[OS X TeX] This bugs me...

Michael Sharpe msharpe at ucsd.edu
Sat May 16 15:46:43 EDT 2015

> 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