%%
%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
%%
%% Example A-2-7 on page II-654 in "Horizontal space".
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
%%
%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands

%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\par This is a\hspace{0.5in}0.5~in wide space.
\par This is a \hspace{0.5in}0.5~in wide space.
\par This is a \hspace{0.5in} 0.5~in wide space.
\end{document}