tt
Enables typewriter-style (monospace) text formatting, commonly used for displaying code or fixed-width characters.
Overview
Represents a traditional way to achieve monospace formatting in LaTeX documents, though it is considered somewhat outdated by modern standards.
- Historically used for typesetting computer code, file paths, and URLs
- Creates fixed-width characters where each letter occupies the same horizontal space
- While functional, modern documents typically prefer \texttt{} or specialized packages like listings or verbatim
- Particularly useful when formatting text that needs to maintain exact spacing or alignment
Examples
Displaying computer code or terminal output in a monospace font.
The command returns: {\tt ERROR 404}Formatting a file path in technical documentation.
Save the file in {\tt C:\\Documents\\data.tex}Showing variable names in programming context.
Declare the variable as {\tt maxIterations = 100}