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What does it mean when Tex says overfull box?
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.
What does underfull and overfull box warnings mean?
If there is too little material the TeX engine will report an Underfull \\hbox warning or Underfull \\vbox warning: Underfull boxes do not have sufficient material to fill the (box) dimensions allocated to contain it and the TeX engine needed to “stretch out” the content in its attempt to fill that space.
What makes the overfull box 3.2pt too high?
TeX is right: the overfull box (3.2pt too high) should be there: the embedded table you are trying to fit in the height of two outer table rows is just too high. What made it too high? First, you have used the \\bigstrut [t] in the embedded table.
What should I do if I get a message with an overfull box?
If the message indicates a problem with horizontal spacing (hbox), you may need to adjust the length of one or more lines by introducing hyphenation points, forcing line breaks, or rewording your text so that LaTeX can break the line a new way.
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.
Do you have to care about bad boxes in Tex?
Rather than TeX trying to meet un-achievable constraints and then complaining about failing to meet them, it is better to modify (relax) the constraints. But before doing that you should make sure that they really are un-achievable and it is not just user error preventing tex from finding a good layout.
What do you need to know about underfull and overfull boxes?
Underfull \\vbox (badness ) at line (s) 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.