Centering and evenly distributing a multiple-line title using LaTex
Ray
I would like to center the title
{\Large {\textbf {\centerline {Mapping genes {\textit {his, thr, and
lac}} via their transfer onto the bacterial chromosome of {\textit {E.
coli}} cells through interrupted mating of Hfr and F- strains}}}}
using LaTex. However, the program typesets the title on one line only
and as a result, the title over-extends into the side margins. Is
there a way to have LaTex typeset the title with it distributed evenly
over multiple lines?
Thank you,
Ray L.
Scott Pakin
Do you mean something like this?
\begin{center}
\Large\bfseries
Mapping genes \textit{his, thr, and lac} via their transfer onto the
bacterial chromosome of \textit{E. coli} cells through interrupted
mating of Hfr and F- strains
\end{center}
-- Scott
P.S. Unlike \itshape (and the now-obsolete \it), \textit takes an
argument and therefore doesn't require an extra set of curly braces.
That is, use \textit{...} or {\itshape ...} for italics.
P.P.S. I'd write "\textit{his}, \textit{thr}, and \textit{lac}", as
only the gene names should be italicized, not the commas or
conjunction.
Dan Luecking
wrote:
\centerline creates (by its design) a single line.
You probably want:
\begin{center} \Large \bfseries
Mapping genes \textit {his, thr, and lac} via their
transfer onto the bacterial chromosome of \textit {E. coli}
cells through interrupted mating of Hfr and F- strains
\end{center}
The center environment produces a paragraph with centered
lines.
By the way, \textit takes an argument and italicizes it. It
is not necessary to wrap the result in braces: \textit{word}
need not be {\textit{word}}. On the other hand, my \bfseries
above is a switch, and needs grouping to contain it. That is
provided by the center environment.
Dan
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