<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>On May 13, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Morten Høgholm wrote:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">\[<br>a \begin{gathered}[t]<br> xyz \\<br> \text{text underneath}<br> \end{gathered}<br> b<br>\]<br></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On May 14, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Josep Maria Font wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite">Same without amsmath:<br><br>\[<br>a<br>\begin{array}[t]{c}<br> xyz \\<br> \mbox{text underneath}<br>\end{array}<br>b<br>\]<br></blockquote><br></div></div></div>Thanks to both. Interestingly, the vertical spacing of the text underneath is different in the two methods. I can use \arraystretch to control it inside the array environment. Is there a similar command in gathered?<div><br></div><div>Themis</div><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>