[OS X TeX] This bugs me...

[Michael Sharpe]

> On May 16, 2015, at 10:12 AM, Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> With an even number of bullets in a row, the last bullet is closer to its neighbor than the other bullets. When the number is odd they seem to be equidistant. Is there a simple way to create equidistant bullets regardless of how many there are?
> 
> Themis
> 
> \documentclass{article}   
> \begin{document}
> \[
> \begin{array}{ll}
> 1 & \bullet\\
> 2 & \bullet\bullet\\
> 3 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\\
> 4 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\\
> 5 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\\
> 6 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\\
> 7 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\\
> 8 & \bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet\bullet
> \end{array} 
> \]
> \end{document} 
> 
> <1.pdf>
> 

I believe the issue is that \bullet is defined to be of type mathbin, and spaces differently if it does not a following math element. (You see the same behavior with, e.g., \circ.) To fix, use {}\\ at the ends of lines rather than just \\.

Michael