TeX/hskip

Syntax
\hskip plus minus \vskip plus minus \mskip plus minus

Description
The commands \hskip and \vskip produce horizontal and vertical glue respectively, while \mskip produces horizontal glue in math mode. These commands skip over a distance of, which can be stretched by or shrunk by. Either the plus, the minus , or both can be omitted (the omitted values are taken to be zero). Any of, and is a TeX dimension and can be negative.

Should a line break occur immediately before or after one of these commands, then the intended distance/glue will not be inserted!

Example: the following command produces a horizontal glue of 3cm which can be stretched by 5mm:

\hskip 3cm plus 5mm

See also:

 * TeX dimensions
 * \mskip
 * \hfill
 * \hfil
 * \hss
 * \vss
 * \hfilneg

de:LaTeX-Wörterbuch: TeX Primitiven: \hfill