\makebox (picture) (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 8.19.13 `\makebox` (picture)

Synopsis:

    \makebox(rec-width,rec-height){text}
    \makebox(rec-width,rec-height)[position]{text}

Make a box to hold text. This command fits with the `picture` environment, although you can use it outside of there, because rec-width and rec-height are numbers specifying distances in terms of the `\unitlength` (see picture). This command is similar to the normal `\makebox` command (see \mbox & \makebox) except here that you must specify the width and height. This command is fragile (see \protect).

This makes a box of length 3.5 times `\unitlength` and height 4 times `\unitlength`.

    \put(1,2){\makebox(3.5,4){...}}

The optional argument `position` specifies where in the box the text appears. The default is to center it, both horizontally and vertically. To place it somewhere else, use a string with one or two of these letters.

`t`

  Puts text the top of the box.

`b`

  Put text at the bottom.

`l`

  Put text on the left.

`r`

  Put text on the right.

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