Category Archives: LaTeX

Word count in LateX

I’m under strict instructions that the article I’m currently writing should be under 11,000 words. How to keep track of that while using LaTeX (with a lot of mark-up commands that won’t be separate words in the final product and … Continue reading

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LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2nd Edition

There is a much expanded second edition of The LaTeX Graphics Companion. It has a chapter on Beamer presentations, which I look forward to reading, even though the Beamer manual is itself a great piece of work. It doesn’t seem … Continue reading

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LaTeX style: section box

[Old post retrieved for Thony:] There is a LaTeX package at CTAN that might be useful for class handouts etc.: sectionbox. This collection of files contains a LaTeX package for sections surrounded by fancy boxes, primarily intended for use within … Continue reading

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Lucida LaTeX Fonts on Sale

Among the alternatives to the LaTeX default font Computer Modern, one of the nicest is the Lucida family. The TeX user group has offered the fonts at a discount for members for a while now. They charge $90 for members … Continue reading

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Fancy Turnstiles in LaTeX

Turnstiles are symbols used often in logic and related fields. LaTeX typically makes available a rudimentary set of such symbols: \vdash and \models. Now, there is a new package called “turnstile” with much more fine-grained control over the type-setting of … Continue reading

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