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What does it mean when latex says underfull on HBox?
One such common warning is the Overfull or Underfull /hbox message. These usually occur through no fault of the author, but because LaTeX doesn’t know how to hy-ph-enate certain words.
Is it possible to ignore an overfull hbox message?
Those warnings can usually be ignored as they don’t stop the document from compiling, and many of us who just want to cross the finishing line probably never investigate what was causing them. One such common warning is the Overfull or Underfull /hbox message.
Why does latex report an equation as too wide?
That’s the equation that latex reports as too wide. But using your “draft” and “showframe” tips, it seems that the problem might be caused by text following the equation. I added the surrounding text and was able to create an MWE:
Is there a badness value for an overfull box in latex?
After typesetting a LaTeX document Overleaf will often display messages which report an underfull or overfull \\hbox (or \\vbox ), along with so-called badness values for underfull boxes or amounts by which boxes are overfull. Firstly, it is important to note these messages are not errors— see below for more detail.
What’s the difference between an HBox and a VBOX?
An \\hbox refers to a horizontal box in which a TeX engine places a list of items side-by-side and \\vbox refers to a vertical box in which the TeX engine stacks items one on top of another. If there is too little material the TeX engine will report an Underfull \\hbox warning or Underfull \\vbox warning:
What does overfull hbox mean on TeX engine?
If there is too much material the TeX engine will report an `Overfull hbox` warning or an `Overfull vbox` warning: Overfull boxes have too much content to fit the (box) dimensions allocated to contain it and TeX cannot “squeeze it” into the space provided.