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Latex: Insert vertical space after includegraphics

I'm using the scrartcl documentclass and try to insert some vertical space after including an image.

Lorem ipsum...\\\\
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{image.png}

% Add vertical space here
Lorem ipsum...

Before the image I can just add like \\\\ to add some space (which I don't like as well...), but I can't add these after the image because there is no line to end.

Is there an option to add a margin before and after the image?

I know that I could use figures, but I like the simple way of just adding one simple line of \inludegraphics{blah}

Solution

  • You should try using \vspace. \\ just adds newlines while \vspace adds vertical skips. Alternatively you could use \smallskip, \medskip, or \bigskip.