Question

This is for creating flashcards in LaTeX. My printer doesn’t support duplex printing – which packages like flashcards and flacards seem to require – so I am trying to create a two-column arrangement as follows on each page:

[Col1: Front side of the card] [Col2: Back side of the card]

Each row would correspond to a single flashcard. The plan is to cut each row up, fold them along the middle and staple them to create a “card”.

The question: how best can I create a single box with a specified height and width, and with the text in it aligned vertically?

I am relatively new to Latex, so this cripples my options. I don’t need full, detailed answers necessarily – any pointers at all in the right direction would help immensely! Any suggestions on alternative methods to achieve what I’m shooting for would also be helpful.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

Suppose you want to create the box of 40pt height and 3cm width:

\vbox to 40pt {\vfil
\hbox to 3cm{Some info}%
\vfil
}