diff --git a/mac/eval.cpp b/mac/eval.cpp
index 3c7763f..90db731 100644
--- a/mac/eval.cpp
+++ b/mac/eval.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void check_cpp_arguments(katom_list args, Locator loc)
 }
 
 
-katom_list Eval::eval(katom_iter begin, katom_iter end)
+std::string Eval::eval_command(katom_iter begin, katom_iter end)
 {
     (void)K::log(3, *begin, *(end - 1));
     //msg() << "in Eval::eval:\n" << ktype << kall << kindex << std::pair(begin, end) << "\n";
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ katom_list Eval::eval(katom_iter begin, katom_iter end)
         Eval_cpp E_cpp(m_machine, begin->m_loc);
         eval_result = E_cpp.eval(libpath, funcname);
     }
+    return eval_result;
+}
+
+katom_list Eval::eval(katom_iter begin, katom_iter end)
+{
+    std::string eval_result = eval_command(begin, end);
     katom_list result {};
     Machine M = m_machine;
     size_t before = M.m_katoms.size();
diff --git a/mac/eval.h b/mac/eval.h
index c762809..454881b 100644
--- a/mac/eval.h
+++ b/mac/eval.h
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ public:
     std::vector<Katom> eval(
         std::vector<Katom>::iterator begin, std::vector<Katom>::iterator end);
 
+    // Dispatch the @eval command (python/shell/haskell/cpp) and return its
+    // raw string result, without re-reading it as Klammertext.  Used by
+    // :after_apply phase functions, whose input and output are final target
+    // text -- re-katomizing it would misparse target characters (a "@" in
+    // justified txt output) as Klammertext syntax.
+    std::string eval_command(
+        std::vector<Katom>::iterator begin, std::vector<Katom>::iterator end);
+
     Machine m_machine;
     Locator m_loc;
 };
diff --git a/mac/eval_python.cpp b/mac/eval_python.cpp
index 980ccc8..0dcfea6 100644
--- a/mac/eval_python.cpp
+++ b/mac/eval_python.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ Eval_python::Eval_python(Machine& machine, Locator loc)
     m_globals = PyDict_New();
     m_locals = PyDict_New();
     PyDict_SetItemString(m_globals, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins());
+    // The machine's result text, so :after_apply phase functions can take it
+    // as an argument (the Python counterpart of a :cpp phase function reading
+    // machine.m_result). Set directly rather than through the state's
+    // python_code() because document text cannot be safely embedded in a
+    // quoted Python source string.
+    PyObject* result_text = PyUnicode_FromString(m_machine.m_result.c_str());
+    if (result_text) {
+        PyDict_SetItemString(m_globals, "K_result", result_text);
+        Py_DECREF(result_text);
+    }
     import_module("inspect", false);
     if (!m_machine.m_state.m_frames.empty()) {
         PyRun_String(m_machine.m_state.python_code().c_str(), Py_file_input, m_globals, m_locals);
diff --git a/mac/katom_list.cpp b/mac/katom_list.cpp
index 3e58efe..e204555 100644
--- a/mac/katom_list.cpp
+++ b/mac/katom_list.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "show.h"
 #include "character.h"
+#include "target.h"
 
 std::string to_string(std::vector<Katom>::const_iterator begin, std::vector<Katom>::const_iterator end, bool trim_result)
 {
@@ -299,7 +300,75 @@ void mark_literal_katoms(katom_list& katoms)
             //end->m_type = katom_t::replaced;
             mark_as_replaced(*(end - 1));
             //std::for_each(begin + 1, end, [](Katom& k) { k.m_type = katom_t::literal; });
-            std::for_each(begin + 1, end - 1, mark_as_literal);
+            // Hide Klammertext structural characters in the content as KTESC
+            // markers so the literal text survives re-katomization (the
+            // @document :text sub-Machine, the @eval result read-back).
+            // Resolved back to the characters at final processing.  Literal
+            // KLAMMER content (@code) is NOT treated this way -- it is marked
+            // by mark_literal_klammer_content() and reaches the @eval code raw.
+            std::for_each(begin + 1, end - 1, [](Katom& k) {
+                mark_as_literal(k);
+                k.m_text = hide_structural_characters(k.m_text);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void hide_special_katoms(katom_list& katoms)
+{
+    // Replace the text of ^-quoted special-character katoms (^@, ^|, ^#, ^^,
+    // ^:, ^*) with KTESC markers.  The katomizer strips the "^" when the
+    // katom is constructed, so without this the bare character leaks into
+    // assembled strings (state values, @eval results) and is re-interpreted
+    // as Klammertext syntax when those strings are re-katomized -- by
+    // @document's :text sub-Machine or the @eval result read-back in
+    // Eval::eval.  Markers are inert text at every level and are resolved to
+    // the characters at final processing (Target::resolve_escapes).
+    //
+    // Skipped inside:
+    //   * @@...@@ and @@@...@@@ definition spans -- parameter declarations,
+    //     descriptions, and argtype patterns are extracted as plain strings
+    //     (kdesc display, validation regexes); a klammer BODY is re-processed
+    //     through process_katoms() at application time, outside any
+    //     definition span, so its quoted specials are hidden then.
+    //   * @eval/@read/@cond argument spans -- code, filenames, and
+    //     predicates consumed by the primitive, not target text (the same
+    //     rule as the general-body escape pass in Machine::apply_klammer).
+    (void)K::log(4);
+    int definition_depth = 0;
+    int code_depth = 0;              // inside an @eval/@read/@cond span
+    std::vector<bool> apply_is_code; // one entry per open application
+    for (auto& k : katoms) {
+        switch (k.m_type) {
+        case katom_t::define_begin:
+        case katom_t::machine_begin:
+            ++definition_depth;
+            continue;
+        case katom_t::define_end:
+        case katom_t::machine_end:
+            if (definition_depth > 0) --definition_depth;
+            continue;
+        case katom_t::eval_begin:
+        case katom_t::read_begin:
+        case katom_t::cond_begin:
+            apply_is_code.push_back(true);
+            ++code_depth;
+            continue;
+        case katom_t::apply_begin:
+            apply_is_code.push_back(false);
+            continue;
+        case katom_t::apply_end:
+            if (!apply_is_code.empty()) {
+                if (apply_is_code.back()) --code_depth;
+                apply_is_code.pop_back();
+            }
+            continue;
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
+        if (k.m_type == katom_t::special &&
+            definition_depth == 0 && code_depth == 0) {
+            k.m_text = hide_structural_characters(k.m_text);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mac/katom_list.h b/mac/katom_list.h
index b8fd296..06b5d47 100644
--- a/mac/katom_list.h
+++ b/mac/katom_list.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ find_span_katoms(
 
 void encode_nonascii_characters(std::vector<Katom>& katoms);
 void mark_literal_katoms(std::vector<Katom>& katoms);
+void hide_special_katoms(std::vector<Katom>& katoms);
 void mark_ignored_katoms(std::vector<Katom>& katoms);
 
 void process_klammer_katoms(std::vector<Katom>& katoms);
diff --git a/mac/machine.cpp b/mac/machine.cpp
index f6d7039..b481aec 100644
--- a/mac/machine.cpp
+++ b/mac/machine.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ void Machine::process_katoms(
 {
     mark_literal_klammer_content(katoms);
     if (literal) mark_literal_katoms(katoms);
+    hide_special_katoms(katoms);
     if (nonascii) encode_nonascii_characters(katoms);
     if (ignore) mark_ignored_katoms(katoms);
     if (whitespace) process_whitespace_modifiers(katoms);
@@ -516,13 +517,22 @@ std::string Machine::run_phase_functions()
     Target target = m_targets.get(m_state.value("K_target"), Locator());
     if (!target.m_after_apply.empty()) {
         (void)K::log(2, target);
-        Eval E(*this, Locator());
         for (auto f : target.m_after_apply) {
+            // A mode-tagged spec (":cpp ...") names a function that receives
+            // the Machine itself; a bare Python function is called with the
+            // result text. The Eval is constructed per phase so a chained
+            // phase sees its predecessor's result in K_result.
+            Eval E(*this, Locator());
+            if (!f.empty() && f[0] != ':') {
+                f += "(K_result)";
+            }
             f = "@eval " + f + " @";
             auto katoms = katomize(line_split(f), "phase");
-            katom_list eval_katoms = E.eval(katoms.begin(), katoms.end() - 2);
-            // msg() << "eval_katoms: " << eval_katoms << "\n";
-            m_result = to_string(eval_katoms.begin(), eval_katoms.end());
+            // A phase function's input and output are final target text, not
+            // Klammertext: take the raw result string.  Re-reading it as
+            // Klammertext (Eval::eval) would misparse target characters --
+            // e.g. a "@" from a quoted ^@ in justified txt output.
+            m_result = E.eval_command(katoms.begin(), katoms.end() - 2);
         }
     }
     return m_result;
diff --git a/mac/target.cpp b/mac/target.cpp
index ca244f7..ea70a49 100644
--- a/mac/target.cpp
+++ b/mac/target.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
+
 #include "target.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "show.h"
@@ -85,20 +88,60 @@ std::string Target::escape_text(std::string text) const
 std::string Target::unescape_text(std::string text) const
 {
     // Restore KTESC markers to original characters (for programmatic use)
-    for (const auto& [ch, repl] : m_escapes) {
-        text = string_replace(text, escape_marker(ch), ch);
-    }
-    return text;
+    return ktesc_resolve(text);
 }
 
 std::string Target::resolve_escapes(std::string text) const
 {
+    // Target-declared escapes first (marker -> declared replacement), then
+    // the generic decode for the remaining markers (marker -> the character
+    // itself: quoted Klammertext specials and literal-span content).
     for (const auto& [ch, repl] : m_escapes) {
         text = string_replace(text, escape_marker(ch), repl);
     }
+    return ktesc_resolve(text);
+}
+
+std::string ktesc_resolve(std::string text)
+{
+    // Hand-rolled scan: no std::regex here, this runs over document-sized
+    // strings.
+    static const std::string tag = "KTESC";
+    size_t pos = 0;
+    while ((pos = text.find(tag, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+        size_t start = pos + tag.size();
+        size_t close = text.find(tag, start);
+        if (close == std::string::npos) break;
+        size_t len = close - start;
+        bool is_hex = len > 0 && len % 4 == 0 &&
+            std::all_of(text.begin() + start, text.begin() + close,
+                        [](unsigned char c) { return std::isxdigit(c) != 0; });
+        if (!is_hex) {
+            // Not a marker body; the closing tag may open a real marker.
+            pos = start;
+            continue;
+        }
+        std::string chars {};
+        for (size_t i = start; i < close; i += 4)
+            chars += (char)std::stoi(text.substr(i, 4), nullptr, 16);
+        text.replace(pos, close + tag.size() - pos, chars);
+        pos += chars.size();
+    }
     return text;
 }
 
+std::string hide_structural_characters(const std::string& s)
+{
+    std::string result {};
+    for (char c : s) {
+        if (c == '@' || c == '|' || c == '#' || c == '^' || c == ':' || c == '*')
+            result += Target::escape_marker(std::string(1, c));
+        else
+            result += c;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 void Target::add_after_apply(std::string function_specs)
 {
     for (auto f : regex_split(function_specs, std::regex(R"(\s+;\s+)"), true)) {
diff --git a/mac/target.h b/mac/target.h
index c7a36e4..3d1e4fe 100644
--- a/mac/target.h
+++ b/mac/target.h
@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@ public:
 
 std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>
 parse_transforms(std::string transform_string);
+
+// Decode every KTESC<hex>KTESC marker in text back to its original
+// characters.  Used for the final output (after target-declared escapes have
+// been resolved to their replacements) and for programmatic use of argument
+// values.  The Python counterpart is unescape_ktesc() in klammer_base.py.
+std::string ktesc_resolve(std::string text);
+
+// Replace each Klammertext structural character (@ | # ^ : *) in s with its
+// KTESC marker, so text that has already been interpreted once (quoted
+// specials, ^'...'^ literal content) survives re-katomization by
+// sub-Machines and the @eval result read-back.  Resolved by ktesc_resolve()
+// at final processing.
+std::string hide_structural_characters(const std::string& s);
diff --git a/sks/block/block.k b/sks/block/block.k
index f5fb399..219b3d1 100644
--- a/sks/block/block.k
+++ b/sks/block/block.k
@@ -86,8 +86,23 @@ ANDY: QUOTE: *s*
 @@extendpage.tex :: \enlargethispage{*linecount*\baselineskip} @@
 @@extendpage.txt :: @@
 
-@@vspace.k length : Vertical space @@
-@@vspace.tex :: \vspace*{*length*} @@
+@@vspace.k lines.float : Vertical space, in multiples of the current line height @@
+@@vspace.tex :: \vspace{*lines*\baselineskip} @@
+@@vspace.html :: <div style="height: *lines*lh"></div> @@
+@@vspace.txt :: @eval "__VSPACE__" * round(*lines*) @ @@
+
+@@vfill.k :
+Fill the vertical space so that any following text is flush with the bottom
+of the page (in HTML, the bottom of the window; once the content is taller
+than the window the space collapses, as on a full LaTeX page).  Several
+vfills divide the space equally, like LaTeX's \vfill glue.  In plain text,
+only makes some vertical space. @@
+@@vfill.tex :: \vfill @@
+# An empty glue div; block.css gives it flex-grow 1 and makes the text
+# column a flex column only in documents that use it (the :has() rule).
+@@vfill.html :: <div class="vfill"></div> @@
+@@vfill.txt :: @vspace 3 @ @@
+
 
 @@qa.k question | answer : Question and answer formatting @@
 @@qa ::
diff --git a/sks/block/css/block.css b/sks/block/css/block.css
index 857deea..f593b4c 100644
--- a/sks/block/css/block.css
+++ b/sks/block/css/block.css
@@ -24,3 +24,28 @@ p {
 .indent {
     margin-left: 2rem;
 }
+
+/* @vfill: LaTeX's \vfill glue as flex-grow.  The :has() rule turns the
+   text column into a flex column ONLY in documents that use @vfill (flex
+   containers do not collapse vertical margins, so paragraph spacing
+   shifts slightly there); several vfills share the free space equally,
+   like \vfill.  The min-height ties the fill to the window: with a title
+   or status bar the column overshoots by their height (a small scroll);
+   content taller than the window collapses the glue, as on a full LaTeX
+   page.  Fills the window, not a browser-printed page. */
+#text:has(.vfill) {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    min-height: calc(100vh - 1lh);
+}
+
+/* One line of whitespace below the filled content, so the last block
+   does not touch the bottom of the window.  A margin on the last flex
+   item, not #text padding: #middle's overflow clips the padding. */
+#text:has(.vfill) > :last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 1lh;
+}
+
+.vfill {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+}
diff --git a/sks/document/document.cpp b/sks/document/document.cpp
index 38bb22c..4eb92c3 100644
--- a/sks/document/document.cpp
+++ b/sks/document/document.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,46 @@ std::string document(Machine& machine)
     }
 }
 
+// Print a console warning for each KT-WIDE-TABLE marker a table's runtime
+// width check (tex_width_check() in table.py) left in the xelatex log,
+// followed by a short :column_width primer.  Plain line scanning -- no
+// std::regex over the (arbitrarily large) log text.
+static void warn_wide_tables(const std::string& xelatex_log)
+{
+    bool any = false;
+    std::istringstream lines(xelatex_log);
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(lines, line)) {
+        auto pos = line.find("KT-WIDE-TABLE ");
+        if (pos == std::string::npos) continue;
+        if (!any) {
+            std::cerr << yellow
+                      << "Warning: a table is wider than the text column "
+                      << "and extends past the right margin:\n";
+            any = true;
+        }
+        std::string detail = line.substr(pos + 14);
+        // The log's newline encoding can leave a trailing backslash.
+        while (!detail.empty() &&
+               (detail.back() == '\\' || detail.back() == ' '))
+            detail.pop_back();
+        std::cerr << "  " << detail << "\n";
+    }
+    if (any) {
+        std::cerr <<
+            "  The :column_width values and how they interact:\n"
+            "    fit    the column's widest entry, never wrapped\n"
+            "    fill   the width left over after the other columns, but\n"
+            "           no more than the widest entry; wraps when needed\n"
+            "    0.0-1.0  that fraction of the text column width\n"
+            "    *      the width left over, unconditionally (the table\n"
+            "           always spans the full text column)\n"
+            "  A long-text column set to \"fit\" never wraps and pushes\n"
+            "  the table off the page; give it \"fill\" instead.\n"
+                  << black;
+    }
+}
+
 extern "C"
 std::string tex_to_pdf(Machine& machine)
 {
@@ -67,6 +107,7 @@ std::string tex_to_pdf(Machine& machine)
                 throw Definition_error(ss.str(), Locator(), false);
             }
         }
+        warn_wide_tables(xelatex_log);
         /*
         if (std::stoi(machine.m_state.value("K_verbose_level")) < 2) {
             for (auto ext : word_split("tex out aux log toc")) {
diff --git a/sks/font/font.k b/sks/font/font.k
index a76c416..e805813 100644
--- a/sks/font/font.k
+++ b/sks/font/font.k
@@ -148,3 +148,8 @@ EB Garamond
 @@rightarrow.k : Right-pointing arrow: @rightarrow@ @@
 @@rightarrow.html :: &^#8594; @@
 @@rightarrow.tex :: $\rightarrow$ @@
+
+@@dot.k : Vertically entered dot @@
+@@dot.tex :: $\cdot$ @@
+@@dot.html :: ^00B7^ @@
+@@dot.txt :: ^00B7^ @@
diff --git a/sks/image/image.k b/sks/image/image.k
index 6d3c92c..da9a843 100644
--- a/sks/image/image.k
+++ b/sks/image/image.k
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 # @@image.html basename | width | height : @eval import image ; result = image.image(K) eval@ @@
 
 @@@argtype image_hpos |
-  horizontal position of an image
-  :pattern left^|center^|right^|none
+  horizontal position of an image: the element positions (center, left,
+  right, or a length used as the left margin), or none for an inline image
+  with no positioning container
+  :pattern 'element_hpos'^|none
   :default center
 @@@
 
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@
   :width.length .5w
   @caption_arguments@
   :vmargin.bool true
-  :center.bool true
   :hpos.image_hpos
   :rel
   :abswidth.number 0.0
diff --git a/sks/kutil/kutil.k b/sks/kutil/kutil.k
index d033576..aabe8f5 100644
--- a/sks/kutil/kutil.k
+++ b/sks/kutil/kutil.k
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@
   #:python_cast (lambda s : [__import__("kutil").parse_length("tex", e) for e in s.split()])
 @@@
 
+@@@argtype element_hpos |
+  the horizontal position of a block element (a table or an image) within
+  the text column: center, left, right, or a length, which places the
+  element's left edge that far from the left margin (e.g. ^:hpos 4em, ^:hpos
+  .25w).  When the element is as wide as the text column, the positions are
+  indistinguishable.
+  :pattern center^|left^|right^|'length'
+  :default center
+@@@
+
 @@@argtype figure_id |
 an identifier for a figure.
 
diff --git a/sks/link/link.py b/sks/link/link.py
index 32e1486..cf5a688 100755
--- a/sks/link/link.py
+++ b/sks/link/link.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Email(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         if self.body:
             href += val("body", self.body)
         href = href[:-1]
-        result = '<a href="{}">{}</a>'.format(href, address)
+        result = '<a href="{}" class="monospace">{}</a>'.format(href, address)
         return result
 
     def tex(self):
diff --git a/sks/table/css/table.css b/sks/table/css/table.css
index e2d3e3e..5902bc6 100644
--- a/sks/table/css/table.css
+++ b/sks/table/css/table.css
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ td {
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
-/*
-td:first-child {
+/* Edge cells of a table with no outer vertical line (classes emitted by
+   table.py): the outer padding is dropped so the cell text aligns with
+   the text margin.  With an outer line the padding stays -- text against
+   a border looks worse than text inset from a margin.  The tex
+   counterpart is @{} in the column spec. */
+.Fl {
     padding-left: 0;
 }
-*/
+
+.Fr {
+    padding-right: 0;
+}
 .line_top {
     border-top: 1px black solid;
 }
@@ -75,6 +82,21 @@ td:first-child {
     text-align: right;
 }
 
+/* A cell of a 'fit' column mixed with sized columns: nowrap floors the
+   column at its widest entry (the tex \widthof semantics).  In a
+   full-width table (fractions/'*') the Wpct 1% width is added -- the
+   classic shrink idiom, so the column survives surplus distribution and
+   the extra window width flows to the sized columns.  In a content-sized
+   'fill' table Wpct must NOT be used: a percentage cell blows an
+   auto-width table up to full width. */
+.Wfit {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.Wpct {
+    width: 1%;
+}
+
 .cell_arrow {
     padding: 1rem;
     font-size: 1.5rem;
diff --git a/sks/table/sty/table.sty b/sks/table/sty/table.sty
index 9a0d4e6..04b801e 100644
--- a/sks/table/sty/table.sty
+++ b/sks/table/sty/table.sty
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@
 
 \newsavebox{\tablebox}
 \newlength{\tableboxwidth}
+
+% Computed widths of :column_width 'fill' columns (up to four per table):
+% min(share of the remaining width, widest entry), set per table in the
+% generated LaTeX via calc's \minof/\ratio.
+\newlength{\klfilla}
+\newlength{\klfillb}
+\newlength{\klfillc}
+\newlength{\klfilld}
diff --git a/sks/table/table.k b/sks/table/table.k
index 30f28ac..c58f209 100644
--- a/sks/table/table.k
+++ b/sks/table/table.k
@@ -30,11 +30,16 @@
 
 @@@argtype column_width |
   width of the table columns.  Each column is one of 'fit' (widest line of the
-  cells in that column), a fraction 0.0->1.0 (that fraction of the total table
-  width), or '*' (use the remaining width of the table; there can only be one
-  column with '*'). If there are fewer positions than columns in the table, the
-  last value is repeated.  Extra positions generate a warning.
-  :pattern (fit^|f^|0?\.\d+^|\*^|\s+)+
+  cells in that column), 'fill' (the remaining width of the table after the
+  other columns, but no more than the column's widest line -- the table stops
+  growing once nothing needs a line break), a fraction 0.0->1.0 (that
+  fraction of the total table width), or '*' (the remaining width,
+  unconditionally -- the table always spans the full width).  Several 'fill'
+  columns divide the remaining width in proportion to their widest lines;
+  'fill' cannot be combined with a fraction or '*'.  If there are fewer
+  positions than columns in the table, the last value is repeated.  Extra
+  positions generate a warning.
+  :pattern (fill^|fit^|f^|0?\.\d+^|\*^|\s+)+
   :python_cast (lambda s : s.split())
   :default fit
 @@@
@@ -154,15 +159,15 @@
   :default period
 @@@
 
-@@@argtype table_hpos |
-  cell position overrides, as one or more  <cells> <position>  pairs
+@@@argtype table_justify |
+  cell justification overrides, as one or more  <cells> <position>  pairs
   separated by semicolons (the same list style as ^:calc).  <cells> is an
   indexed_range selecting cells; <position> is l, c, or r and overrides
-  the column position given by ^:cell_hpos for those cells.  A colspan
-  anchor's override positions the whole merged cell.  For example,
+  the column justification given by ^:cell_hpos for those cells.  A colspan
+  anchor's override justifies the whole merged cell.  For example,
   "-3--1(3) r" right-justifies the cells in column 3 of the last three
   rows.
-  # Coarse check ("<cells> <position>" pairs); hpos_overrides() in
+  # Coarse check ("<cells> <position>" pairs); justify_overrides() in
   # table.py validates the range and position.
   :pattern \s*([^^\s;]+\s+[lcr]\s*(;\s*^|\s*$))+
 @@@
@@ -188,8 +193,7 @@
 @@table rows.rest(2)
   :id
   @caption_arguments@
-  :center.bool true
-  :indent.length 1em
+  :hpos.element_hpos
   :header.bool true
   :allow_break.bool false
   :column_width.column_width
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@
   :vline.table_vline
   :grid.bool false
   :cell_hpos.cell_hpos
-  :hpos.table_hpos
+  :justify.table_justify
   :header_font.font i
   :font.font_list
   :colspan.table_span
diff --git a/sks/table/table.py b/sks/table/table.py
index fe6007a..5840bb7 100644
--- a/sks/table/table.py
+++ b/sks/table/table.py
@@ -85,7 +85,38 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         self.cell_hpos = extend(parse_hpos(self.K_target, self.cell_hpos), self.row_size)
         #self.cell_hpos = self.cell_hpos.split(";")
         self.font = extend(self.font, self.row_size)
-        self.hpos_map = self.hpos_overrides() if self.hpos else {}
+        # In html, a 'fit' column mixed with sized columns must be clamped
+        # to its widest entry (tex's \widthof semantics) or it absorbs the
+        # window width: its cells get nowrap (class Wfit; see table.css).
+        # In a full-width table (fractions/'*') they also need the classic
+        # 1%-shrink width (class Wpct) to survive surplus distribution; in
+        # a 'fill' table the table is content-sized (max-width) and a
+        # percentage would blow it up to full width, so nowrap alone.
+        # All-'fit' tables shrink to content anyway and keep wrapping.
+        widths = extend(self.column_width, self.row_size)
+        self.fill_columns = [i for i, w in enumerate(widths) if w == "fill"]
+        if self.fill_columns:
+            if any(w not in ("fit", "f", "fill") for w in widths):
+                raise Exception(
+                    ':column_width: "fill" cannot be combined with a '
+                    'fraction or "*" -- fill computes the remaining width '
+                    'itself')
+            if len(self.fill_columns) > 4:
+                raise Exception(
+                    ':column_width: at most four "fill" columns are '
+                    'supported')
+        mixed = not all(w in ("fit", "f") for w in widths)
+        self.fit_columns = {i for i, w in enumerate(widths)
+                            if mixed and w in ("fit", "f")}
+        self.fit_class = "Wfit" if self.fill_columns else "Wfit Wpct"
+        # A table edge with no outer vertical line drops its outer cell
+        # padding (html Fl/Fr classes, tex @{}) so the edge cells' text
+        # aligns with the text margin; with an outer line the padding
+        # stays -- text against a border looks worse than text inset
+        # from a margin.
+        self.flush_l = 0 not in self.s_vline.by_index
+        self.flush_r = self.row_size not in self.s_vline.by_index
+        self.justify_map = self.justify_overrides() if self.justify else {}
         self.make_cells(self.rows)
 
     # Calculated cell values (:calc).  A calculation is
@@ -438,10 +469,10 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
     # colspan anchor's override positions the whole merged cell; in the tex
     # target an ordinary overridden cell is wrapped in \multicolumn{1}.
 
-    def hpos_overrides(self):
+    def justify_overrides(self):
         result = {}
-        for stmt in [s.strip() for s in self.hpos.split(";") if s.strip()]:
-            ctx = f'In :hpos "{stmt}"'
+        for stmt in [s.strip() for s in self.justify.split(";") if s.strip()]:
+            ctx = f'In :justify "{stmt}"'
             parts = stmt.split()
             if len(parts) != 2 or parts[1] not in ("l", "c", "r"):
                 self.selector_error(
@@ -476,7 +507,7 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
                 # boundary at the END of the merged region.
                 right_i = cell_i + max(cspan, 1)
                 bottom_i = row_i + max(rspan, 1)
-                hpos = self.hpos_map.get((row_i, cell_i), self.cell_hpos[cell_i])
+                hpos = self.justify_map.get((row_i, cell_i), self.cell_hpos[cell_i])
                 row_cells.append(
                     table_cell.Cell(
                         cell,
@@ -489,13 +520,54 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
                         self.s_vline.by_index.get(right_i),
                         rspan, cspan,
                         first_column=(cell_i == 0),
-                        hpos_forced=(row_i, cell_i) in self.hpos_map))
+                        hpos_forced=(row_i, cell_i) in self.justify_map,
+                        fit_class=(self.fit_class
+                                   if cell_i in self.fit_columns else ""),
+                        flush_left=(self.flush_l and cell_i == 0),
+                        flush_right=(self.flush_r and
+                                     cell_i + max(cspan, 1) == self.row_size)))
             cells.append(row_cells)
         self.cells = cells
         self.column_width_text()
                 
     # HTML
 
+    def html_colgroup(self):
+        # The CSS counterpart of tex_hpos()'s width resolution: 'fit' is the
+        # widest entry of the column and no larger (tex's \widthof — the
+        # cells' Wfit class clamps it there), a
+        # fraction is of the text column, and '*' shares the width the sized
+        # columns leave over.  All-'fit' (the default) needs no markup at
+        # all.  With no 'fit' column the fixed layout makes the fractions
+        # exact (long content wraps, as LaTeX's p{} columns do); a 'fit'
+        # column forces the auto layout, where the fraction widths are
+        # honored approximately.
+        widths = extend(self.column_width, self.row_size)
+        if all(w in ("fit", "f") for w in widths):
+            return "", "", None
+        fractions = sum(float(w) for w in widths if w not in ("fit", "f", "*"))
+        if any(w in ("fit", "f", "*") for w in widths):
+            table_width = "100%"
+        else:
+            table_width = f"{min(fractions, 1) * 100:g}%"
+        cols = ""
+        for w in widths:
+            if w in ("fit", "f"):
+                # Clamped to the widest entry by the cells' Wfit class
+                # (width 1% + nowrap; see table.css) -- a px width on the
+                # <col> does NOT survive surplus distribution when no '*'
+                # column exists (seen in both Firefox and Chrome).
+                cols += E("col").str()
+            elif w == "*":
+                cols += E("col").str()
+            else:
+                share = float(w) if table_width == "100%" else float(w) / fractions
+                cols += E("col").attr("style", f"width: {share * 100:g}%").str()
+        layout = "" if any(w in ("fit", "f") for w in widths) else "table-layout: fixed; "
+        # No blank line before </colgroup>: @document's insert_missing_ids
+        # would wrap it as a stray <p> inside the table.
+        return E("colgroup").body(cols.strip(), newline=False).str(), layout, table_width
+
     def html(self):
         result = ""
         for row_i, row in enumerate(self.cells):
@@ -505,21 +577,86 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
                     continue
                 row_html += cell.html().strip() + "\n"
             result += E("tr").body(row_html).str()
-        result = E("table").body(result)
+        if self.fill_columns:
+            # 'fill': the table sizes itself -- the browser's auto layout
+            # computes min(available, widest entries) natively, so the fill
+            # column grows only until nothing needs a line break.  Several
+            # fill columns share in proportion to their content (the auto
+            # algorithm), matching the tex \ratio division.  The max-width
+            # cap goes on the caption wrapper when there is one (the table's
+            # own percentage would be circular in a shrink-to-fit wrapper).
+            result = E("table").body(result)
+            if self.number or self.caption:
+                result = html_util.add_caption(
+                    result, "Table", self.number, self.caption,
+                    self.caption_font, hpos=self.hpos,
+                    side=self.caption_side,
+                    font_size=self.caption_font_size, max_width="100%")
+            else:
+                result.attr("style", "max-width: 100%")
+                result = html_util.hpos_container(result, self.hpos).str()
+            return result
+        colgroup, layout, table_width = self.html_colgroup()
+        result = E("table").body(colgroup + result)
         if self.number or self.caption:
+            # The caption wrapper carries the width (a percentage on the
+            # shrink-to-fit wrapper itself would be circular) and the table
+            # fills it -- which also makes the caption track the table.
+            if table_width:
+                result.attr("style", f"{layout}width: 100%")
             result = html_util.add_caption(
                 result, "Table", self.number, self.caption, self.caption_font,
-                side=self.caption_side, font_size=self.caption_font_size)
+                hpos=self.hpos, side=self.caption_side,
+                font_size=self.caption_font_size, width=table_width)
         else:
-            result = result.str()
+            # An uncaptioned table still gets the position container, so
+            # html and tex agree on where the table sits.
+            if table_width:
+                result.attr("style", f"{layout}width: {table_width}")
+            result = html_util.hpos_container(result, self.hpos).str()
         return result
 
     # LaTeX
 
+    # The length registers holding computed 'fill' column widths, declared
+    # in table.sty; one per fill column, in column order.
+    fill_registers = ["\\klfilla", "\\klfillb", "\\klfillc", "\\klfilld"]
+
+    def tex_fill_widths(self):
+        # Set each 'fill' column's register to min(its share of the
+        # remaining width, its widest entry) -- the same rule the html auto
+        # layout applies.  The shares divide the remaining width in
+        # proportion to the columns' widest entries (calc's \ratio): either
+        # the space covers them all and every column caps at its widest
+        # entry, or no column caps and all the space is used -- no stranded
+        # whitespace, and no iterative redistribution.
+        if not self.fill_columns:
+            return ""
+        widths = extend(self.column_width, self.row_size)
+        fit = [f"\\widthof{{{self.column_widths[i]}}}"
+               for i, w in enumerate(widths) if w in ("fit", "f")]
+        remaining = "\\tablewidth" + "".join(f" - {e}" for e in fit)
+        widest = {i: f"\\widthof{{{self.column_widths[i]}}}"
+                  for i in self.fill_columns}
+        total = " + ".join(widest[i] for i in self.fill_columns)
+        result = ""
+        for k, i in enumerate(self.fill_columns):
+            reg = Table.fill_registers[k]
+            if len(self.fill_columns) == 1:
+                result += (f"\\setlength{{{reg}}}"
+                           f"{{\\minof{{{remaining}}}{{{widest[i]}}}}}\n")
+            else:
+                result += (f"\\setlength{{{reg}}}{{({remaining})"
+                           f"*\\ratio{{{widest[i]}}}{{{total}}}}}\n")
+                result += (f"\\setlength{{{reg}}}"
+                           f"{{\\minof{{{reg}}}{{{widest[i]}}}}}\n")
+        return result
+
     def tex_hpos(self):
         # One column specification per column: the width comes from
-        # :column_width ('fit', a fraction of \tablewidth, or '*' for the
-        # remaining width), the justification from :cell_hpos.
+        # :column_width ('fit', 'fill' via its precomputed register, a
+        # fraction of \tablewidth, or '*' for the remaining width), the
+        # justification from :cell_hpos.
         def par_format(s, justification):
             command = {"l" : "raggedright",
                        "c" : "centering",
@@ -527,9 +664,13 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
             return f">{{\\{command}}}p{{{s}}}"
 
         widths = []
+        fill_ordinal = 0
         for i, w in enumerate(extend(self.column_width, self.row_size)):
             if w in ("fit", "f"):
                 widths.append(f"\\widthof{{{self.column_widths[i]}}}")
+            elif w == "fill":
+                widths.append(Table.fill_registers[fill_ordinal])
+                fill_ordinal += 1
             elif w == "*":
                 widths.append(None)
             else:
@@ -548,6 +689,12 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         parts = [""] * (self.row_size * 2 + 1)
         for i in self.s_vline.by_index:
             parts[i * 2] = "|"
+        # A lineless table edge drops its outer \tabcolsep (matched by the
+        # \tablewidth arithmetic in tex()).
+        if self.flush_l:
+            parts[0] = "@{}"
+        if self.flush_r:
+            parts[-1] = "@{}"
         for i, hpos in enumerate(self.tex_hpos()):
             parts[i * 2 + 1] = hpos
         # print("tex_column_spec:", "".join(parts))
@@ -615,9 +762,45 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         result += "}} \\\\ \\endlastfoot\n"
         return result
 
+    def tex_position(self):
+        # Position a PAGE-BREAKING table with longtable's own glue (it
+        # cannot be boxed).  A boxed table (allow_break false) is positioned
+        # by its :hpos wrapper instead; its glue is left neutral (\fill on
+        # both sides collapses in the exactly-fitting box), because a fixed
+        # length would overflow the box.  A length is the left margin.
+        if not self.allow_break:
+            left, right = "\\fill", "\\fill"
+        elif self.hpos == "center":
+            left, right = "\\fill", "\\fill"
+        elif self.hpos == "left":
+            left, right = "0pt", "\\fill"
+        elif self.hpos == "right":
+            left, right = "\\fill", "0pt"
+        else:
+            length, _, _ = kutil.parse_length("tex", self.hpos, 1)
+            left, right = length, "\\fill"
+        return (f"\\setlength{{\\LTleft}}{{{left}}}\n"
+                f"\\setlength{{\\LTright}}{{{right}}}\n")
+
+    def tex_width_check(self, name):
+        # Emit a marker into the xelatex log when the measured table is
+        # wider than the text column (2pt tolerance for exactly-full-width
+        # tables).  tex_to_pdf() in document.cpp scans the log for the
+        # marker and prints the console warning with the :column_width
+        # primer -- the widths are only known at LaTeX run time, and prose
+        # kept out of TeX avoids the log's 79-column line wrapping.
+        return ("\\ifdim\\tableboxwidth>\\dimexpr\\textwidth+2pt\\relax\n"
+                f"\\message{{^^JKT-WIDE-TABLE {name} overfull by "
+                "\\the\\dimexpr\\tableboxwidth-\\textwidth\\relax^^J}\n"
+                "\\fi\n")
+
     def tex(self):
-        result = self.get_width()
-        result += f"\\renewcommand*{{\\arraystretch}}{{{self.leading}}}\n"
+        name = f"Reference-Table-{Table.id}"
+        Table.id += 1
+        # The measuring \savebox must stay OUTSIDE the \tableboxwidth
+        # minipage below: it computes the width the minipage consumes.
+        measure = self.get_width() + self.tex_width_check(name)
+        result = f"\\renewcommand*{{\\arraystretch}}{{{self.leading}}}\n"
         if self.allow_break:
             result += "\\vspace*{12pt}\n"
         result += "\\begin{longtable}{"
@@ -629,23 +812,37 @@ class Table(klammer_base.Klammer_base):
         result += "\\end{longtable}\n"
 
         if not self.allow_break:
+            # Box the table at its measured width so the caption tracks it
+            # and the box can be positioned as one piece; the LT glue then
+            # has no room and positioning falls to the :hpos wrapper.  (The
+            # page-breaking table cannot be boxed -- there the LT glue
+            # positions and make_caption's \multicolumn tracks.)
+            result = latex_util.minipage(
+                result, "\\tableboxwidth", vertical="t", center=False)
             if self.number or self.caption:
                 result = latex_util.add_caption(
-                    result, "Table", self.number, self.caption, "\\tablewidth",
-                    side=self.caption_side, font_symbol=self.caption_font,
+                    result, "Table", self.number, self.caption, "\\tableboxwidth",
+                    hpos=self.hpos, side=self.caption_side,
+                    font_symbol=self.caption_font,
                     font_size=self.caption_font_size)
             else:
-                result = latex_util.caption_wrapper(result, "center")
+                result = latex_util.caption_wrapper(result, self.hpos)
+        result = measure + result
 
-        name = f"Reference-Table-{Table.id}"
-        Table.id += 1
         result = f"\\hypertarget{{{name}}}{{}}\\label{{Label-{name}}}\n{result}"
         # The wrapper (add_caption/caption_wrapper) owns all vertical space
         # around the table; longtable's own glue is zeroed.
         result = (f"\\setlength{{\\tabcolsep}}{{{self.colsep}}}\n"
                   "\\setlength{\\LTpre}{0pt}\n"
                   "\\setlength{\\LTpost}{0pt}\n"
-                  f"\\setlength{{\\tablewidth}}{{\\textwidth - {2 * self.row_size}\\tabcolsep}}\n"
+                  + self.tex_position() +
+                  # 2 \tabcolsep per column, minus the ones @{} removes at
+                  # flush (lineless) edges.
+                  f"\\setlength{{\\tablewidth}}{{\\textwidth - "
+                  f"{2 * self.row_size - self.flush_l - self.flush_r}\\tabcolsep}}\n"
+                  # Fill widths need \tablewidth and must precede the
+                  # measuring \savebox, whose column spec reads them.
+                  + self.tex_fill_widths()
                   + result)
         result = re.sub(r"\newline", r"\\\\", result)
         return result
diff --git a/sks/table/table_cell.py b/sks/table/table_cell.py
index 3b72bf4..aec1b8e 100644
--- a/sks/table/table_cell.py
+++ b/sks/table/table_cell.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class Cell:
     def __init__(self, text, font, hpos,
                  top, right, bottom, left,
                  left_all, right_all,
-                 rowspan, colspan, first_column=False, hpos_forced=False):
+                 rowspan, colspan, first_column=False, hpos_forced=False,
+                 fit_class="", flush_left=False, flush_right=False):
         self.text = text
         self.font = font
         self.hpos = hpos
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@ class Cell:
         self.rowspan = rowspan
         self.colspan = colspan
         self.first_column = first_column
+        # html only: the class(es) clamping a 'fit' column's cell to its
+        # widest entry -- "Wfit Wpct" in a full-width table, "Wfit" in a
+        # content-sized ('fill') table, "" when not a fit column.
+        self.fit_class = fit_class
+        # Cell sits on a table edge with no outer vertical line: its outer
+        # padding (html) / \tabcolsep (tex, via @{}) is removed so the text
+        # aligns with the text margin.  A tex \multicolumn replaces the
+        # whole preamble entry including the @{}, so edge cells must
+        # re-emit it in their own spec.
+        self.flush_left = flush_left
+        self.flush_right = flush_right
         #print("Cell:", text, hpos)
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -47,6 +59,12 @@ class Cell:
             if pred:
                 result.cls(cls_name)
         result.cls(f"H{self.hpos}")
+        if self.fit_class:
+            result.cls(self.fit_class)
+        if self.flush_left:
+            result.cls("Fl")
+        if self.flush_right:
+            result.cls("Fr")
         return result.str()
 
     def tex(self, debug=False): # , left_line, right_line):
@@ -70,6 +88,10 @@ class Cell:
                 pos = "|" + pos
             if self.border.right:
                 pos = pos + "|"
+            if self.flush_left:
+                pos = "@{}" + pos
+            if self.flush_right:
+                pos = pos + "@{}"
             return f"\\multicolumn{{{self.colspan}}}{{{pos}}}{{{result}}}"
         remove_left = self.border.left_all and not self.border.left
         remove_right = self.border.right_all and not self.border.right
@@ -83,6 +105,10 @@ class Cell:
                 pos = "|" + pos
             if self.border.right_all and self.border.right:
                 pos = pos + "|"
+            if self.flush_left:
+                pos = "@{}" + pos
+            if self.flush_right:
+                pos = pos + "@{}"
             result = f"\\multicolumn{{1}}{{{pos}}}{{{result}}}"
         return result
 
diff --git a/sks/target/css/target.css b/sks/target/css/target.css
index 08040bd..5988bb0 100644
--- a/sks/target/css/target.css
+++ b/sks/target/css/target.css
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@
     display: inline-flex;
 }
 
+/* A length :hpos; the margin-left comes as an inline style. */
+.hpos_indent {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: left;
+}
+
 .hpos_margin {
     margin: 0 1em 0 1em;
 }
diff --git a/sks/target/html_util.cpp b/sks/target/html_util.cpp
index ff97531..604e5da 100644
--- a/sks/target/html_util.cpp
+++ b/sks/target/html_util.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ namespace html {
             elts.push_back(elt("style", css));
         }
 
-        if (!title.empty()) {
+        if (!trim(title).empty()) {
             elts.push_back(elt("title", trim(title)));
         }
         HTML result = elt("head", elts);
@@ -486,11 +486,15 @@ namespace html {
         elements_t body {};
         if (!title.empty()) {
             elements_t title_bar {};
-            title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(title)).attr("id", "title_text"));
+            if (!trim(title).empty()) {
+                title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(title)).attr("id", "title_text"));
+            }
             if (!logo.empty()) {
                 title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(logo)).attr("id", "logo"));
             }
-            body.push_back(elt("div", title_bar).attr("id", "title"));
+            if (!title_bar.empty()) {
+                body.push_back(elt("div", title_bar).attr("id", "title"));
+            }
         }
         if (!nav.empty()) {
             body.push_back(navigation(max_level));
@@ -538,12 +542,18 @@ namespace html {
 
     void add_title(elements_t& body, std::string title, std::string logo)
     {
+        // No title bar at all when there is nothing to put in it (an
+        // untitled document); a logo alone still gets the bar.
         elements_t title_bar {};
-        title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(title)).attr("id", "title_text"));
+        if (!trim(title).empty()) {
+            title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(title)).attr("id", "title_text"));
+        }
         if (!logo.empty()) {
             title_bar.push_back(elt("span", trim(logo)).attr("id", "logo"));
         }
-        body.push_back(elt("div", title_bar).attr("id", "title"));
+        if (!title_bar.empty()) {
+            body.push_back(elt("div", title_bar).attr("id", "title"));
+        }
     }
 
     void add_nav(elements_t& body, int max_level)
diff --git a/sks/target/html_util.py b/sks/target/html_util.py
index 5568a76..06b49bc 100644
--- a/sks/target/html_util.py
+++ b/sks/target/html_util.py
@@ -193,8 +193,27 @@ def element_tag(element):
 def font_class(font):
     return {"r" : "", "i" : "ritalic", "t" : "monospace", "s" : "sanserif"}[font]
 
+def hpos_container(element, hpos):
+    # Wrap element in its horizontal-position container.  hpos is left,
+    # center, right, none, or a length, which becomes the left margin
+    # (the tex counterparts are the \LTleft glue for tables and the
+    # \hspace* in latex_util.caption_wrapper).
+    style = None
+    if hpos not in ("left", "center", "right", "none"):
+        length, _, _ = kutil.parse_length("html", hpos, 1)
+        style = f"margin-left: {length}"
+        hpos = "indent"
+    result = E("div").cls("hpos_" + hpos).body(element)
+    if style:
+        result.attr("style", style)
+    if hpos not in ("center", "indent"):
+        result.cls("hpos_margin")
+    return result
+
+
 def add_caption(element, caption_label, number, caption_text,
-                font_symbol="i", hpos="center", side="bottom", as_string=True, font_size=.9):
+                font_symbol="i", hpos="center", side="bottom", as_string=True,
+                font_size=.9, width=None, max_width=None):
     tag = element_tag(element)
     # Caption
     caption = ""
@@ -232,12 +251,19 @@ def add_caption(element, caption_label, number, caption_text,
         #print("-"*80)
 
         element = E("div").cls("caption_" + side).attr("data-label", caption_label).body(element)
+        if width:
+            # The element's width (e.g. a table's :column_width total) lives
+            # on this wrapper: the element fills it, and the caption tracks
+            # the element.
+            element.attr("style", f"width: {width}")
+        elif max_width:
+            # A content-sized element (a 'fill' table): the wrapper shrinks
+            # to it but never past the text column, so the element wraps at
+            # narrow windows instead of overflowing.
+            element.attr("style", f"max-width: {max_width}")
 
 
-    result = element
-    result = E("div").cls("hpos_" + hpos).body(element)
-    if hpos != "center":
-        result = result.cls("hpos_margin")
+    result = hpos_container(element, hpos)
 
     if number:
         result.cls("element_container")
diff --git a/sks/target/latex_util.py b/sks/target/latex_util.py
index ab56001..1104c63 100644
--- a/sks/target/latex_util.py
+++ b/sks/target/latex_util.py
@@ -55,15 +55,21 @@ def minipage(content, width="\\textwidth", vertical="c", center=True, vmargin=""
     return result
 
 def caption_wrapper(element, hpos, bottom_margin=.67):
+    # hpos is left, center, right, none (no wrapper), or a length, which
+    # becomes the left margin.  The element is a box on a line inside a
+    # full-width minipage; \hfill on the empty side pushes it into place.
     vmargin = f"{bottom_margin}\\baselineskip"
-    result = element
     if hpos == "center":
-        result = minipage(element, vmargin=vmargin)
-    elif hpos == "left":
-        result = minipage("\\hfill" + element, vmargin=vmargin)
-    elif hpos == "right":
-        result = minipage(element + "\\hfill", vmargin=vmargin)
-    return result
+        return minipage(element, vmargin=vmargin)
+    if hpos == "left":
+        return minipage(element + "\\hfill", vmargin=vmargin, center=False)
+    if hpos == "right":
+        return minipage("\\hfill" + element, vmargin=vmargin, center=False)
+    if hpos == "none":
+        return element
+    length, _, _ = kutil.parse_length("tex", hpos, 1)
+    return minipage(f"\\hspace*{{{length}}}" + element + "\\hfill",
+                    vmargin=vmargin, center=False)
 
 def make_caption_text(number, label, text, font_symbol, font_size):
     caption = None
diff --git a/sks/target/phases.py b/sks/target/phases.py
index b7f36ee..7a095aa 100644
--- a/sks/target/phases.py
+++ b/sks/target/phases.py
@@ -304,17 +304,28 @@ def make_pdf_from_tex(filename, K, twice=True):
         os.system('rm -rf {}/{}.{}'.format(dirname, basename, unused_ext))
 
 
+# Emitted by @vspace.txt (sks/block/block.k), one marker per line of space.
+# An @eval result consisting only of whitespace is trimmed away by the
+# Klammermachine, so vertical space must travel as markers and become
+# newlines here, after blank-line runs have been normalized.
+vspace_marker = "__VSPACE__"
+
 def justify_blocks(text, K=None):
-    rgx = re.compile("\n\n+", re.S)
     delim = '__DIVIDE__'
-    text = rgx.sub(delim, text)
+    text = re.sub("\n\n+", delim, text)
     result = ""
     for par in text.split(delim):
-        #print(par)
-        if par[0] not in {' ', '['}:
+        stripped = par.strip()
+        n = stripped.count(vspace_marker)
+        if n and stripped == vspace_marker * n:
+            # A paragraph of only @vspace markers: n blank lines in addition
+            # to the normal paragraph separation.
+            result += "\n" * n
+            continue
+        if par and par[0] not in {' ', '['}:
             par = "\n".join(textwrap.wrap(par, width=80))
         result += par + "\n\n"
-    return result
+    return result.replace(vspace_marker, "\n")
         
             
 
diff --git a/sks/target/target.k b/sks/target/target.k
index 9b6bd69..f771ebf 100644
--- a/sks/target/target.k
+++ b/sks/target/target.k
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The LaTeX transformations supported by the SKS are:
 @@@
 
 @@@target tex | LaTeX
-:escape \ \textbackslash{} & \& { \{ } \} $ \$ % \% _ \_
+:escape \ \textbackslash{} & \& { \{ } \} $ \$ % \% _ \_ ^# \^# ^^ \textasciicircum{}
 @@@
 
 @@@target pdf | PDF from LaTeX