on the left) is the same as the baseline of the text in the first cell of the table (on the right). This would require either moving the text down, or moving the text in the table up.



What I tried:





  • renewcommandarraystretch{0} eliminates the top padding, but it also eliminates the bottom padding and changes the height of the cells


  • Setting arraystretch to 0 and then replacing table rows by



    TEXT & TEXT \[0.5ex]


    seems to eliminate the top padding and to do roughly what I want, but I would prefer to not contaminate every line of the table with non-DRY magic numbers.




What would be the proper way to align the baselines in the text (left) and the table (right)?







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  • 1





    Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • @Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

    – Andrey Tyukin
    yesterday











  • The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

    – Zarko
    yesterday








  • 1





    BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

    – John Kormylo
    12 hours ago
















  • 1





    Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • @Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

    – Andrey Tyukin
    yesterday











  • The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

    – Bernard
    yesterday











  • the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

    – Zarko
    yesterday








  • 1





    BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

    – John Kormylo
    12 hours ago










1




1





Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

– Bernard
yesterday





Do you really want the rule touches the text on the left side?

– Bernard
yesterday













@Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

– Andrey Tyukin
yesterday





@Bernard The horizontal lines are merely supposed to show that the minipages are aligned properly. I the end of the day, I don't want to have any horizontal lines at all. All I want is to make the baselines of text on the left be the same as the baseline of the text on the right. The extra whitespace prevents this from happening. My assumption is that the whitespace marked with red arrows is some kind of table cell padding. I want to set it to zero, somehow.

– Andrey Tyukin
yesterday













The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

– Bernard
yesterday





The simplest solution would be to slightly lower the text on the left side: just add a strut before the text.

– Bernard
yesterday













the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

– Zarko
yesterday







the following mwe works perfectly: documentclass[12pt]{article} begin{document} begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} TEXT TEXT end{minipage}begin{minipage}[t]{0.22linewidth} begin{tabular}[t]{cc} TEXT & TEXT \ TEXT & TEXT \ end{tabular} end{minipage} end{document}. it seems that unknown option H in tabular environment cause (together with hrule) troubles ...

– Zarko
yesterday






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BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

– John Kormylo
12 hours ago







BTW, tabular is not a float, so no H option. The t/b/c option controls where the baseline is placed: top line, bottom line or center. Default is center.

– John Kormylo
12 hours ago












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Here is an explicitation of my comment: adding a strut in the first line of the left-hand side tex lowers this line exactly at the same level as the first row of the tabular:



documentclass[12pt]{article}
begin{document}

noindent
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
strut TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT

end{minipage}
begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
hrule
begin{tabular}[H]{rc}
TEXT & TEXT \
TEXT & TEXT \
end{tabular}
end{minipage}

end{document}


enter image description here






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    All you really need to do is to match the first line of the minipage with the first line of the tabular (and use arraystretch = 1).



    documentclass[12pt]{article}
    begin{document}

    %defarraystretch{1.5}
    hrule
    noindent
    begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
    TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT\
    TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
    end{minipage}
    begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
    TEXT & TEXT \
    TEXT & TEXT \
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    demo






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      Here is an explicitation of my comment: adding a strut in the first line of the left-hand side tex lowers this line exactly at the same level as the first row of the tabular:



      documentclass[12pt]{article}
      begin{document}

      noindent
      begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
      hrule
      strut TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT

      end{minipage}
      begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
      hrule
      begin{tabular}[H]{rc}
      TEXT & TEXT \
      TEXT & TEXT \
      end{tabular}
      end{minipage}

      end{document}


      enter image description here






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        Here is an explicitation of my comment: adding a strut in the first line of the left-hand side tex lowers this line exactly at the same level as the first row of the tabular:



        documentclass[12pt]{article}
        begin{document}

        noindent
        begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
        hrule
        strut TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT

        end{minipage}
        begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
        hrule
        begin{tabular}[H]{rc}
        TEXT & TEXT \
        TEXT & TEXT \
        end{tabular}
        end{minipage}

        end{document}


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























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          Here is an explicitation of my comment: adding a strut in the first line of the left-hand side tex lowers this line exactly at the same level as the first row of the tabular:



          documentclass[12pt]{article}
          begin{document}

          noindent
          begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
          hrule
          strut TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT

          end{minipage}
          begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
          hrule
          begin{tabular}[H]{rc}
          TEXT & TEXT \
          TEXT & TEXT \
          end{tabular}
          end{minipage}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          Here is an explicitation of my comment: adding a strut in the first line of the left-hand side tex lowers this line exactly at the same level as the first row of the tabular:



          documentclass[12pt]{article}
          begin{document}

          noindent
          begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
          hrule
          strut TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT

          end{minipage}
          begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
          hrule
          begin{tabular}[H]{rc}
          TEXT & TEXT \
          TEXT & TEXT \
          end{tabular}
          end{minipage}

          end{document}


          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer












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              All you really need to do is to match the first line of the minipage with the first line of the tabular (and use arraystretch = 1).



              documentclass[12pt]{article}
              begin{document}

              %defarraystretch{1.5}
              hrule
              noindent
              begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
              TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT\
              TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
              end{minipage}
              begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
              TEXT & TEXT \
              TEXT & TEXT \
              end{tabular}

              end{document}


              demo






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                All you really need to do is to match the first line of the minipage with the first line of the tabular (and use arraystretch = 1).



                documentclass[12pt]{article}
                begin{document}

                %defarraystretch{1.5}
                hrule
                noindent
                begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
                TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT\
                TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
                end{minipage}
                begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
                TEXT & TEXT \
                TEXT & TEXT \
                end{tabular}

                end{document}


                demo






                share|improve this answer


























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                  All you really need to do is to match the first line of the minipage with the first line of the tabular (and use arraystretch = 1).



                  documentclass[12pt]{article}
                  begin{document}

                  %defarraystretch{1.5}
                  hrule
                  noindent
                  begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
                  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT\
                  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
                  end{minipage}
                  begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
                  TEXT & TEXT \
                  TEXT & TEXT \
                  end{tabular}

                  end{document}


                  demo






                  share|improve this answer













                  All you really need to do is to match the first line of the minipage with the first line of the tabular (and use arraystretch = 1).



                  documentclass[12pt]{article}
                  begin{document}

                  %defarraystretch{1.5}
                  hrule
                  noindent
                  begin{minipage}[t]{0.5textwidth}
                  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT\
                  TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
                  end{minipage}
                  begin{tabular}[t]{rc}
                  TEXT & TEXT \
                  TEXT & TEXT \
                  end{tabular}

                  end{document}


                  demo







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